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Duncan Rawlinson This crazy list of photography themes is useful for those who feel like there is nothing to photograph. Photography themes are a great way to organize your photography. Often students say their town is boring or there is nothing to shoot. There is ALWAYS something to photograph you just have to get creative. This list … Read more
The Icon Photography School has a partnership with a popular online art photography magazine. Each of our students is given an opportunity to have their work published in the magazine at the end of the course (Just before they complete their final exams). If you’re interested in both learning more about photography and having your … Read more
Click on the image to view it larger. All of the photos above were Creative Commons Licensed as of April 16th 2011. To view these photos on flickr click the attribution links below. Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Photo 5, Photo 6, Photo 7, Photo 8, Photo 9, Photo 10, Photo 11, … Read more
Everywhere we go it seems like people want to take photos of each other jumping in the air! And why not? It’s great fun and you can get some really fun and energetic photos this way. Based on the number of people who seem to try to take the same photo over and over it … Read more
Why So Serious?! Sometimes learning photography can be a little dull and scientific. Apertures, f-stops and ISOs can get a little too technical and tedious sometimes. We’ve tried to make our online photography class fun and engaging but even with our class the details of learning photography can be a little dry sometimes. Given that, … Read more
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This is a handy video that explores the concept of depth of field in photography.
Photo by Duncan Rawlinson This is just a quick post to you let you know that Unified Color has a new High Dynamic Range software application out. It’s called HDR Expose. We’ve only played around with it briefly but this looks to be right up there with the best HDR software. There is a free … Read more
I’m currently in the Swiss Alps unwinding after traveling for 2 months. Life is tough when you take a mini vacation on your vacation right?! I’ve had some time to write so I thought I’d write a little post about the feasibility of bringing a DSLR and a few lenses on a backpacking trip. Here’s … Read more
Removing gray hair using Photoshop is a great way to give yourself a digital hair dye. As with most Photoshop techniques, the trick is to make your changes without making the photograph appear unnatural. In the above photograph notice how I removed most of the gray hair from the man’s head but there are still … Read more