Someday Simba, all this will be yours…

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• ISOSpeedRatings: 400
• Model: NIKON D200

Hotel Max, Seattle, WA

A few quick pics of Kellie in Hotel Max:

Request: Send me your photo questions

I’ve been tossing around the idea of posting a series of photography ‘how-to’ posts.

Instead of writing about random issues, I’d much rather be answering questions that you guys might have. It’s all fair game– composition, lighting, apps– anything at all

Post your photo questions in the comments and I’ll start answerin’

Got a problem with blurry photos? Step right in!

Ahhh yes, back to the basics–how can you expect to really cook if you can’t boil water?

Thanks to digital camera’s LCD screens unexpected blurry pictures are a thing of the past. ‘Shoot, check, adjust’ (if necessary)– has become the mantra of many a photographer in the ‘digital age’.

The upshot of digital is that, thanks to the LCD preview, you can see right away when you’ve shot a blurry photo and that’s good. But do you know why the picture is blurry? Do you know what to do to prevent blur? If your answer is no– fear not, you will.

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2 Aperture Timesavers: Metadata Views and Metadata Presets

Aperture’s feature set is a unique ‘1 stop shop’ for image acquisition, processing, output and storage. This tidal wave of features is both empowering and daunting– some great features aren’t as obvious as others.

I’ll cover two of those features today, Metadata Views, and Metadata Presets. Ellen Anon covered the step by step over at the Inside Aperture Blog, so I’ll be sticking to an overview– and an explanation of why views and presets are important features to understand and use.

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