3 Things : playing with printing + a giveaway

wow- make your own rub-ons? that sounds like something i gotta try! xoxoxo
anna

Hello Ali,
Best photo tip... beyond me. Would love to learn how to "proof" my photos with my digital software. Learn new tricks... etc. Cheers!

I want to work on close up shots. Can't tell yet if my sometimes-blurry attempts are due to the limitations of my point-and-shoot camera, or operator error/ ignorance. Need to work on this.
My best tips would be (as you have already said!) to take LOTS of shots-- you can always delete, but you can't go back in time and recapture the moment.
One positive comment people have made about some of my shots/pages is that I capture the grandiose and the miniscule (especially in natural settings), which (along with the people shots!) tell the story better than just one or the other by itself. One of my favorite semi-recent photos features a chipmunk in the foreground and one of the peaks of the Grand Teton range in the background.
Thanks for the great ideas re photos and the chance for the giveaway!

I want to get a grip on aperture and shutter speeds. My favorite tip is to use the white balance feature.

My favorite photo printing surface is vellum. Not only in color but black and white and sepia also. I have even done black and white with a touch of color and love the look.

I have used a strip of masking tape along the leading edge of transparencies, fabric paper, iron-ons, vellum, and several other specialty papers that needed to be put through my inket and deskjet printers. Worked like a charm and then peeled off easily. The blue PAINTER'S tape worked the best and removed cleanly on every surface I have ever tried it on. Love the transparency photo over the KI Memories paper lace! Keeping my fingers crossed!
-Katherine

My favorite photo tip:
I move around with the camera. I get close and I move father away. I will walk to one side and then another. Moving around makes it more likely that I will get a shot that will speak to me emotionally.

p.s. Thank you so much for all the incredible inspiration!

Im pretty happy with the photos i take but i will always strive to learn something new :)

I started using the timer so I can be in more of our photos and I want to play with some new lens. I took a photography class at my LSS and it gave me some new ideas.

Thanks for sharing your tips with us. There are several things I still need to figure out on my camera but I'd love to master depth of field.
~ Rachel in TX

How fun!!! I sure would love to see if those "make Your Own Rub Ons" work out because I sure would love to play with those too.
Photography tip...well, I am not a very good photographer yet but I am working on it..so my tip may be a lame one but here it goes:
READ YOUR CAMERA'S MANUAL!!! (I'm on page 20...now, if only I can remember the contents on pages 1 through 19 that would be helpful).
Thank you Ali for this giveaway!!!

Ali,
BRAVO AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to read this twice. I play around with alot of different modes. I get great photos and not so great photos, I also use the not so great photos
in layouts. I need to practice more with the timer to get myself in photos.I get the most interesting shots when I least expect it.
Your the best thanks again.
Annette

How fun!!! I sure would love to see if those "make Your Own Rub Ons" work out because I sure would love to play with those too.
Photography tip...well, I am not a very good photographer yet but I am working on it..so my tip may be a lame one but here it goes:
READ YOUR CAMERA'S MANUAL!!! (I'm on page 20...now, if only I can remember the contents on pages 1 through 19 that would be helpful).
Thank you Ali for this giveaway!!!

Hi Ali,
thanks for all these great inspirations.
I really liked when you said that the photos should tell the story!
What I would like to read about? Stuff like Photoshop...your tricks to make thinks look good :)
Thanks!

My photo tip: NEVER forget your camera. Always take it with you, even if you think you won't need it because more than likely there will always be a photo op. And don't be afraid to keep clicking. That's what the delete button is for.
And don't forget: YOU. So often we get wrapped up in capturing those moments of others that as we look through photos and pages, we can't find any of ourselves. Let YOU be the subject every once in awhile.

Loving to print pictures on vellum paper these days. Also, made use of a ladder in the grandkids palyroom (while painting the room) and took top down pics - which really looked great.
Also, started to take portions of bodies (Tara would be so proud) - latest, was my grandboy standing barefoot on the rocks, on the shore of a mountain creek. Rolled up pants, splattered with icey water... but love his baby toes. Took it from the thighs down and framed it for my home!

My tip;let the story spill out of the frame of the picture. I won a photo contest once with a picture of my two girls running on the beach and one of them has run one third of the way off the print. I did not mean to take the picture this way but when I saw it, I loved it. Since then I look for ways to recreate the same sort of story telling.
what I want to work; I want to be able to take better indoor pictures. I find my shots are either too blurry or the color is just plain weird.

My photo tip is to play around with non-standard sizes, you can have lots of fun with photos that aren't just 4x6 or 5x7 try making a layout and incorporate your index print sheet.
As for wishes I wish my home printer would be true to the colours I see on my computer screen. Totally frustrating when my photos come out dark and dismal.
Heather Main

Thanks for your wonderful web site. I love reading you. I need to learn how to better crop my pictures and how to take close ups of people.