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Published: 2005-03-24 11:04:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 447403; Favourites: 3971; Downloads: 50100
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Description Are you relatively new to digital photography, and want your work to look more polished?
Then this is for you!

I am going to share some tips and suggestions that helped me when I first started out, without getting into technical details.

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Please feel free to point out any corrections/additions.

Update: I presented a live tutorial on May 7th in the #photography chatroom on dAmn, that builds upon this one. You can find the log here: [link]
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Comments: 908

Ciardubh [2008-08-29 13:10:16 +0000 UTC]

thank you for this.

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Mystic-Crymson [2008-08-28 21:32:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this. I have followed your advice and noticed a great change in my work. Now I have to pick which ones to upload.

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popcorn-pops [2008-08-24 00:11:24 +0000 UTC]

I'm surprised I just stumbled upon this now... this tutorial is really fantastic! Great tips!

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wHaTmYeYesC [2008-08-23 23:18:56 +0000 UTC]

haha thanx for the inlightment

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Sinister-Chan [2008-08-23 19:55:21 +0000 UTC]

Wow
I just started really getting into photography so this helped me a whole lot :]
Thank You

~Sinister-Chanβ™₯

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kojishiza [2008-08-23 15:02:09 +0000 UTC]

This photography tutorial is really helpful for beginners like me.

And I thank you for this. I'll always keep in mind every stuff that I've learned from this tutorial. :3

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mike2115 [2008-08-23 02:10:36 +0000 UTC]

XD I just found this today, but I'm really glad you made it. I'm also quite pleased to find out I've been doing a lot of this stuff already. That makes me feel better about myself and my work, at least. I know i still have a lot to learn, but its a good start. XP

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hugogracaphotography In reply to ??? [2008-08-22 13:37:15 +0000 UTC]

This is an excelent Tut.... So Comprehensive... Congratz.. Just want to mention that Olino's Photo was taken in Lisbon.. It's called "Elevador Da GlΓ³ria"......

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errorrnand [2008-08-17 05:28:57 +0000 UTC]

wow thanks~ it'a great hho

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dzonivejin [2008-08-15 06:36:31 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial, thank you very much!

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Toffee-Mushroom [2008-08-12 20:36:45 +0000 UTC]

this actually helped quite alot even though i'm not into major photography seen as i have lack of things to photograph. i might have a go

and its help me take normal pics to ^______^

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danijel-ri In reply to ??? [2008-08-09 04:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks lewcid,

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parisky [2008-08-06 23:14:11 +0000 UTC]

great! It helped

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Flylikeacow [2008-08-06 00:57:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, that's a very helpful guide.
It's like my five-day photography class condensed into five minutes!

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mirrorsandtelescopes [2008-08-04 01:36:32 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial, helped a lot :]

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ShininX [2008-07-26 13:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Hi! i have read and downloaded your tutorial for reference and this will really help me a lot. i'm new in photography (i just bought my first slr cam last week). thanks very much!

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flishbones [2008-07-23 08:30:09 +0000 UTC]

this is really helpful

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xxOluskaxx [2008-07-18 19:36:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for this now I understand many things and I know why I like taking photos everything is written very well and I understand everything from that I wanna see something more which can help me thanks a lot again

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cidflame In reply to ??? [2008-07-17 04:57:17 +0000 UTC]

I think everyone that starts a DA account should have to read the part about suggestions for DA. The whole tutorial was extremely helpful. I wish I had read this back when I first started photographing. The camera settings section would have saved me a lot of wasted time and photographs.

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lunaphantom [2008-07-16 16:11:19 +0000 UTC]

wow...this is so cool!
Thank you!

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EveryNextDream [2008-07-15 23:07:29 +0000 UTC]

This has been featured in my news article Photography Basics - Artistic Nude Style! .

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ec2005 In reply to ??? [2008-07-11 01:50:37 +0000 UTC]

can i put this on my site?? thank you!

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saulo180 [2008-07-10 07:08:01 +0000 UTC]

Dang.. awesome honest comments
your sincere desire to teach could be felt
thanks

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znow-white [2008-07-09 21:07:28 +0000 UTC]

Your wonderful tutorial has been featured here.[link]

Thank you for providing the gallery with such awesome Resources.

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Ginnabean In reply to ??? [2008-07-02 17:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I'd always been jealous of people who took such awesome photographs and I never really udnerstood what set the good apart from the mediocre and the flat-out bad. XD

This was so incredibly helpful! Thank youuu!

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nymph-of-artemis In reply to ??? [2008-06-27 19:44:03 +0000 UTC]

Very very helpful!

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RubyRoom In reply to ??? [2008-06-22 18:05:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!! ^-^

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Rainy-love [2008-06-17 17:23:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanx for the tips! Very Usefull...

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PyroStorm In reply to ??? [2008-06-15 22:22:26 +0000 UTC]

I've learned a lot from this, it was interesting to read. Hopefully I'll be able to put these tips into practice soon!

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shutter318 [2008-06-15 14:27:09 +0000 UTC]

this is going to help me

thanks

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SakuraWars [2008-06-12 21:43:16 +0000 UTC]

This really helps. Thank you so much.
xD

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Justin0025 [2008-05-27 23:34:11 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the wonderful tutorial

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Kairi-Skyline [2008-05-27 23:04:04 +0000 UTC]

I think this is great

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tammy-angela [2008-05-26 01:22:24 +0000 UTC]

Great job ! I really thought this tut was really thought out, carefully and clearly explained ! Thank you for posting it !

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skyline090 [2008-05-14 16:10:36 +0000 UTC]

thanks. i really learned something from this.

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Thoughtful15 [2008-05-13 22:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting this. You helped me alot. I like the whole 'non flash' look in my pictures now.

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saerie-luv [2008-05-13 20:31:05 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing! Thank you very much. I can't wait to get shooting!

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elnicko [2008-05-05 01:34:27 +0000 UTC]

this helped me a lot! especially using a timed shot for taking pictures on a tripod / prop, i had huge problems with the camera shaking when i press the button

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MaKEuPWHoRE [2008-04-25 23:35:30 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!!! THIS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND VERY WELL BROKEN DOWN! IM LOOKING INTO STARTING SOME PHOTOGRAPHY SO IM REALLY GLAD I CAME ACROSS THIS. IM FAVING IT!

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Maria87 [2008-04-21 13:53:14 +0000 UTC]

Hi, good tute, although having had a bit of (mostly self-taught) photography experience and art instruction, it was a bit basic, but it's always good to be reminded of these things! I think I'd appreciate the advanced tutorial you hinted at

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SchonerVerstand [2008-04-21 07:11:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, lewcid, for taking the time for us new photographers, especially those that can't figure out what they are doing wrong with their photos! I've been actually interested in -photography- as opposed to just taking pictures, for about 4 months... Since I got my digital. Before that was just a whole crapola load of disposables for the hell of it.

THANKS!
(I tend to overdo the photoshop thing, I have noticed that some of my better pictures are more simply edited than the ones I dislike... XD

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TehJabbit [2008-04-20 20:55:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge!!!

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Alesana-x-Fan [2008-04-20 20:02:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, this really helps!

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bellamorcen [2008-04-20 13:58:35 +0000 UTC]

hey tnx!

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Rebellious-Vampiress In reply to ??? [2008-04-19 12:59:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for posting this!
This helped me a lot!

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imadokichild [2008-04-17 16:02:24 +0000 UTC]

i enjoyed this a lot and will try working with them.

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FeLixXx91 [2008-04-16 20:36:17 +0000 UTC]

thanx

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jello-shawn-xx [2008-04-16 18:05:10 +0000 UTC]

Love your tips!

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angelmayte In reply to ??? [2008-04-15 13:08:35 +0000 UTC]

thank you it's fantastic

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Animelover112 [2008-04-14 19:53:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks i needed this, i Really like Photography and im a beginner and I want to help with yearbook^^ great tips

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