Tedric Garrison

With today’s technology anyone can take a pretty good picture, but what happens if you want more? Making a photograph and taking a picture are two different mindsets. One is creative; one is just going through the motions. Which one are you?

If you don’t know where you’re at, its hard to know where you’re going. Having a photographic standard is like having a road map. It is possible to get from here to there without one . . . but it’s a whole lot easier with one.

At one time or another, most of us have seen a close-up of something that was made to make us think it was actually something else. Why did we not recognize the item for what it truly was? Simply put, you had nothing to compare it to. You had no point of reference.

Web pages and articles have several things in common, the most obvious being that both do better when “Key Words” are included. This article covers the importance of Key Words in both the title and body of any article you are writing.

When it comes to taking your work to the next level, sometimes you need an edge. Often little things make the biggest difference. Like the frosting on the cake; this article covers little things that can dramatically improve your photography.

Flowers can be as small as a dime, or as big as a basketball. If you shoot a picture of a flower with a bee that looked almost twice the size of the flower, is that flower big or small? If you shoot a picture of a huge sunflower and had to look twice to notice there was a bee, would that flower be big or small? Without a point of reference, all you have is a pretty flower.

What makes a digital camera different than a traditional film camera? More importantly, what things are still the same? Understanding the differences and similarities in how you capture your award winning photo will give you a creative edge over those who do not.

When I first got a photo CD from my Photo Lab I thought the images were huge and I didn’t understand why. Keep in mind 72dpi is exactly 25% of 300dpi. If you want your 300dpi photos to look as sharp as your 72dpi photos, the print has to be 75% smaller.

Format is like choosing oil color, water color, or pastel before you start to paint. Resolution is the number of colors you choose to work with. Similar to having a box of six crayons, verses a box of 64 crayons; the greater the resolution the more options you have.

It is not a big secret that all photos are made of light. What to do with that light on the other hand, often confuses many beginning photographers. The goal here is to help you see that light in a much simpler way.