Photo Tip Friday

Hello! I am really trying to get back into the swing of things with my series posts. It's been a little while since I've done my photo tip friday posts, so I thought I would do one because I've found a lot of awesome links lately!

Today I am sharing with you a link for 101 Portrait Tips that I found via Pinterest.

Here are a few of my faves from the article:

#5 NEVER use the on-camera flash 
#16 When shooting in poor mid-day lighting, have the subject face away from the sun
#20 Models relax immediately when a prop is introduced
#27 Quit being a pansy
#76 Choose your poses before the shoot

 These are just a few of my faves! I seriously recommend you take a look at the whole list, and if there is a term or something that you don't understand then GOOGLE IT! Seriously it helps. When I am going to take a specific kind of photos like fireworks, concerts etc, I always Google tips first. Just a little extra tip for your Friday! xo ldc 

Photo Tip Friday :: 31 Days to a Better Photo

31 Days to a Better Photo is an awesome resource for people wanting to learn more about their DSLR. It takes you through 31 different steps to a better photo that are all really helpful! I have only read through a few, but I am hoping to get to a few more.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend! Today I am working on a new DIY that I think you will all love! And Coming soon is Hair Week! I am super excited! xo ldc

Photo Tip Friday (on a Sunday)

Hello! So I am terribly sorry that I keep doing my Photo Tip Friday posts on days other then Friday! It turns out that I generally end up in palces without internet on Fridays.. weird. That will change when i get my iPhone this week! Ahhh! So excited, but back to the photography! I am currently taking a photography class which I am super excited about! It seems to have sparked my interest for photography even more, which is awesome. I recently remembered this post on I just might explode. Now this post was on her old blog, you can check out her new site here. Kara did a post called A Closer Look, it basically shows how she edites a photo. I love learning how other people edit their photos because everyone does it a little different so you always learn something new! So what she demonstrates is how she took this picture from looking like this.....

to looking like this.....

There is actually wuite a bit she does to make this transformation so I am sure you will take at least one new thing away from this process! I seriously recomend you check out her new site and become a follower, she is a great blogger and I love her style! Have a lovely Sunday! xo ldc

Photo Tip Friday // Fun Photo Effect

Hello Everyone! I thought I might share with you this fun photo effect! As I mentioned before, I bought a fish eye lens off amazon for about 20 dollars. It was seriously worth it! I have so much fun playing with it! But I thought I would show you one of the cool effects I came up with for using it.

What I did was take my lens and hold it out from the camera instead of actually attached to the camera. This made some parts look out of focus and others in focus. It was super fun to try out different angles.

I think that next time I will try painting my nails all cool and then doing it! Let me know if you try something like this out! xo ldc

Photo Tip Friday // Sun Spots

I wasn't able to post this last Friday so I am doing it today :)

Hello! So I am super excited about my photo tip for today! It might make me look stupid though, I'm not sure haha! So to the point... I have always loved sun spots on photos. I am always trying to take a photo at the right angle so that I get those spots.. So far I have accomplished it with these three photos.

Now I totally love all three of these photos because of the awesome sun spots! But here comes the stupid part... apparently you can add these right on photoshop! So you don't even need to be outside to get a sun spot! Holay! Where I have I been? I found this awesome tutorial on Divas and Dreams (an awesome site full of photography tips by the way!) So now you can do them yourself by following like three simple steps! So now you can make crazy photos like this...

Insane! So easy! I can't believe I didn't know this before! My life is forever changed!
Haha, I may be a little too excited. Send me a link to a photo if you try this. xo ldc

NEW :: Photo Tip Friday

Hello Everyone ! I decided to start a new feature called Photo Tip Friday. I decided to start this new feature for two reasons- One: I thought it would be fun to have a feature where I could share all of the fun photo links and photoshop discoveries I have collected over the last little while. I was going to start this a while ago when I had a huge list ready, however my hard drive was erased which means I lost that list and had to start over again! and Two: I have been totally slacking in the blog department so I thought this might put my butt in gear!
So for my first fun tip I thought I would share with you my new Fish Eye Lens! I just bought it off amazon and it is super fun to play with! Here are a few photos I have done so far:

 

This is a photo of me that I edited using the guided feature on photoshop to create a lomo effect. 

In case you didn't know, I am a park ranger, so I took this photo while I was at work the other day. And no, the sign isn't really purple (sad face) it's brown, but I love purple so I changed it haha. 

This is me standing beside my garden. To get this effect I just upped the contrast and brightness really high!

On all of these photos I cropped out the vignette that the lens leaves around the camera. I think I am going to have lots of fun with this new lens! And it only cost me 20 bucks :) You can check it out here! I hope you will enjoy this new feature! I have some really awesome links coming up that I hope you will enjoy! xo ldc