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Feed Me: Using Color to Add Emotional Impact to a Photograph
Have you ever taken a picture that was good, but seemed to lack something. In this video tutorial Julieanne Kost discusses how the addition of color as well as supporting imagery can help reinforce the mood and message of a composite image that a single photograph may fail to do on it’s own.
Molly Newman: Adding Artful Text to Photos
You can give your photos quick and creative captions with the Phonto app. This is a free app for both the iPhone and iPad. Here’s how to do it:
Win a seat in iShot That!
Want to win a seat in iShot That, the iPhone photo class by Molly & Jim Newman that starts on Monday August 6th? It’s really very simple. All you have to do is:
- In the comment area below, answer this question: ‘What’s your #1 iPhone photo subject?’
- Tell two (2) friends about the class (OK, that’s just a wish on my part).
iShot That — Back by Popular Demand!
Think you need a bulky, pricey DSLR to get great photos? Think again. Join instructors Jim & Molly Newman in iShot That!
The most popular “camera” released in the last few years is the Apple iPhone. Learn to take advantage of iPhone’s built-in photo functions, plus the very best free and low-cost apps available for editing, organizing, and sharing your work.
Create memorable portraits of family and friends. Capture your world with street photography. Transform everyday snapshots into eye-catching images. With iShot That!, iPhone’s photo power is at your fingertips.
Molly and Jim will be discussing this exciting class during a live video chat on ReneeTV at 8pm ET Thursday Jul 26th. If you’re curious or have questions about the class or would simply like to bounce a few questions about this class off of Molly and Jim, please stop by. We’re holding a seat for you.
Molly Newman: Shoot for Highlights
Rich colors, sharp details, no blown-out areas. Proper exposure is the holy grail for photographers, but it can be hard to achieve with challenging lighting situations such as this cloudy sky. Try this surprising trick to get great finished images every time. (more…)
Win a seat in iShot That!
Want to win one of three seats in iShot That, the iPhone photo class by Molly & Jim Newman? Then you want to participate in our iShot That Twitter Contest. All you have to do is:
- Go to our contest page and answer the question, “What’s your #1 iPhone photo subject?”
- Follow @reneenews and tweet about our contest.
The Art of iPhone Photography Coming Soon!
Think you need a bulky, pricey DSLR to get great photos? Think again. Join instructors Jim & Molly Newman in iShot That!
The most popular “camera” released in the last few years is the Apple iPhone. Learn to take advantage of iPhone’s built-in photo functions, plus the very best free and low-cost apps available for editing, organizing, and sharing your work.
Create memorable portraits of family and friends. Capture your world with street photography. Transform everyday snapshots into eye-catching images. With iShot That!, iPhone’s photo power is at your fingertips.
Molly and Jim will be discussing this exciting class during a live video chat on ReneeTV at 9pm ET Thursday Feb 9th. If you’re curious or have questions about the class or would simply like to bounce a few questions about this class off of Molly and Jim, please stop by. We’re holding a seat for you.
The Art of iPhone Photography Returns!
Think you need a bulky, pricey DSLR to get great photos? Think again. Join instructors Jim & Molly Newman in iShot That!
The most popular “camera” released in the last few years is the Apple iPhone. Learn to take advantage of iPhone’s built-in photo functions, plus the very best free and low-cost apps available for editing, organizing, and sharing your work.
Create memorable portraits of family and friends. Capture your world with street photography. Transform everyday snapshots into eye-catching images. With iShot That!, iPhone’s photo power is at your fingertips.
Tiffany Tillman’s Holiday Templates Starts Today!
Holiday Templates 2011, the template holiday class for digital scrapbookers is back and starts today! Are you ready? This time we’re focusing on the details with hours of lesson demonstrations. Using Tiffany’s templates as a foundation, plus a mega digital kit created by Paislee Press and Creashens, you’ll have everything you need to complete a detailed album featuring your favorite holiday memories.
Tiffany Tillman
And joining Tiffany for the first time are Kelly Willette, Gennifer Bursett, and Chari Pack of Persnickety Prints, special guests offering their unique spin to holiday related solutions for photography, digital shadowing, and album printing. Class includes live webinars with Tiffany and each special guest.
If you’re registered, we’ll see you tomorrow. If not, it’s not too late. Register now!
Design Resource: Before & After Magazine
One of my favorite resources for design tips is Before & After magazine. I’ve been a subscriber since it started in 1990 as a print publication, and still go back to some of those older issues. The information is still relevant because the principles are timeless. Now, Before & After is digitized with PDF issues, a blog called Design Talk and a YouTube channel.
In a video short, Creative Director John McWade demonstrates the art of extreme photo cropping. It seemed an appropriate technique for scrapbook page layouts, so I’m sharing the video here…and three stages of a layout that uses the technique.
The Layout
Stage 1: Full-sized photo
Stage 2: Extreme photo cropping
Stage 3: Finished Layout
What do you think about extreme photo cropping? Do you use it in your layouts?
John McWade is the founder and creative director of Before & After magazine. Be sure to check out the B&A site and YouTube channel. You won’t be disappointed.