Whether you’re gathering for a family reunion, celebrating a birthday, or capturing your favorite sports team, a group photo is always a good idea. The problem is, a successful group photograph can be a challenge for even the most experienced photographer - from impatient subjects, to closed eyes, bored expressions, bad light, and blurry images, what’s a person to do? Don’t worry, with a few tips and a little practice you’ll feel confident about directing the group and your pictures will look fabulous.
Posts Tagged ‘how-to’
Photographing Groups
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Two More Awards!
Friday, June 19th, 2009The Whole Picture Wins Two Classic Telly Awards.
News flash: The Whole Picture is Back!
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
If you haven’t heard about it before, I hosted twenty six episodes of a digital photography series called “The Whole Picture.” It’s an action-packed show with lots of information for the photo beginner/photo enthusiast, winning seven Telly Awards to date.
The show aired on the DIY Network and HGTV-HD from 2005 to early 2008, but disappeared from the line up March 2008. Now it’s back on the air! I’ve heard reports that it’s also airing in the Philippines and Australia, and possibly other parts of the world too. The new schedule is a total DVR recording situation, unless you’re up during the wee hours.
Click to watch a short clip about the show
In this series I explain, demonstrate and illustrate every phase of digital photography, from the basics of composition, exposure and lighting to using your computer and printer and enhancing your images before you print them out. In each episode I teach students with limited photography knowledge how to use their camera, improve their photographic skills and complete a specific photography project. Every show is an all-inclusive lesson on digital photography so you’ll have everything you need to get The Whole Picture.
The Making of the Canon XSi Videos
Thursday, November 20th, 2008I had the opportunity to work with a great crew of people while shooting these videos. You can see some of them in these behind-the-scene images from the set of the “How-To” Youth Sporting Event.
The “How-To” Portraits of Kids video was a blast!
Check out Mr. Blue Eyes…
Erin's Photo Tips
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How to Shoot with a Digital SLR Camera
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008If you’re a photo beginner/photo enthusiast with a compact camera and have attempted to capture the action at your child’s basketball game, or any other situation where things are moving, you may have experienced some frustration in getting the shot. As fabulous as compact cameras can be for taking snap shots, they aren’t in the same league as a DSLR (that’s digital single lens reflex). DSLRs have faster processors that capture images faster. You can also interchange lenses, which is a big deal when you want to express your creativity and experiment with different looks and perspectives. I carry my compact camera with me everywhere, but if I want professional results I can always count on my DSLR to help me successfully capture the shot.
Check out these cool tutorial videos I did for Canon. You’ll learn basic camera techniques with the Canon EOS Rebel XSi, lenses, flashes, and accessories.
Click HERE to see the tutorial videos “Fun with Photography!”
Cool video tutorials on the EOS Rebel XSi
Make Your Holiday Photos Picture Perfect
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
I visited the set of ABC in San Francisco this week and shared a few tips for better picture-taking during the holidays, click here to see the video.
Happy Holidays! Let's Celebrate 2007
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006The holidays are behind us now but we still have the new year to celebrate, and that means…. more picture taking opportunities.
Show and Tell
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006Is there a Whole Picture episode that you’ve seen that really made an impact upon you? Or did you pick up a tidbit from the show that made a difference in your photographs? I have two examples to show you from 2 people who watched my Macro show (DTWP-102) and learned how to make good use of that flower icon on the back of their compact cameras. It looks something like this:
