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3 New FREE Kids Cookbook Valentines Day Recipes
Wednesday, February 8th, 201208 Feb. 2012
We just added a 3 new Kids Valentines Day cookbook recipes and photo journaling sets. Chocolate Kiss Cookies, Chocolate Hearts Candy and Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Cookies.
Get them while they’re hot!
Adding Fall/Autumn and Thanksgiving Scrapbook Page Sets
Monday, October 17th, 2011Quick note for today,
I’m working on our www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com site today and adding some new Fall / Autumn and Thanksgiving Digital Scrapbook Paper Downloads to our Free Scrapbook Page Sets area.
I’m also adding FREE Autumn or Fall stationery along with some more Halloween Stationery to our www.Free-Stationery.com site in the Holiday area there. These are not only great for your Halloween Party invitations, Children’s coloring papers and holiday letters, they make great digital scrapbooking page backgrounds as well.
Have a great week!
Wes
6 Easy Tips for Taking Better Photos with Your Digital Camera
Friday, December 10th, 2010Hi Scrapbook Friend,
Hanukkah is over, Christmas and Kwanza are almost here. So much going on I thought that I would get you all caught up today.
Before I get to Taking Better Photos with your Digital Camera, and I know how you could use the photo tips with all the holiday parties and family gatherings coming up…
Let’s first take a quick look at what’s new and the great freebies we have for you this holiday season.
Hope you are considering asking Santa for one of our scrapbook memberships this year!
Kathy just added all new Autumn/Fall sets to both the 12×12 Printable Pastels and the 8.5×11 Soft Expressions areas in the Members area. That’s 10 new 2 page matching sets on each site. You’ve got to see them to fully appriciate the high quality work she’s done.
More new sets coming the end of the month for the new year.
We have so much no cost freebies for the holidays, I’m just going to give you the bullet list from each site so I don’t take too much of you time here:
- New Christmas Stationery
- New Winter Theme Stationery
- New Sports (guy type) Theme Stationery
http://freescrapbooktraining.com
- New Winter Theme Digital Scrapbook page sets
- New Christmas, Hanakkah and Kwanza Photo Greeting Cards
- New Winter Theme Photo Greeting Cards
- 2011 Photo Calendar Templates, Last years 2010 sets are also still there too for baby pages
There’s also much more from just the last couple of months on both sites as well. You can spend hours one each site just exploring all the no cost content.
Now that that’s done, here’s the Better Photos article for you.
Title: Better Photos with your Digital Camera
Author: Kelly Paal
Everyone has a digital camera these days and we all take a lot of
photos. But, if your photos still have trees coming out of your
father’s head, mom has red devil eyes, and your beloved pet is never
facing the camera then here are some tips to help you take
better photos for your memories.
1. Always be aware of the background.
I know this is a hard one to follow sometimes, but it is critical for the final outcome of your photos. As you’re setting up a shot just take a quick look at what is behind the people in your camera’s screen or viewfinder. So many perfectly good photos are ruined by a tree or lamp seeming to grow right out of a person’s head.
The fix can be as simple as having the person take one full step to the right or left to move the obstacle out of their way and keep from ruining your photo.
2. Use available light as much as possible.
If your digital camera has an option to turn the flash off and if it’s light enough outside to read a book by, then use the available light and turn the flash off. In general, camera flashes are too harsh for human skin tones and the natural oils we have. Flash makes all of us look pale.
(Even better if your camera has a fill flash use that indoors where there isn’t quite enough daylight for the portrait image. You can always place the person by a window as well.)
3. Use ambient soft light.
The reason that so many of us tend to pose people under trees, and end up with the dark shadow ruined photo with a tree coming out of everyone’s head, is that we all instinctively know that soft light is best.
Sunlight filtered through a trees’ leave is beautiful and warm. It warms up the skin shades and puts a soft light to the features. You just need to stay out of the dark shadows. Indoors near a window with sheer drapes has a similar effect.
4. Aim your camera slightly down at the person’s face.
Now I don’t mean that you need to climb a ladder, but just don’t ever, and I mean ever, point your camera looking upward to a person. This makes us all look fat and bloated at that angle. Also, don’t shoot just face on to the person, try moving a little to the side sometimes. A three quarter view ads impact and allows you to see more of their face.
Remember camera higher looking slightly down and a three quarter view works wonders, it will slim your subject and add a more natural looking impact to your photos.
5. Remember your focus.
Are you taking a photo of mom and the tree she planed as a child… then take mom with the whole tree in the frame. But, if you’re taking a photo of mom next to just any old tree, do we really need to see the entire tree? Get closer to your subject. It’s fine if we can see some of the tree bark with mom leaning against it, but showing the whole tree is a waste of focas and space.
Remember this tip with children playing; many people take a shot of their dear child for an expression on the child’s face, but in the printed shot the child is lost next to another kid, the swing set, and the green grass all around. Remember to zoom in or get closer next time.
6. Never (or almost never) put your subject dead center in the photo.
All amateur family photographers do this and it’s as hard of a habit to break as remembering to look at the background before you snap the shot. But, if you’ve moved in closer to your subject, remember
to put them just sightly off center looking towards the larger area of the image. Not a lot, just a bit.
When you’re shooting, even numbered groups of people, this is especially easy. But, odd numbered groups can be a little more difficult. Just find your imaginary center line of your group and put that line just
a bit off center in your view through your lens or screen.
That’s it! With these 6 easy to follow photo tips you can be on your way to taking better photos
today.
About the author:
Kelly Paal is a Freelance Nature and Landscape Photographer, exhibiting nationally and internationally. Recently she started her own business Kelly Paal Photography (http://www.kellypaalphotography.com/). She has an educational background in photography, business, and commercial art. She enjoys applying graphic design and photography principles to her web designs.
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That’s it for this week Scrapbook Friend. You take care and have a great week.
Wes & Kathy
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