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There are numerous tips and ideas in photography that helped me improve as a photographer over the years. This came via magazines and books and other photographers. Many sources.<\/p>\n
One of the best tips that helped me develop a style over time – when using a zoom lens, zoom to the longest focal length, and then<\/strong> frame your shot by walking forward or back, to where you have the composition that you want.<\/p>\n Doing so will result in the most compression in the image, helping to isolate my subject against an out-of-focus background. (Of course, using a long lens with a wide aperture makes the difference here.)\u00a0I touched on this topic with a recent article:\u00a0composition for full-length portraits \u2013 step back!<\/a><\/p>\n I would like to hear from other readers of the Tangents blog, what their best or favorite photography tips are.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n So to keep this interesting, here’s incentive – the best entry will win a LumoPro LP180 flash.<\/span><\/p>\n The Lumopro LP180 is a manual only flash, and is ideal for photographers who want a low-cost flash that has solid spec. If you like working with a light-stick – a speedlite on a light stand or monopod<\/a> – then this flashgun will be well-suited to your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n The contest has now closed<\/strong>, <\/span>but here are the rules for the contest:<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Post your best photography tip that has made a difference to how you shoot and how your photos look. Any topic.<\/span> Entry #50, by Jim Schofield was picked as the winner.<\/span><\/p>\n I discuss the entries in my comment #190<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Best photography tips There are numerous tips and ideas in photography that helped me improve as a photographer over the years. This came via magazines and books and other photographers. Many sources. One of the best tips that helped me develop a style over time – when using a zoom lens, zoom to the longest Read more inside…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143,17,42],"tags":[354],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-contest","8":"category-general-photography","9":"category-technique","10":"tag-photography-tips","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10701"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48288,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10701\/revisions\/48288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10701"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n 2. The best entry, as chosen on Monday, April 30th, wins the speedlite.\u00a0Along with the advice from a few friends, I’ll pick the best entry then.<\/span>
\n 3. I have final say.<\/span>
\n 4. No whining allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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