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Articles by Tedric Garrison
| • Lines - Your Best Friend or Your Worst Nightmare by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 02-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 21, Article Rating: 4.4 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| In music; if you had to start at the very beginning, you would start with "Doe, Ray, Me" or so the song goes. In art it would be "Line, Texture, and Light." Keep in mind that if you want to be a great photographer, you also want to be a great Artist. Anybody can go out and buy a cheap camera, and push the ... [] |
| • Size Does Matter - Creating a Visual Reference by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 29-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 7, Article Rating: 3.51 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| Take a waterfall, tall and beautiful. Now visualize a small stream trickling over the edge of a few large stones. If you shoot it just right, they could look the same. "Wait a minute," you're saying, "those are as different as night and day." That's a good point, but unless you also include something to compare the water to, you have no point of ... [] |
| • The Power of Opposition - Make Them Feel What You Felt by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 18-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 6, Article Rating: 4.17 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| Have you ever hiked for two or three hours to get somewhere; took tons of photos, but when they came back you were disappointed? Somehow you lost the magic; it just didn't feel the same. How do you know the difference between a waterfall that is 200 feet tall, or an extreme close-up of a creek trickling over some rock 2 inches tall? In ... [] |
| • The Rule of Thirds - Raising the Bar of Excellence by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 16-Jul-2008, Article Visits: 6, Article Rating: 4.84 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| The three greatest photo tips of all time as far as photography is concerned include: leading lines, the rule of thirds, and framing. This article will only address one of these, but once you master all three of these, your photography will look better than 90% of all photos out there. Don't believe me? I once did a project where I looked through 200,000 ... [] |
| • DPI and Why - Resolution Does Matter by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 08-May-2008, Article Visits: 7, Article Rating: 3.17 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| When I started on the internet I was a photographer and a science fiction fan. Since I had no science fiction photos of my own, I started surfing the web. After several months of looking through many Sci-Fi web sites, I realized that most of those sites used small thumb nail size prints (usually 1 inch x 1 ¼ inch or smaller). This was ... [] |
| • Repetition a Visual Tool - Turning Chaos into Art by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 15-Mar-2008, Article Visits: 8, Article Rating: 3.07 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| Repetition is a creative tool. When you repeat a certain size, shape, or color you add strength to the overall image. Repetition is a basic concept in the art world. A really good photo tip worth remembering is: if you repeat something once or twice it becomes more interesting. If you repeat something many times it becomes a pattern and takes on a life ... [] |
| • Depth of Field - A Major Player in Creative Control by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 25-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 14, Article Rating: 3.32 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| When people talk about Depth of Field (also called DOF) you may wonder why you should care as long as your pictures are in focus. Well since DOF is generally referred to as the range of over all sharpness in a photograph; and most people are instinctively drawn to the sharpest part of the photo first, I would say, it is a major player ... [] |
| • The Shape of Things - What to Leave In, What to Take Out by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 03-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 7, Article Rating: 3.6 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| Shapes define your photograph. Similar shapes form patterns. Dissimilar shapes draw attention. Imagine if you will a long row of small rubber balls, placed together in a semi circle. The roundness of the ball reinforces the curve of the semi circle. Seeing the roundness causes a familiarity in the image, in other words, it creates a pattern that your eye wants to follow. On ... [] |
| • Understanding Light - And Shooting It Right by Tedric Garrison |
| Article issued on: 02-Jan-2008, Article Visits: 8, Article Rating: 3.02 of 5, Category Hobbies |
| In 30 years of photographic experience, I've made several great friends who work in Photo Labs. When asked about the biggest mistake they see every day; the response is always the same. They usually answer after a long sigh, "These people just don't understand light." Remember: all cameras average the existing light. What that means is, just because you can see it . . ... [] |
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