This document provides tips and advice for improving photography skills from various experts and photographers. It recommends getting to know your camera better through reading the manual, understanding concepts like aperture, ISO, and white balance. It emphasizes the importance of light and suggests manipulating it through indoor/outdoor positioning and white balance. It encourages experimenting, getting close to subjects, and shooting a lot to find a rhythm. It also discusses mobile photography and lists common tools used. The overall message is to focus on composition and lighting, get comfortable with camera controls, and practice frequently.

1. DC Media Makers
It’s time to LOVE YOUR PHOTOS!
Jen Consalvo
h p://jenconsalvo.com

2. @noreaster
connected to camera
holistic Health & green smoothies
born in Maine, living in exile
book worm
wanderlust

5. Why a book?

6. photography just floats my boat

7. An exercise in focus, discipline, being bold...
... and a huge lesson in social media outreach!
J. Nicholas Tolson h p://www.jtnt.net
Mary Kate McKenna h p://MKMcKenna.com
Chaminda Wijetilleke h p://www.flickr.com/people/52802883@N00/
Brian Solis h p://BrianSolis.com
Thomas Hawk h p://ThomasHawk.com
Frank Gruber h p://somewhatfrank.com
Holly Vo h p://www.flickr.com/people/hollyvo/
Richie Edquid h p://www.berichandcreamy.com/
Linda Plaisted h p://manymuses.blogspot.com/
Pamelia Viola h p://www.pamelaviola.com/
~ kindness, inspiration & generosity ~

8. so, what causes unhappiness with your photos?

9. how well do you know your camera?

10. have you looked at the manual?
do you know how to use more than the auto-se ings?
can you change to macro focus?
know how to change your ISO?
know where the white balance control is?

11. by marcomagrini
Focus on what’s important in a scene.

12. A li le tip to impress your friends...
Bokeh
The Japanese word Boke derived from the verb "bokase" meaning to smudge or make blurry.
Pronounced BO-KEH in English. The blurry, or out of focus region behind a subject is called the bokeh. A
pleasing bokeh is one which has soft, round edges to the objects. Less enjoyable bokeh is one which has
harsh or sharp edges as this can be more distracting to the viewer. I describe good bokeh as smooth and
creamy.
~From Charlie Zimmerman’s glossary of photographic terms h p://www.charliezimmerman.com/
glossary.shtml

13. Understand and
manipulate LIGHT
✴
ISO
✴
Indoor vs Outdoor
✴
White balance
✴
Positioning

14. Images from Burma - © Mary Kate McKenna
Light
can make a boring subject come alive
can create drama where there was none
changes everything
is fun to play with
can be manipulated
IMHO, the most important element of a photo

15. A common scenario:
✴
Indoor vs Outdoor
✴
White balance

16. I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange
things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I
arrange myself. - Diane Arbus

17. Some Diane Arbus...

19. Get close
Get low
Get tangled up...

20. Experiment and shoot a lot. Pixels are free now!!

21. Don’t stop shooting
...find a rhythm

22. Mobile Devices...

23. The tools I use most often...
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon Powershot SD800
iphone 3G
Macbook Pro
Aperture
iPhoto
Picassa
Flickr
Maps
Seagate external hard drive