How to Create Photography Slideshows that Captivate Your Audience

Jason Row wrote this article posted at Light Stalking. He gives general tips for producing great slideshows. He describes how to create a story by carefully choosing your images, timing, and engaging your audience.

This is a great way to use your creativity and technical skills together!

http://bit.ly/WVgfOK

How to Fix the Five Most Common Pet Photography Mistakes

This is a great article written by Jamie Pflughoeff  posted at MCP actions. It tells how to fix the five most common pet photography editing mistakes and how to avoid them. Honestly, some of these tips are so helpful that they could also apply to many other types of photography. She describes the mistakes with a photo example, then tells how to correct it in both Photoshop and Lightroom. 

A great read!

http://bit.ly/S0Xpjn

"Learning How to Focus"

This article by Bill Jones was posted at the Photo Argus blog about learning how to focus. There's so much to consider when shooting that we often take focusing for granted. This article covers all the basics and gives tips for any situation. 

http://bit.ly/QJLK9u

"Introduction to Light Painting in Photography"

Another fun post to experiment with! This is about light painting and it was posted at iheartfaces. Written by Kara Wahlgren of Kiwi Photography, this tutorial gives tips on painting, or drawing with light. She gives 5 easy steps and then examples of how to do it. Some of her ideas involve using off camera flash, sparklers and dusk. This is just the kind of trick that adds the "wow" factor to your work and gets the creative juices flowing.

 Check it out here: http://bit.ly/XKlEpL

A DIY "Rig Shot" For Adding Motion to Photos

It's always fun to try new tricks with your camera. This is a great post by Peter Kolonia. He gives step by step instructions on how to set up a rig shot, which is used in automotive photography that shows speed and motion. He explains what lens to use, backgrounds that work well, and the right exposure for best results. 

This was posted at Popphoto:  

http://bit.ly/QBOnKs

More Tips on Photographing Fall Foliage

Christopher O'Donnell wrote this article at the Photoargus blog. He gives great tips on photographing fall foliage that you may not have tried yet. There are loads of fall images being posted this time of year, so if you're looking for something to make yours a bit different, these tips might help. It's always good to get out and just shoot! 

 http://bit.ly/Rp8SJV

Podcast Interview with Douglas Kirkland

Documentary photographer Matt Brandon posted this podcast interview with legendary photographer Douglas Kirkland. Sometimes it's good to just relax and be inspired by someone who is both amazing and successful.Take the time to listen; it's really quite enjoyable!

http://bit.ly/Vo1uEN