YouTube Videos and Other Informative Articles III

Hope everyone is having a great year thus far!

Here's some great information that hopefully you will find useful!

10 Novice Photoshop Mistakes You Should Avoid:



Some good info for mushroom photographers:
www.diyphotography.net/cleansi…


3 Easy Ways to Get that Faded ‘Film Look’ in Photoshop:



Lighting Diagram Sketches That Reveal the Recipes Behind Photos:
petapixel.com/2017/01/02/light…


This Simple One Light Overhead Setup Makes for Dramatic Portraits:



How to create a strong focal point and manage attention inside your photographs:
www.diyphotography.net/create-…


Looking for a contest?  Check out this macro contest:
What did you say? ANOTHER MACRO CONTEST?!?Yes, you read it.
And the theme is:
LOVE
 
Since Valentine's Day is coming, why not have a Love related macro contest? For this contest, you will have to take a macro photograph or a closeup of something that you love. Anyone, or anything. 
In other words, you can show off your love for a dessert, your bed (like me), your significant other, water drops, insects..basically anything, as long as it is a macro photograph or a closeup. 
RULES (please read carefully)
 The photograph has to be at least 1280 pixels wide (It is the “Display options” / “Size: 1280 pixels wide” or “Size: 1600 pixels wide” widget when you submit your photograph, underneath the “Contains Mature Content?


Enjoy!