|  | The Daily Critique March 5th, 2010
"David from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #23 - In My Backyard - and discusses the following:
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 24th, 2010
"Greg from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful cityscape photograph and discusses the following:
- going beyond the ordinary by choosing a radical camera position
- shooting without looking... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 23rd, 2010
"Jim from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life photograph and discusses the following:
- complimentary color pairs
- juxtaposition different qualities of line and shape
- soft... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 22nd, 2010
"Bill from Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #22 (The Road) and discusses the following:
- the power of backlight in... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 15th, 2010
"Bob from West Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- framing as a design concept
- design motifs of spokes on the wheel and leading line
- in... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 12th, 2010
"Jackie from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following :
- extraordinary camera position
- quality of light is relative to... [Read More] |
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| | Inspiration February 11th, 2010
In this Inspiration Image Showcase Craig looks at and discusses, from the standpoint of design and creativity, a portfolio of seven inspiring images that were submitted for the Daily Critique.
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| | The Daily Critique February 10th, 2010
"Yves from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- Metadata = Canon 5D, f2.8 100mm lens, ISO 320, f9@ 1/160th
- 100mm as a classic portrait focal length
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 9th, 2010
"John from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- meta data - Nikon D90, 18-105 zoom@75mm, f 5.3@1/250th
- soft light for highly detailed... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 8th, 2010
"Roland from New Mexico" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong documentary photograph and discusses the following:
- radical camera position
- the psychological and design impact of shooting very high to low... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 7th, 2010
"Munawar from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful diptych that was submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #21 and discusses the following:
- the archetype of opposites
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| | The Daily Critique February 4th, 2010
"John from the USA" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape/ wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- capturing the moment
- compromise exposure
- panning with moving wildlife to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 3rd, 2010
"Jon from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong architectural detail photograph and discusses the following:
- simplifying by getting close
- simplifying color by limiting the number of colors,... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 29th, 2010
"Ilona from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful story related photograph and discusses the following:
- working with archetypes as an element of visual design
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 27th, 2010
"Self Critique" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at his own landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- the importance of the polarizer in general scenic photography
- the effect of shutter speeds of around 1... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 26th, 2010
"Steve from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful macro photograph and discusses the following:
- three ways to get to high magnification
- size of our light source relative to our subject
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 25th, 2010
"Kim from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful documentary photograph and discusses the following:
- thank you for our biggest traffic day ever and….. sharing the spirit of the TME Community with your... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom January 22nd, 2010
The Great Photo Finish: "How To's - Adobe Photoshop CS4" by Craig Tanner
In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig shows you how to record, save, share and load actions in Adobe Photoshop CS4.... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 22nd, 2010
"David from Scotland" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful light painting photograph and discusses the following:
- white balance and the blue and orange complimentary color pair... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 21st, 2010
"Jose from Spain" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong portrait and discusses the following:
- using shallow depth of field to simplify and the lead the viewer’s eye
- getting rid of color to increase the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 20th, 2010
"George from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong nature photograph and discusses the following:
- simplicity as a design concept
- managing global and local contrast
- working with... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 18th, 2010
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- taking pictures along the way
- playing the hand you are dealt
- complimentary color and quality of line
- getting closer and... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 15th, 2010
"Abhi from California" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- tenacity
- continuing to work the scene when the preconceived... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 13th, 2010
"Jose from Spain" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- shooting the eastern sunset and western sunrise
- shutter speeds for landscapes that imply subtle... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 12th, 2010
"Bob from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at an environment dominant photograph of a lion and discusses the following:
- gesture and quality of line
- repetition of the lion and the implied negative space... [Read More] |
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| | Foundation Concepts January 11th, 2010
Camera Setup: Exposure, Part 2 by Craig Tanner
This is the 4th video in a series of short videos that we have recorded for our TME Inspirational Photography Weekends that cover basic camera set up and basic exposure. In this video Craig delves... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 11th, 2010
"Victor from India" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- choosing the best working aperture
- using under exposure to create mystery and increase the... [Read More] |
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| | Foundation Concepts January 10th, 2010
Camera Setup: Exposure, Part 1 by Craig Tanner
This is the third video in a series of short videos that we have recorded for our TME Inspirational Photography Weekends that cover basic camera set up and basic exposure. In this video Craig lays... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 8th, 2010
"Mike from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph that was submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #19 / Sunstar and discusses the following:
- storm light as a quality of light... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 6th, 2010
"Cam from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- scouting while you are shooting - the importance of the neutral density filter
- beautiful... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 5th, 2010
"Kel from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life photograph and discusses the following:
- simplicity as an element of design
- design elements that can create the illusion of three... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 4th, 2010
"Francis from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- using a right angle finder to help with getting low
- getting close to the foreground
- quality... [Read More] |
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| | Foundation Concepts January 1st, 2010
Camera Setup: White Balance by Craig Tanner
This is the second video in a series of short videos that we have recorded for our TME Inspirational Photography Weekends that cover basic camera set up and basic exposure. In this video Craig discusses... [Read More] |
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| | Foundation Concepts January 1st, 2010
Camera Setup: Introduction and Image Quality by Craig Tanner
This is the first video in a series of short videos that we have recorded for our TME Inspirational Photography Weekends that cover basic camera set up and basic exposure. In this... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 1st, 2010
"Wes from Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a dramatic impromptu portrait and discusses the following:
- understanding the technical limits of your camera and lenses and the effect... [Read More] |
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| | Equipment December 31st, 2009
"Polaroid Pogo Instant Printer" by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig shares his excitement about the Polaroid Pogo Instant Printer and shares a tip for getting the best print quality and some ideas about using the printer to have more fun as a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 30th, 2009
"Blake from Connecticut" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful formal portrait and discusses the following:
- a one soft box lighting set up and quality of light
- placing the light to get light in the eyes... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 29th, 2009
"Richard from Connecticut" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful waterfall photograph and discusses the following:
- soft light, longer exposures and the polarizer being a good combination for shooting moving... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 28th, 2009
"Julie from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong portrait and discusses the following:
- going past fears and building community for your work
- image quality and your histogram
- using curves to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 25th, 2009
"April from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life portrait that was submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #18 / Shadow and discusses the following:
- April’s... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom December 24th, 2009
Great Photo Finish: "Unlimited Depth of Field" Part 2 by Craig Tanner
In this second part of a two part episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig discusses field techniques, combined with post processing in Helicon Focus software, for creating... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom December 23rd, 2009
The Great Photo Finish: "Unlimited Depth of Field" Part 1 by Craig Tanner
In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig discusses field techniques, combined with Adobe Photoshop CS 4 techniques, for creating landscape scenics with unlimited... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 23rd, 2009
"Alex from New Zealand" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life portrait and discusses the following:
- working with assignments and concepts to grow creativity
- working with angles slightly off of... [Read More] |
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| | Foundation Concepts December 21st, 2009
"Sunstar" by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig looks at the subject of creating sunstars in landscape photographs and discusses the following:
- a lenses smallest f-stops will create the strongest effect
- using a small... [Read More] |
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| | Foundation Concepts December 21st, 2009
"Diffraction" by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig looks at the optical aberration of diffraction and how it relates to aperture and f-stop and discusses the following :
- a lay person’s definition of diffraction
- what... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 21st, 2009
"Dave from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful nature photograph and discusses the following:
- using shallow depth of field to simplify and imply depth
- using complimentary color pairs to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 18th, 2009
"TJ from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful environment dominant portrait and discusses the following:
- 35mm as a great focal length for environment dominant portraits... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 17th, 2009
"Yair from Death Valley Workshop" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- working with effective focal lengths of 300mm or longer to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 16th, 2009
"Scott from Grand Teton's Workshop"
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- choosing the most effective f-stop for your landscape photograph
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 14th, 2009
"Multiple Submissions Worldwide" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at multiple beautiful portraits from TME’s 2009 Street Portraiture workshop and discusses the following:
- helping the portrait subject to be more relaxed... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 11th, 2009
"Robert from Grand Tetons" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- showing just a part of the scene to create a partial abstraction... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 9th, 2009
"Mike from Massachusetts" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following: - considering f-stop and shutter speed as more than exposure controls - working with contouring lines... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 8th, 2009
"Anthony from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- getting closer to the main subject to simplify the image
- shooting low to high to simplify the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 7th, 2009
"Mike from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful black and white landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- using the cameras jpeg picture style settings and info sets to preview the scene in a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 4th, 2009
"Erik from Big Bend Workshop" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful self portrait and discusses the following:
- a powerful way to work with hard light
- keeping color simple... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 3rd, 2009
"Gwen from UK" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- having the courage to go past artistic limits and fears
- a basic two light set up
- quality of line relative to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 27th, 2009
"Michael from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful photograph and discusses the following:
- partially abstracting a subject
- the emotional power of black and white... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 26th, 2009
"Albert from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- neutral density filters
- aperture, depth of field and diffraction
- quality of line
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 25th, 2009
"Heiko from Germany" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- mystery as an element of story
- leaving some things to the imagination of the viewer
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 21st, 2009
"Catherine from Colorado" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural detail photograph created on TME’s Big Bend National National Park Workshop and discusses the following:... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 18th, 2009
"TJ from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- shooting an iconic subject in a new or out of the ordinary way
- working with repetition to create... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 17th, 2009
"Chadravir from India" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- leading line and s-curves
- contrasting natural subjects with man made subjects
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 16th, 2009
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful wildlife portrait and discusses the following: - dimensional lighting - color theory and color depth - flow of focus and shallow depth of field - dynamic quality of line - implied flow of movement... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique November 13th, 2009
"Dave from Michigan" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph created on TME’s Teton National Park Workshop and discusses the following:
- quality of light and... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique October 8th, 2009
"Dawn - Grand Tetons" Part 2 by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- converting to black and white using the black and white adjustment layer
- combining... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique October 7th, 2009
"Dawn - Grand Tetons" Part 1 by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- Looking at the basic structure of the image for balance and unity
- Creating multiple... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique October 6th, 2009
"Catherine from Colorado" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- looking at a lens test to discover the sharpest aperture or apertures for each of your lenses... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 25th, 2009
"Peter from Sweden" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful images submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #16: Long Exposure and discusses the following: - the power of mystery and the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 23rd, 2009
"Sam from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following: - the power of lighting that is congruent with the story that is being told - †a way to think through the idea of... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 22nd, 2009
"Julie from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image and discusses the following: - working with back side light to create an illusion of form - leading line , visual unity and the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 21st, 2009
Community Assignment #17 / Shooting for the Square
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following: In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful macro... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 21st, 2009
"Philip from Michigan" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a dramatic architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- looking at a diffraction chart for your lenses so that you understand when it is no longer worth... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 18th, 2009
"Jose from Spain" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image and discusses the following:
- The power of repetition to create both visual unity and to imply image depth
- The potential of implied... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 18th, 2009
"Frank from Germany" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- instead of looking at photographs as either abstract or literal... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 15th, 2009
"Jose from Spain" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image and discusses the following:
- using the wide angle lens to imply depth - working with powerful shapes and pattern as a foreground for a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 14th, 2009
"Victor from India" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image and discusses the following:
- the inherent power of contrast and visual archetypes
- visual stops along the “x” axis of the image -... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 11th, 2009
"Drena from California" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful still life photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #15 and discusses the following:
- working with a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 10th, 2009
"Flo from New Jersey" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Part 2 of a two part Daily Critique Craig looks at a provocative portrait and discusses the following:
- lens choice and subject distance relative to possible perspective distortions
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 9th, 2009
"Flo from New Jersey" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Part 1 of a two part Daily Critique Craig looks at a provocative portrait and discusses the following:
- quality of reflected light relative to dimension and psychological impact on the viewer... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 8th, 2009
"Cam from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image and discusses the following:
- using alternating areas of texture (or color or value, etc.) to create visual depth and simplification... [Read More] |
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| | Oldies But Goodies September 8th, 2009
Commercial Project Landscape Architecture by Craig Tanner
In this Oldie but Goodie (an old Light Diary episode) Craig looks at a handful of shots from a commercial shoot for a property client. Craig discusses both commercial landscapes and... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 7th, 2009
"Simon from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at an abstract / lensbaby landscape image and discusses the following:
- how abstractions encourage us to go beyond surface concepts and enjoy intrinsic forms,... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 4th, 2009
"Trey from Tennessee" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful still life photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #14 and discusses the following:
- using shallow depth of... [Read More] |
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| | Oldies But Goodies September 3rd, 2009
In this Oldie but Goodie Craig looks at three of his street portraits shot with the Lensbaby 2.0 (now the Muse). Even though Lensbabies has updated their product line with the Composer (which is the main Lensbaby model Craig uses for his street... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique September 3rd, 2009
"Multiple Submissions Worldwide" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at 3 images and discusses the following:
- the visual weight inside of a blank frame
- the psychological power of implied movement within the frame... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 21st, 2009
"Michael from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful, ethereal portrait and discusses the following:
- the creative power of “mistakes”
- balance, color theory, and... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom August 19th, 2009
The Great Photo Finish: Working with Kuler by Craig Tanner
In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig looks at a colorful portrait and discusses the following:
- Working with Kuler, an exciting extension found in Adobe Photoshop CS4,... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 19th, 2009
"Lee from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong portrait and discusses the following:
- shooting wide open for both shallow depth of field and a soft focus effect
- finding a great quality of light for... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 18th, 2009
"Seth from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- unconventional cropping to simplify and leave part of the story to the viewer’s imagination
- quality of line... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 17th, 2009
"Domenico from Italy" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
managing depth of field when you have two subjects that are very close to the same plane of focus
- how... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 16th, 2009
"Sasha from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful self portraits and discusses the following: - quality of light in portraiture and the importance of getting light into the eyes... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 12th, 2009
"Larry from California" by Craig Tanner
today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful night time landscape photograph and discusses the following: - simplicity - the complimentary color pair of blue and orange - positive and negative space... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 11th, 2009
"April from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- heeding the call of the voice of our intuition
- the psychological power of... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 10th, 2009
"Craig from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- giving extra weight to the sky on days when there is beautiful cloud action
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique August 7th, 2009
"Sasha from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- working with two pairs of complimentary color as the major scheme for... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 24th, 2009
"Frank from Germany" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait of a horse and discusses the following:
-working with unconventional cropping in portraiture to create more... [Read More] |
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| | Frank from Germany July 24th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait of a horse and discusses the following:
- working with unconventional cropping in portraiture to create more psychological impact with the features of the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 22nd, 2009
"Self Critique" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig takes a critical look at his own work and talks about the idea of approach to image design as it relates to his people photography:
- how the subject matter itself has an effect... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 21st, 2009
"Clive from the UK" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a great Lensbaby portrait and discusses the following:
- the use of selective focus with the Lensbaby - formal symmetry
- learning to see your image at a basic... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 20th, 2009
"Mike from New Jersey" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful portrait and discusses the following:
- the creative power of getting out of our comfort zone and going past a fear
- focal length and working... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 17th, 2009
"Alexandra from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- complimentary color of blue
- orange
- psychological... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 16th, 2009
"Don from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful storytelling photograph and discusses the following: - stopped vs. implied motion - unconventional cropping as a powerful storytelling device - seeing and... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom July 14th, 2009
The Great Photo Finish: "Chris from Austria (Part 2)" by Craig Tanner
In this second part of a two part episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph inside of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and discusses the following:
... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 14th, 2009
"Debbie from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- tertiary color
- creating visual unity by working with repetition
- implied visual pathways... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 13th, 2009
"Aaron from Nebraska" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a high energy portrait and discusses the following:
- going beyond the cliché of the smiling child portrait
- balance as an element of visual design
- ways... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 10th, 2009
"Lewis from Maryland" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- cultivating a belief system and mind set that encourages us to say yes... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 8th, 2009
"Jose from Spain" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- repetition as an element of visual unity
- dynamic or informal symmetry
- shooting the eastern... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 7th, 2009
"Duane from Georgia" by Craig Tanner (Part 2 of 2)
In today’s Daily Critique Craig continues his critique of a beautiful cityscape photograph and discusses the following:
- sketching a perfect world version of your shot based on scouting and... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 6th, 2009
"Duane from Georgia" by Craig Tanner (Part 1 of 2)
In today’s part one of a two part Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful cityscape photograph and discusses the following:
- the value of persistence, tenacity and hard work
-... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 3rd, 2009
"Peter from Sweden" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- implied motion vs. stopped motion
- positive and negative space... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom July 2nd, 2009
The Great Photo Finish: "Chris from Austria" by Craig Tanner
In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the a technique involving a keyboard shortcut for increasing dynamic range... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique July 1st, 2009
"Self Critique - Landscape Photography" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig takes a critical look at his own work and talks about the idea of approach to image design as it relates to his landscape photography:
- how the subject... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 30th, 2009
"Chris from Austria" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- creating a sunstar effect in camera
- quality of light, quality of line, and complimentary color... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 29th, 2009
"Mark from Minnesota" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a great documentary photograph within a series of shots of the same subject and discusses the following:
- selecting elements of design vs. selecting a thought... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 26th, 2009
"Abhi from California" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- positive and negative space
- simplicity, repetition and working... [Read More] |
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| | From Start To Finish June 25th, 2009
"City Market Blues" by Craig Tanner
In this From Start to Finish episode Craig looks at an impromptu street portrait and discusses the following:
- quality of light
- separations, mergers and positive and negative space
- how the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 24th, 2009
"Sam from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- infrared capture
- quality of line and repetition
- taking time to find the best vantage... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 23rd, 2009
"Robert from Missouri" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- quality of line and implied image depth
- positive and negative space shapes and subject... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 22nd, 2009
"Shelly from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful flower photograph and discusses the following:
- negative and positive space shapes
- repetition as an element of visual design
- implied... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 19th, 2009
"Jim from the UK" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- complimentary color pair of blue and orange
- quality of line and... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 17th, 2009
"Eduardo from Mexico" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful documentary photograph and discusses the following:
- negative and positive space shapes
- separations and mergers
- repetition as a unifying... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 16th, 2009
"Peter from Sweden" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural / landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- quality of line
- cross hatching diagonals
- visual unity through repetition... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 15th, 2009
"Abhi from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful abstract photograph and discusses the following:
- the psychological impact of subjects that are different than the other subjects
- abstract vs.... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 12th, 2009
"Pam from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful and dramatic wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- the theory of design and how it relates to both the shooting and editing parts of our... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 11th, 2009
"Yichao from Indiana" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- beauty lighting as a quality of light
- having your portrait subject look up into the light
- how true... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 10th, 2009
"Julie from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following: - storm light as a quality of light - considering an image crop based on story, context and concept -... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 8th, 2009
"Bevan from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- using a slow shutter and a moving subject to create leading line
- camera placement to create... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique June 5th, 2009
"Sam from California" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful portrait and discusses the following :
- the power of suggestion and mystery in the storytelling process
- an over... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique May 8th, 2009
"Jorg from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- the power of the moment
- formal symmetry
- repetition as a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 20th, 2009
"Ed from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- working with panning and motion to abstract the background in a photograph of a subject moving along a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 17th, 2009
"Janet from Arkansas" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique, Craig discusses a beautiful portrait that was submitted as part of TME’s Community Assignment Number 6. Craig specifically discusses the following... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 15th, 2009
"Self-Critique" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at one of his own images and asks the following questions:
- what is your process for choosing your top selects from a shoot
- once you have top selects what is your... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 14th, 2009
"Mark from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful formal portrait and discusses the following:
- cultivating a habit in the creative process of being bold and going past limits
- practicing having... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 13th, 2009
"Benjamin from Denmark" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a stunning pet portrait and discusses the following:
- the editing process and how important it can be to have plenty of time to spend with an image and how... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 10th, 2009
"Luis from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful still life photograph and discusses the following :
- extraordinary color that falls outside of the viewers expectation... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 9th, 2009
"Kel from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural detail photograph and discusses the following :
- the pattern, warmth, and softness of the quality of light
- seeing and working with... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 8th, 2009
"Steve from New York" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following :
- the qualities of storm light and how they effect the viewer in this image
- using small people in... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 7th, 2009
"Winifred from the United States" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful black and white infrared landscape image and discusses the following points:
- an IR converted camera as a great option for shooting... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 6th, 2009
"Edmund from Massachusetts" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a wonderful environmental portrait from The Mindful Eye Community’s “Attitude” Assignment and discusses the following points:
- the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique April 2nd, 2009
"Roger from Connecticut" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image and discusses the following:
- quality of light and quality of line - comparing B&W and color versions of the image
- simplifying... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 27th, 2009
"Moritz from Germany" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a dramatic conceptual image titled “Solitary Men” and discusses the following:
- the visual power of graphic simplicity - the use of... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 25th, 2009
"Eddie from Hong Kong" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful abstract macro image of flowers and discusses the following points: - the visual power of red and why red works well with the white and black - how... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 24th, 2009
"Richard from Colorado" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful abstract architectural photograph and discusses the following :
- how wide angle lenses make it easier for us to handhold and still get sharp images... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 23rd, 2009
"Michael from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful environmental portrait and discusses the following :
- using window light as a beauty light
- the potential effectiveness of matching soft... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 20th, 2009
"Usha from Wisconsin" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful impromptu portrait that was submitted as part of TME’s Community Assignment Number 3 : Stranger and discusses the following... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast March 19th, 2009
"Power of Play" by Craig Tanner
In this Podcast from the vault Craig discusses the “Power of Play” and how important the idea of play is to the creative process. This is a story based Podcast and the workshop Craig references in this Podcast took... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 18th, 2009
"Linda from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful texture and color study of a door rusted door on an abandoned building and discusses:
- working aperture relative to depth of field and overall image... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 17th, 2009
"John from the UK" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful woodlands landscape photograph and discusses the following points:
- the traditional path of the viewer on a printed page and the potential power of the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 16th, 2009
"Bertold from Poland" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful and evocative portrait and discusses the following points:
- the power of unconventional and evocative gestures when creating portraits
- saying... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 13th, 2009
"Peter from Sweden" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a wonderful environmental portrait from The Mindful Eye Community’s “Smile” Assignment and discusses the following points:
the power of... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 12th, 2009
"Dennis from Russia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a stark and beautiful landscape architectural image. Craig discusses the psychological impact of black and white and dramatic archetypes. Craig talks about quality of... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 11th, 2009
"Robert from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait of a tree. Craig discusses quality of light and complimentary color as two elements of visual design that can create a strong illusion of being... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 9th, 2009
"John from the Netherlands" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a different way of seeing the landscape with a telephoto lens. Craig talks about using layers of information and selective focus to suggest the depth and space... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 6th, 2009
"Sam from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful, inside looking out, architectural detail photograph. Craig discusses formal symmetry, dynamic symmetry and the visual design... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 5th, 2009
"Edmund from Massachusetts" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a stunningly beautiful grand scale scenic landscape photograph. Craig talks about the difference between dynamic symmetry and formal symmetry and discusses why... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 4th, 2009
"Doug from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful, very environment dominant portrait. Craig talks about the visual design elements of quality of light, quality of line, cross hatching diagonals, harmony... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique March 2nd, 2009
"Bill from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at an evocative, abstract self portrait that was created as part of an assignment on The Mindful Eye’s Death Valley National Park Workshop. Craig discusses the design... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 28th, 2009
"April from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at images from the Mindful Eye’s community assignment # 2 – “Parking Lot”. The Photo of the Week was created by April and is a beautiful... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 26th, 2009
"Chuck from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig discusses formal symmetry as a design concept. Craig explains why working with formal symmetry in a square cropped image is a potentially powerful use of visual design theory.... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 25th, 2009
"Finding the Heart of Your Work" by Craig Tanner
In this Oldie But Goodie podcast Craig talks about being inspired by Joe Reifer's challenging blog post titled "Going Deeper May Require More abstract Excursions" which made the rounds of the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 25th, 2009
"Edmund from Massachusetts" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a stunningly beautiful grand scale scenic landscape photograph. Craig talks about the difference between dynamic symmetry and formal symmetry and discusses how... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 23rd, 2009
"Chris from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a dynamic documentary group photograph. Craig discusses quality of line and distinguishes between contouring lines and implied lines based on movement from one subject... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 20th, 2009
"Depth of Field" by Craig Tanner
In this Podcast from the vault Craig discusses a less technical and more experiential and personal way to think about and calculate depth of field. Craig defines depth of field and other concepts related to depth... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 20th, 2009
"Cyane from Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig discusses a very beautiful and stark landscape architecture image. Craig talks about how diagonal convergence, subject matter, and dark to light... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 18th, 2009
"Abhi from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig discusses a dramatic story based image. Craig begins the discussion by encouraging all photographers to create an equipment check list that you work with to get ready for each... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 16th, 2009
"Jan from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful in studio portrait. First Craig talks about quality of light, quality of line and visual harmony. Craig then begins a discussion on The Mindful Eye of... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 13th, 2009
"Ed from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a stunning wildlife portfolio. Craig discusses image design in the context of a centered subject. Craig talks about the basic but extremely... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 12th, 2009
"Scenic Waterfall Photography" by Craig Tanner
In this landscape based Podcast from the vault Craig discusses scenic photography of waterfalls. Craig begins by giving practical tips concerning quality of light and camera placement. Craig also... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 11th, 2009
"Street Photography" by Craig Tanner
In this Podcast from the vault Craig discusses his approach to Street Photography of people. Craig begins by talking about the tradition of Street Photography and describes how his approach differs. After... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 11th, 2009
"Afzal from UK" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a beautiful street portrait. Craig discusses the idea of playing with big changes (in PS) to the curves dialogue to pre-visualize possible alternate variations of a black and... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 10th, 2009
"Blake from Massachusetts" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses a beautiful in studio portrait. Craig talks about quality of light and discusses the lighting concepts of key light, fill light and accent light. Craig talks about... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 6th, 2009
"Grand Scale Scenic Landscape Part 2" by Craig Tanner
This Podcast is a continuation of the discussion started originally in The Grand Scale Scenic Landscape Podcast. Craig starts off by discussing camera set up and a technical workflow for... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 6th, 2009
"George from New York" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig showcases a portfolio of stunning black and white architectural images titled “Gotham City”. Craig talks about using a polarizer to increase local... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 5th, 2009
"Myth of Talent Revisited" by Craig Tanner
In this two part Podcast from the vault Craig revisits the article that is the basis for much of his teaching, “The Myth of Talent”. Craig first discusses new studies that make, what is almost a lock... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 4th, 2009
"Mike from U.K." by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at beautiful landscape scenic. Craig talks about color theory as it relates to visual movement and visual unity. Craig takes a quick side trip and talks about the influence of the... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 3rd, 2009
"Ebb & Flow of Natural Light" by Craig Tanner
In this Podcast from the vault Craig discusses the ebb and flow of natural light. Craig defines the three types of twilight and discusses how understanding these qualities of light can help us to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique February 3rd, 2009
"Multiple Submissions Worldwide" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at several images and does shorter critiques that relate closely to the questions that have been asked by the photographers in their submissions. Craig discusses... [Read More] |
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| | Podcast February 2nd, 2009
"Grand Scale Scenic Landscape" by Craig Tanner
In this Podcast from the vault Craig discusses his approach to the grand scale scenic landscape photograph. First, Craig talks about his approach to scouting and getting ready for the shoot. Next... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique February 2nd, 2009
"Ryn from Ohio" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image. Craig discusses framing and subject placement. Craig also discusses quality of line and visual unity. Craig talks about color theory relative to the... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 30th, 2009
"Abhi from California" by Craig Tanner
This week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique showcases images submitted for our Community assignment “The Movies”. The Photo of the Week submitted by Abhi is a great example of an image that uses, to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 29th, 2009
"Joanne from Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a beautiful environmental portrait. Craig talks about framing and quality of light. In particular Craig describes the lighting qualities and patterns associated with... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 28th, 2009
"Matt from West Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape image. Today’s critique is more philosophical and Craig asks more questions than he attempts to answer. Craig talks about the potential competing... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 27th, 2009
"Yichao from Indiana" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a beautiful impromptu portrait shot using natural light. Craig talks about potentially important qualities of light to think about when making portraits. Craig discusses... [Read More] |
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| | From Start To Finish January 23rd, 2009
"Goldenrod, Inlet & Sky" by Craig Tanner
In this From Start to Finish episode Craig takes a look at one of his favorite digital landscape advertising images. Craig discusses the shot list for the job and outlines the types of shots most of his... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 23rd, 2009
"William from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In this Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a very powerful and evocative portrait. Craig talks about the potential power of sharing your joy as a photographer through being a part of a... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 21st, 2009
"Mathias from Germany" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses a beautiful macro shot. Craig talks about why owning a macro lens in the 100mm focal length range is such a great lens choice. Craig discusses the photographic visual... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 20th, 2009
"Steve from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a beautiful impromptu portrait. Craig mentions working in a group as a great way to get over fears you might have about approaching “strangers” with your camera. Craig also... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 19th, 2009
"Steve from Denmark" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses the power of conscious practice and the creative strength in going with the hand you are dealt. Craig talks about working with backlight as a design element and also talks... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 16th, 2009
"Carl from North Carolina" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful landscape image. Craig talks about a hallmark of being a creative person is having a way to capture creative ideas. Craig... [Read More] |
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| | Carl from North Carolina January 16th, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful landscape image. Craig talks about a hallmark of being a creative person is having a way to capture creative ideas. Craig suggests always carrying a journal as a way to... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 15th, 2009
"Jan from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig takes a look at two versions of the same image from a fashion shoot. Craig talks about working with a fill light combined with natural window light. Craig makes the case that there... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 13th, 2009
"Bill from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses an environment dominant portrait. Craig talks about camera variations we might consider when photographing a person in the environment. Craig also talks about dynamic... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 12th, 2009
"Usha from Wisconsin" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at an in studio, formal portrait. Craig talks about developing rapport with the portrait subjects and discusses several ways of getting your portrait subjects to relax in front... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 9th, 2009
"Mike from Canada" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig talks about a beautiful impromptu portrait. Craig discusses color theory and how powerful very specific complimentary colors pairs can be in creating... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 8th, 2009
"Carmine from Canada" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig takes a look at powerful street portrait. Craig discusses lens choice and talks about why an effective focal of 50mm can be a great lens choice for street portraits. Craig also... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique January 7th, 2009
"Vincent from the Netherlands" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about the difference in a landscape image between the setting the stage and telling a story. Craig discusses long lens compression as a design element. Craig also... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique January 2nd, 2009
"Nick from North Carolina" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses quality of light, quality of line and rhythm. Craig also talks about visual depth and color theory. Craig discusses the inherent... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique January 1st, 2009
"Self Critique" by Craig Tanner
In today’s self-critique Craig discusses the visual power of an unbroken horizon in a landscape photograph. Craig discusses ways to move the viewer of your images back and forth past the horizon from foreground to... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 31st, 2008
"Rebecca from Tennessee" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses portrait lighting and post processing lighting effects. Craig talks about altering the shape of catch lights to mimic the shape, size, and direction our post processing... [Read More] |
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| | Oldies But Goodies December 29th, 2008
"Pastel Beach" by Craig Tanner
In this Oldie but Goodie episode we revisit one of Craig’s early From Start to Finish episodes. In this episode Craig shows everything in the process of the creation of an advertising landscape shot from the... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 29th, 2008
"Jan from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique we revisit the November 26 Daily Critique where Craig talks about how quality of light, expression and gesture are the most important things in portraiture. Craig also discuses taking a... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 26th, 2008
"Marian from the Netherlands" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the importance of quality of light and, in particular, discusses window light as a possible light source for portraits. Craig talks... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 25th, 2008
"Elf from the Northpole" by Craig Tanner
Happy Holidays!!! From all of us at The Mindful Eye.... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 24th, 2008
"Charlie from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about the element of time and how important that motif is to the potential power of this image. Craig also talks about skewing to correct for parallax distortion. Craig... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 22nd, 2008
"Frank from Oregon" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about achieving depth of field in a landscape image and discusses the concept of diffraction and the idea of sharpest aperture. Craig points out the beautiful qualities of line,... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom December 20th, 2008
"Rescaling For Visual Unity" by Craig Tanner
In This Digital Darkroom episode Craig works with rescaling to achieve more visual unity in the image. Craig also uses the Curves Adjustment Layer to get rid of a color cast and to create more color... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 19th, 2008
"Albert from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at an abstract approach to a very mature subject – the Western Ghost Town. Craig discuses how some connection to the real in an abstract photograph... [Read More] |
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| | Albert from Texas December 19th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at an abstract approach to a very mature subject – the Western Ghost Town. Craig discuses how some connection to the real in an abstract photograph can be a strong hook to get the viewer... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 18th, 2008
"George from New York" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses developing a habit and attitude where your landscape photography is less destination oriented. Craig points out how rhythm in this image is creating a powerful feeling of... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 17th, 2008
"Bill" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig talks about the power of leading line in a big landscape scenic. Craig also discusses removing color casts as a way to create more color depth and to create more of an illusion for the viewer... [Read More] |
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| | Light Diary December 16th, 2008
"Discount Store Parking Lot" by Craig Tanner
In this Light Diary Vidcast the theme is “Discount Store Parking Lot”. Craig discusses a very basic “workflow” for composition of any subject. Craig talks about the idea of leaving room in your process... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 15th, 2008
"Patricia from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about how including people in a scenic architectural exterior can help to anchor the image, bring the building to life, and create a powerful sense of scale for large... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 12th, 2008
"George from New York" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses how quality of light, positive and negative space shapes, quality of line and color theory can all be used to simplify the message of our... [Read More] |
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| | The Daily Critique December 11th, 2008
In Today’s critique Craig talks about cropping to achieve balance. Craig talks about considering both positive and negative space shapes when it comes to cropping to achieve visual harmony and balance. Craig also talks about cropping in anticipation... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 10th, 2008
"Ed from U.S." by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig looks at a panoramic image and discusses subject placement relative to the ratio of the framing device of the panorama. Craig also talks about timing relative to skies and working to... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 9th, 2008
"Linda from Alaska" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses leading line, dynamic balance, and dynamic tone within a black and white file. Craig also talks about lens choice and framing. Craig discusses the use of curves and levels... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 8th, 2008
"Self Critique" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig reviews one of his own images and discusses how our emotional connection to the experience of creating a photograph can cloud our judgment when it comes to being good editors of our own... [Read More] |
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| | Digital Darkroom December 7th, 2008
"Simplifying A Scenic Landscape Image" by Craig Tanner
In this episode of the digital darkroom Craig discusses simplifying a scenic landscape image. First Craig uses the spot healing brush for digital gardening high contrast areas that are busy... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 5th, 2008
"Sam" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the power of images that depict subjects or archetypes that have the potential to evoke an emotional response through direct experience, memory, or... [Read More] |
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| | Light Diary December 4th, 2008
"River Songs" by Craig Tanner
In this Light Diary Vidcast the theme is “River Songs” and Craig discusses the thought process that led to the creation of a series of vertical river scenics of the Virgin River in Zion National Park.
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| | Daily Critique December 4th, 2008
"Debbie - Smoky Mountains" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses literal rhythm versus reflected rhythm. Craig also talks about the idea of image balance or unity in the context of files that are monochrome with one area of color.... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 3rd, 2008
"Blake from Connecticut" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about portrait lighting relative to showing off the best features of a portrait subject. Craig talks about how the gesture of looking up can be both a powerful form of... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 2nd, 2008
"Mark from Minnesota" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses HDR photographs and the concepts of context and believability. Craig talks about visual unity and balance as it relates to both saturation and general color theory. Craig... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique December 1st, 2008
"Bob from West Virginia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses effective use of shutter speed for working with moving water in a landscape. Craig also talks about the power of leading line as a visual design element in big scenic... [Read More] |
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| | Oldies But Goodies November 29th, 2008
In this Oldie but Goodie episode we revisit one of Craig’s early From Start to Finish episodes – Elise and the Blue Dock. In this episode Craig shows everything in the process of a portrait shoot from the conceptual ideas, to capture techniques, to... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 28th, 2008
"Dennis" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses how working in monochrome can be a great way to get beautiful shots in qualities of light that might be too flat or to contrasty for general color... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 27th, 2008
In today’s critique Craig showcases six images from six different photographers. Craig talks about color theory, ways to create rhythm and balance, quality of line and camera position. Craig also talks about ways that we might make our images more... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 26th, 2008
"Jan from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique Craig talks about how quality of light, expression and gesture are the most important things in portraiture. Craig also discuses taking a good shot and making it even better by... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 25th, 2008
"Jan from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique Craig has an extended discussion of color theory using the Painter’s Color Wheel relative to choosing wardrobe for an outdoor portrait session. Craig also discusses posing and mixing... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 24th, 2008
"Mike from New Jersey" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique Craig discusses working a backlit landscape scene. Craig talks about the possibility of creating a sunstar effect. Craig also talks about overall image balance, color balance, rhythm and... [Read More] |
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| | Light Diary November 21st, 2008
In this Light Diary Vidcast (Year 2 Week 2) the theme is “Sleepwalk” and Craig discusses the thought process that led to the creation of a series of long exposure, early morning twilight abstracts. Craig discusses how man made lights mixing with... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 21st, 2008
"Cindi from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses triptych as a concept. Craig talks about how having an obvious thread that ties our images together can make the process of creating more... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 20th, 2008
"Ken from Iowa" by Craig Tanner
In today’s review of the Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the design concept of simplicity. Craig also talks abstracting a scene by only shooting part of it. Craig discusses the use of... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 17th, 2008
"Kevin from U.K." by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses using the Lensbaby to create a portrait. Craig also discusses how centering our main subject can have a big effect on where we place the rest of the elements of visual design... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 14th, 2008
"Rick from U.S." by Craig Tanner
In today’s review of the Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the design concept of simplicity. Craig also talks abstracting a scene by only shooting part of it. Craig discusses the use of... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 13th, 2008
"Rich from New Jersey" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique Craig discusses slowing your shutter to mute contrast in moving water. Craig also discusses the difference between a low contrast and high contrast version of the same black and white... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 12th, 2008
"James from New York" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses rescaling as a powerful tool within Photoshop to correct distortions. Craig also discusses how in addition to flow of focus, and light and shadow, color and desaturated... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 11th, 2008
"Larry from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses lighting a portrait subject with small contained flash units. Craig talks about lighting controls like umbrellas, soft boxes, snoots, and reflectors. Craig talks about quality... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 10th, 2008
"Bill from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig works inside of Photoshop to make the edits and gives a tour of a few of the new features inside of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Craig discusses quality of light, quality of line and using a... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 7th, 2008
"John from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig discusses the difference between abstract and pictorial photography. Craig also talks about space shape, rhythm, quality of line and visual... [Read More] |
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| | Light Diary November 6th, 2008
"Man’s Best Friend" by Craig Tanner
In this Light Diary Vidcast (Year 2 Week 1) the theme is “Man’s Best Friend” and Craig explores some helpful techniques for creating portraits. Craig discusses quality of light, subject and background... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 6th, 2008
"John from Denmark" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about quality of light for shooting macro subjects. Craig discusses using depth of field and color theory to create separation from main subject to background. Craig also... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 5th, 2008
"David from US" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses stopped and implied motion. Craig also talks about taking advantage of the perspective distortions that we get with lenses that are shorter or longer than a normal lens. Craig... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 4th, 2008
"Peter from Sweden" by Craig Tanner
In today’s information packed critique Craig discusses multiple ways to achieve separation between your portrait subject and the background. Craig also discusses some of the advantages of the gesture of having... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique November 3rd, 2008
"Roger from US" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique Craig discusses the use of neutral density to imply motion. Craig also talks about working in monochrome when shooting the grand landscape in flat light. Craig discusses leading line, s curves,... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique October 31st, 2008
"Steve from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig discusses the power of gesture in portraiture. Craig also talks about repetition, quality of line, and how working with monochrome in portraiture can... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique October 30th, 2008
"Self Critique" by Craig Tanner
Craig critiques one of his own images today. Craig discusses how your framing device determines what kind of proportional relationships you create within the frame if you are going for visual unity and harmony.... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique October 29th, 2008
"Flo from New Jersey" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig talks about gesture and expression and the use of props to help a portrait subject relax. Craig also discusses rescaling a part of the image to correct for perspective distortion.... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique October 28th, 2008
"Louise from Ireland" by Craig Tanner
In Today’s critique Craig looks at two simple horse portraits and defines and discusses positive and negative space shapes. Craig also talks about ideas for creating balanced and complimentary backgrounds.... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique October 27th, 2008
"Sharon from Ontario, Canada" by Craig Tanner
In today’s critique Craig discusses how the average viewer of a photograph makes the visual journey through our images based on the relative visual weight of some of the most basic components of a... [Read More] |
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| | Oldies But Goodies October 24th, 2008
In this oldy but goody Craig takes a walk through shooting magnolia blossom macro with his favorite lens – the Lensbaby. Craig discusses how this specialty lens works. Then Craig goes into the process of the shoot and talks about how he warms up... [Read More] |
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| | Inspiration October 24th, 2008
I can still remember the looks of incredulity when I left the hospital and made the declaration that I was quitting my job in order to become a nature photographer. I am sure, to the people closest to me, my dream did seem to come way out of left... [Read More] |
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| | Daily Critique October 24th, 2008
"Brian from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In this Photo of the Week on the Daily critique Craig discusses lighting design, gelling lights, using lights to create depth, using super wide angle lenses to create perspective distortion and depth and... [Read More] |
