 | Photography Critique - Impromptu Portrait - Savannah, GA
"Scott" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful impromptu portrait and discusses the following:
- quality and quanity of light and impromptu portraits
- shallow depth of field
- formal balance
- color... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Space Mountain and Storm - Disneyland
"Kristopher from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful architectural/ landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- aperture and image quality
- negative space and implied mass and weight
-... [Read More] |
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 | The Great Photo Finish - Spotlight Effect and Rescaling for Balance - Keychain Covered Bike
In this part two of a two part episode of The Great Photo Finish video tutorial series Craig looks at a photograph previously discussed on the Daily Critique and shows you the details of Photoshop work he did to create a spotlight effect on the main... [Read More] |
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 | The Great Photo Finish - Creating a Spotlight Effect - Keychain Covered Bike
In this part one of a two part episode of The Great Photo Finish video tutorial series Craig looks at a photograph previously discussed on the Daily Critique and shows you the details of Photoshop work he did to create a spotlight effect on the main... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Wrought Iron and Sego Palm - Savannah, GA
"Sam from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful still life photograph and discusses the following:
Metadata - IR converted Nikon D200, 45mm EFL, ISO 200, f8.0@... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Keychain Covered Bike - Key West, FL
"Clayton from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful street photograph and discusses the following:
- choosing extraordinary subjects
- gesture and quality of line
- understanding basic ways to... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Davenport Beach Sunset - Davenport Beach, CA
"Dave from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- super wide effective focal lengths and perspective distortion
- the advantage of shutter speeds... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Elephant in the Bush - Botswana, Africa
"Sara from Washington" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful wildlife/landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- the power of black and white in scenes with complicated light... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Impromptu Portrait of a Soldier - Urbana, IL
"Gail from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful impromptu portrait and discusses the following:
- personal growth potential and photographic growth potential of photographing "strangers"
- getting... [Read More] |
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 | Photo Assignment "Take a Walk" Photo Tips and Inspiration
Community Assignment #52 by Craig Tanner
In this video Craig looks at the top select and other selected images from TMEs Community Assignment #52 / Take a Walk and discusses the following:
- back light
- negative space
- partial... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Boat Wreck on the Beach - Near Los Angeles, CA
"Vinith from California" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful beachscape photograph and discusses the following:
- the power of getting very close when shooting with super wide focal... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Thomas-Owens House At Night - Savannah, GA
"Kel from Georgia" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- HDR photography
- finding a new way to see a very mature subject
- complimentary color
-... [Read More] |
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 | The Great Photo Finish - Camera Settings for Night Photography - Creating a Reference JPEG
In this two part episode of The Great Photo Finish video tutorial series Craig looks at a night time photograph created by Kristopher from California.
In part one Craig discusses the difference between RAW and JPEG capture and shares suggestions... [Read More] |
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 | The Great Photo Finish - Camera Settings for Night Photography - Creating a Reference JPEG
In this two part episode of The Great Photo Finish video tutorial series Craig looks at a night time photograph created by Kristopher from California.
In part one Craig discusses the difference between RAW and JPEG capture and shares suggestions... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Shelter at Rosario Beach - Whidbey Island, WA
"Tom from Oregon" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- Multi dimensional light
- less is more and the power of the partial abstraction
- visual unity... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Bleeding Heart in bloom - Nature Preserve, Canada
"James from Canada" by Craig Tanner" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a close up photograph of Bleeding Heart and discusses the following:
- shallow depth of field
- formal symmetry
... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Ebey's Landing Prairie - Whidbey Island, WA
"Winifred from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- repetition with variation equals rhythm
- simplicity of color, dynamic color, complimentary color... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Lake McArthur - Yoho National Park, B.C Canada
"Francis from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- dynamic color, formal symmetry, simplicity, and perspective overlay distortion
- effective focal... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Lake Hodges and I-15 - San Diego, CA
"Kristopher from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful night time landscape architecture photograph and discusses the following:
- new experience and becoming more creative
- the storytelling... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Washington State Ferry - Port Townsend, WA
"Frank from Germany" by Craig Tanner" 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:
- using your live view feature to do a better job of... [Read More] |
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 | Workshop Spotlight - Coupeville Wharfhouse at Twilight- Coupeville, WA
In today's episode of the Workshop Spotlight (Spirit of Whidbey Island) Craig looks at a twilight landscape photograph create by William from California and discusses the following:
- effective focal length of 24mm being a great choice for... [Read More] |
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 | Digital Darkroom Adjustment Layers Photoshop
In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig looks at a street photograph of traveling musicians and discusses the following:
Being instead of trying
Practicing non -judgement in the early part of your capture process
Opening yourself to... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Canyon Landscape Part 2 - Tucson, Az.
"Brian from Arizona" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- using channels to convert to black and white
- combining parts all three channels
- using curves... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Canyon Landscape Part 1 - Tucson, Az.
"Brian from Arizona" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- depth of field, f-stop, and diffraction
- split neutral density filters and highlight clipping in... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Black and White Portrait - Thessaloniki, Greece
"Andry from the U.K." 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:
- black and white and texture as an element of design
- quality of light
- high... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Cone Flowers - Impressionistic Interpretation
"James from Canada" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful impressionistic flower shot and discusses the following:
- making a case for color as the most dominant element of design
- hue, value, and intensity -... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Fort Casey State Park - Coupeville, WA
"Dave from Texas" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a graphic and very environment dominant photograph of a person in the landscape discusses the following:
- working in black and white as a... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Fireworks Display - Dresher, PA
"Mark from Pennsylvania" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful fireworks photographand discusses the following:
- good exposure starting point for fireworks
- including the... [Read More] |
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 | From Start to Finish - Marion Plays the Flute - Savannah, GA
"Marion" by Craig Tanner
In this From Start to Finish episode Craig looks at a Street Portrait and discusses the following:
- equipment choices
- making hands the dominant subject of the portrait
- quieting the critique in the early part... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Butterfly and Flowers - Loxahatchee Wildlife Reserve
"Ed from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful butterfly photograph and discusses the following:
- focal length, working distance, and perspective
- how value and DOF are... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Group Portrait - Father's Day Print
"Blake from Connecticut" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a strong group portrait and discusses the following:
- expressions and body language
- perspective distortion and focal length
- formal symmetry vs.... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Black and White Portraits - Diptych
"Bob from Florida" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful diptych photograph and discusses the following:
- black and white and the power of expression and gesture
- quality of... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - San Francisco City Scape - from Sausalito, CA
"Dave from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful landscape / cityscape photograph discusses the following:
- focal length and relative size of the foreground and background subjects
- to crop or not... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Portrait of Chris Meditating Video Two - Savannah, GA
"Eric from New York" by Craig Tanner
In part two of this week's two part Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful portrait and discusses the following:
- monochrome vs. color
- dimensional and dynamic qualities of... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Portrait of Chris Meditating - Savannah, GA
"Eric from New York" by Craig Tanner
In part one of this week's two part Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful portrait and discusses the following:
- the backstory, concept and process of the shoot
- getting to... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Silhouette of Adult and Child - Milwaukee Art Museum
"Henry from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful environment dominant shot of an adult and child and discusses the following:
- removing a color cast and further color and value management using Adobe... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Fire Juggler on Beach at Night - Yucatan, Mexico
"Jenny from Canada" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful motion blurred photograph and discusses the following:
- shutter speeds for creating a similar mix of static with implied... [Read More] |
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 | Digital Darkroom Making Local Edits Photoshop Brush and Mask Technique
In this video Craig specifically discusses the Adobe Photoshop technique involving the paint brush tool and layer mask that he uses over and over again for making local edits of value, contrast and color to an image.... [Read More] |
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 | Digital Darkroom General Image Finishing Part Two Impromptu Portrait
In this part two of a two part episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig looks at the finishing work on a recent portrait of his friend Guitar Bob. You can go to Craig's blog to see a large finished version of the image and to leave questions and... [Read More] |
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 | Digital Darkroom General Image Finishing Part One Impromptu Portrait
In this part one of a two part episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig looks at the finishing work on a recent portrait of his friend Guitar Bob. You can go here to Craig's blog to see a large finished version of the image and to leave questions and... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Lite Brite Letters and Numbers - Still Life
"John from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a colorful still life photograph and discusses the following:
- the power of play and the power of being open to random occurrences in the creative process
- the... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Cradle Mountain National Park - Tasmania, Australia
"Alan from Australia" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful black and white landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- achieving greater depth of field
- elements of the image that balance
-... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Triptych of Sunflowers - With Lensbaby Composer
"Peter from California" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful triptych photograph and discusses the following:
- visual storytelling
- subject placement and frame proportion
-... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Portrait of a Bride - non- traditional placement of focus
"G from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In part two of today's two part Daily Critique Craig looks at a portrait of a bride and discusses the following:
- subject placement and balance within the square frame
- intentions, competency, happy... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Portrait of a Bride - non- traditional placement of focus
"G from Illinois" by Craig Tanner
In part one of today's two part Daily Critique Craig looks at a portrait of a bride and discusses the following:
- accentuating the dreamy feeling of the image
- dealing with specular highlights and color... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Impressionistic Beach Photograph - Kiawah Island, SC
"Cam from California" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful impressionistic image of a beach and discusses the following:
- the visual weight of contrast
- getting the viewer to consider subtle differences in... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - Rider at Equestrian Demonstration - Missoula, MT
"Peter from Montana" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful action photograph and discusses the following:
- working with harsh light
- the unifying power of rhythm
- frames per... [Read More] |
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 | Photo of the Week - MAXXI - Rome, Italy
"Daniele from Italy" by Craig Tanner
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- working in harsh light and understanding that light is relative to... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Bluebells and Forest - Ormskirk, Lancs, UK
"David from the UK" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful forest landscape and discusses the following:
- the power of the polarizer for forested scenes on overcast days
- getting closer to the forest floor... [Read More] |
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 | Photography Critique - Double Exposure after Earthquake - Christchurch, New Zealand
"Patti from New Zealand" by Craig Tanner
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful double exposed composition and discusses the following:
- non-ordinary hues of color and emotional storytelling
- the psychological impact of the... [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.
