 | Photo Assignment Blue – Photo Tips and Inspiration
Community Assignment #31 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at a top select and honorable mentions from TME’s Community Assignment #31 / Blue and discusses the following:
- working aperture, critical sharpness and depth of field
-... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique – Landscape – Whidbey Island
"Lucy from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- playing with different shutter speeds when shooting the surface of water
- simplifying by shooting... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique – Still Life with Flowers
"Mike from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life photograph and discusses the following:
- techniques to maximize the use of IS and VR lenses
- unconventional in camera cropping
-... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Underwater Portrait
"Mike from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at an environmental portrait and discusses the following:
- aperture and overall sharpness
- the use of chiaroscuro as a lighting pattern
- formal vs. dynamic... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique – Whidbey Island Landscape
"Jane from Texas" 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:
- composing within a rich tapestry or dense field of information
- using... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Natural Light Portrait
"Jason from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- 85mm is a great focal length for head and shoulder shots and face shots
- f2.8 and shallow depth of field... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Dave from the United Kingdom" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- neutral density – how much is enough - when to use it
- documentary landscape vs. a... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Patti from New Zealand" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- implied movement
- lensbaby portraits and focusing for both eyes and intra-image compositing
- color... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Cam from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape architecture photograph discusses the following:
- shooting and combining two images to extend DOF and dynamic range
- working with the... [Read More] |
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 | Assignment #30 Top Select Video **NEW**
Community Assignment #30 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at the top selects from TME’s Community Assignment #30 / Green and discusses the following:
- middle apertures for a good combination of DOF and overall sharpness
- using... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Jerry from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong portrait and discusses the following: - fear of photographing “strangers”
- body language, gesture, and expression
- psychological impact of low to... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"John from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a partial abstract of an architectural subject a photograph and discusses the following:
- abstracting by showing a part of the subject
- abstracts exist on a... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Gordon from Canada" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- metadata including focal length, f stop and shutter speed
- the power of hands in portraiture
- soft... [Read More] |
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 | Foundation Concepts
"Basic Composition Concepts...Grand Scale Scenic Landscape" by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig looks at Basic Composition Concepts for creating Grand Scale Scenic Landscape photographs and discusses the following:
- The... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Tommy from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful abstract photograph and discusses the following:
- using a slow shutter speed and camera movement to create a motion... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Greig from Canada" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong pattern study and discusses the following:
- using pattern as a way to express repetition and visual unity
- dynamic space shapes and archetypal space... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Mitch from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at two landscape architectural photographs discusses the following: - seeing light instead of judging it relative to a finished image - working with qualities of light... [Read More] |
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 | Foundation Concepts
"Scenic Landscape Photography... Perspective Distortion" by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig looks at the concept of Super Wide Angle Lens perspective distortion in scenic landscape photographs and discusses the following:
... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Norman from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- neutral density filters and moving water
- quality of light
- tertiary color and... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Patti from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong architectural interior photograph and discusses the following:
- getting low with a wide angle lens to get closer to low subjects to create a foreground... [Read More] |
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 | Assignment #29 Top Select Video **NEW**
Community Assignment #29 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at a top select and honorable mentions from TME’s Community Assignment #29 / Pets and discusses the following:
- quality of light for photographing pets with very dark fur or... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Joe from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- challenging ourselves as photographers to work with non-traditional qualities of light
- Chiaroscuro as... [Read More] |
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 | Foundation Concepts
"5 Basic Pitfalls in Scenic Landscape Photography" by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig looks at 5 Basic Pitfalls in creating color scenic landscape photographs and discusses the following :
- going from flat light to split... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Ed from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- ideas about color theory including, complimentary color, non- ordinary... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Rebecca from Tennessee" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong formal portrait and discusses the following:
- classic one light set up
- classical posing guidelines for formal portraits
- gesture and... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Roberta from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong still life photograph and discusses the following:
- complimentary color
- a simple way to think about balance and cropping
- repetition of circular... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Georgia from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait and discusses the following:
- 110mm as a classic portrait focal length
- the visual weight and power of catch lights
- working with... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"John from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful portrait and discusses the following:
- medium long telephoto focal lengths and the illusion of compression
- a great... [Read More] |
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 | Assignment #28 Top Select Video **NEW**
Community Assignment #28 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at a top select and three honorable mentions from TME’s Community Assignment #28 / Architecture - Dynamic Symmetry and discusses the following:
- dynamic movement of shape
-... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Scott from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong panoramic landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- polarizing on overcast days
- considering different framing options and developing the... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"John from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong partially abstract photograph and discusses the following:
- abstract vs. literal
- emphasizing shape by cropping out a part of the scene, flattening... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"George from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful semi- abstract nature photograph and discusses the following:
- shutter speed and implying motion with texture on the... [Read More] |
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 | Digital Darkroom **NEW***
In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig shows you the most effective sliders in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 raw converter for changing exposure. Craig also discusses the basics of rescaling which is a potentially powerful technique for changing... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Ansie from South Africa" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong motion blurred landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- one technique for creating a motion blurred abstract landscape
- simple and... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Rob from Netherlands" by Craig Tanner (Part 2)
In today’s Daily Critique, a part 2 of 2, Craig looks at a strong studio portrait photograph and discusses the following:
- some Photoshop how to basics for making intra image patches and... [Read More] |
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| The Daily Critique
"Rob from Netherlands" by Craig Tanner (Part 1)
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong studio portrait photograph and discusses the following:
- a two light beauty lighting set up
- quantity and quality of light in the eyes
-... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Eric from New York" by Craig Tanner
In this episode of the Photo of the Week Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong environmental portrait with fireworks and discusses the following:
- good ISO, shutter speed and aperture choices for shooting... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Clive from the UK" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong environmental portrait and discusses the following:
- using shallow depth of field to simplify
- formal symmetry
- black and whites potential to... [Read More] |
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 | Assignment #27 Top Select Video **NEW**
Community Assignment #27 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at a top select and two honorable mentions from TME’s Community Assignment #27 / Sidelight and discusses the following:
- using shutter speed to blend texture with elegant... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Rob from California" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful macro photograph and discusses the following:
- crop factor and working distance
- repetition of circular quality of line and spokes on the wheel... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Alfred from New Zealand" 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:
- shutter speed and implying motion with typical surf action as a... [Read More] |
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 | Foundation Concepts **NEW**
Crop Factor Basics by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig discusses the basics of the concept of crop factor DSLRS as compared to full frame sensor DSLRS and how it can effect our lens choices. ... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Kel from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful macro photograph and discusses the following:
- Complimentary color and other exciting color combinations
- why soft light works well for many macro... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Phillipe from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape / architecture photograph and discusses the following:
- the design motif of a frame within a frame
- subject placement and formal and... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Blake from Connecticut" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a creative studio photograph and discusses the following:
- going above and beyond the “assignment”
- a honeycomb spot grid light modifier
- asking the... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Phillipe from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful documentary portrait and discusses the following:
- a great focal length range for story dominant portraits
- Working... [Read More] |
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 | Assignment #26 Top Select Video **NEW**
Community Assignment #26 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at the top select from TME’s Community Assignment #26 / Backlight and discusses the following:
- translucent subjects and backlight
- shallow depth of field and repetition... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Phillipe from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- HDR in black and white
- working with texture as a subject
- leading line
- creating... [Read More] |
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 | The Daily Critique
"Connie from Arizona" by Craig Tanner
In today’s Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- two opposing shapes and a strong visual anchor
- pattern, repetition and diagonal lines
- digital... [Read More] |
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 | Foundation Concepts
Polarizer Basics by Craig Tanner
In this Foundation Concept video Craig discusses, one of the most important pieces of equipment in natural light scenic photography – the Polarizing Filter.... [Read More] |
Craig Tanner is a location advertising photographer, film maker and widely acclaimed photographic educator. In his career as a landscape based advertising photographer Craig has produced stock and assignment photography for hundreds of clients including Kodak, Adobe, Delta, Arvida, Georgia Tourism, and the Jack Nicklaus Development Corporation. Craig's photographs have appeared in numerous national and regional publications including Backpacker, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, Southern Living, and Atlanta Magazine. Since 1992, Craig's editorial work has been exclusively featured in over twenty-five calendars and in the book Georgia, published by Graphic Arts Center Publishers.
