How to take great pictures the Dan Thompson way...: Slideshow

How to take great pictures the Dan Thompson way...: Slideshow: This is put out there for you to see a more complete collection of my works. The above slideshow is from my pixels.com galleries Plea... Check out all these other great images from pixels.com... barn art for sale

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This is put out there for you to see a more complete collection of my works.
The above slideshow is from my pixels.com galleries Please feel free to stop by and order up your favorite framed art. xxxxx www.2-daniel-thompson.artistwebsites.com xxxxx I'm sorry if I have been a bit distracted by my working on getting my www.fineatramerica.com page up and going, but I will be back shortly with another blog on how you too can improve your shooting skills.

Wide open spaces... Shooting panoramas.

Wide open spaces are awe inspiring, but how do you capture that awe?  Panorama pictures, thats how.  This posting is to help you capture that awe.

The Panorama photo has been around for a very long time. It seems that as soon as photographers started shooting pictures, especially outdoor photography they have been wanting to capture the true grandeur of the world. The best way to do just that was larger than life, seemingly, was/is panoramic shots. These images are used to capture it all to its fullest. To go beyond our normal snap-shot view of the world, and to bring us into the image that makes us part of it. That's in part why TV's are now wider than before, and Cinema-Scope was such a big thing for movies back in the 50's & 60's. Panoramas make us part of the picture, not just an observer. ************ There are a number of ways to capture a great Panorama. The 2 best ways I have found to do a panorama shot. The easiest way and most predictable, I've found, is by cropping. Cropping is when you cut the image sown to what you want. I sometimes do this after the fact, but mostly I will intentionally from the picture to crop out the top and/or bottom part of the picture. This allows me to be more creative, because I can than determine what I want to keep or leave out of the picture. I can also better adjust the with of the picture, because sometimes I want something not a 3x4 or 16x9, but still longer than a standard picture. Another great reason to use the cropping method is that t can be done in a single very quick or very slow single shot, such as fireworks. This makes cropping a very practical and easy way of achieving these images. . The 2nd method is also easy and can offer some additional creative options for your shooting pleasures. This is using the panorama mode on your camera. Many of the smart phone cameras come with this built into their systems. The images I have taken with a cell phone can be quite impressive. They can also be very creative. If you do a slow sweep with the camera it should come out nice and smooth shot. You can move it more rapidly and come up with some interesting results. The reason these pics can be so variable is that they use a stitching program that connects together a number of pics together, thus the chances to come up with some unique images. I will use my phone for a creative shooting. My Sony A-58 also has a similar panorama mode as most smart phones, but its programming is geared towards a much larger and smoother stitching than phone cameras tend to do. I recommend with Dslr cameras to use a tripod as a stable shooting platform. For my intentional shots that I want as an intentional panorama this is my preferred method. . . . . .... So weather its by cropping or the camera taking panorama pictures can be fun and easy. The key to a good panoramic image are basically the same as with all your images...the rules I started this blog with so many years ago. ..... ...

... Here is a cool bonus tip... you can use your cell phone to take great fireworks and pics in motion by just using your panoramic mode by moving it just enough to start the camera and then leaving it steady in one spot, the subject of the image, till its done. Try it....you'll like it.

How to take great pictures the Dan Thompson way...: I just want to show you what I have been doing, an...

How to take great pictures the Dan Thompson way...: I just want to show you what I have been doing, an...: I just want to show you what I have been doing, and let you have a chance to have a great print of the pics I have taken over the last 1...

I just want to show you what I have been doing, and let you have a chance to have a great print of the pics I have taken over the last 10 months and my freelance carreer.

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New camera...



Fog On Trenton Canal
Gibralter MI

 

Sorry about the delay in the new posting of a blog.  I have been researching and working on getting a new camera.  I did.  I bought a new Sony A58.  I love it.

Ode To Steve S.

A building on Woodward Ave.

Detroit, MI

Floweer Closw Up

PW/4star Display Garden

Carleton, MI

1500 Woodward

Detroit, MI

 

 

I chose the camera I wanted, and needed.  It does what I want, as you can see in the pictures I am posting in this blog.  It doesn't need to be your camera, but it did have everything I wanted and needed in a camera, at this time.  Most of the functions are easily accessible with a top dial and a easily worked screen mode settings too.  I can also pivot the screen to add more shooting angles to my work. 

Sunrise over dock remains

Grosse Ile, MI

Only LP falls in MI

Elbow Lake Park & Beach

Prescott, MI

Slow Crossing at Tanglewood

Hole # 2

History In Motion

Greenfield Village

Dearborn, MI

Detroit, MI

Look Up

Woodhaven, MI

Bridge at PW/4star Display Garden

Carleton, MI

Abandonded in the fields

Alger, MI

Old Man and the Sweet Water Sea ( Lake Hyron)

Shore line at 40 <i;e Lighthouse

Roger City, MI

Life is good.

Please remember to buy the best you can afford & feel comfortable with in your hands, for what and how you want to shoot your life.

The Giant Wheel

Cedar Point

Sanduskie, OH

 

Iargo Springs

Huron National Forest

Between Hale * Tawas, Michigan

Crown Of Light

Cedar Point

Sanduskie, OH

 

If you want to see more of my work, and to purchase a custom printed version for yourself please feel free to visit my artist web page...

 

www.2-daniel-thompson.artistwebsites.com



 

Just Off the Green

Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club

Grosse Ile, MI

Gone to market....

This is not a lesson post.  It is a For your information posting.

After a long search, and much consideration, I have decided on a market place for my photography.  Please check out my new web page.  It is through www.fineartamerica.com and gave me the the best and most complete options for people to take advantage of in choosing my art to fill their needs.  Please enjoy.

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If you want me to add any particular picture or pictures to the market place, please let me know.  I will be posting a new blog soon. ********************--------------------********************** Here is a god to see others, and more of my photos. mackinaw bridge photographs for sale