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Fixing Photo Distortion with Zoom

September 27, 2013 by Mandi Grant

Photo distortion, noun – “Aw, it looked so much better in real life.” Do your craft products look great in real life but turn out warped, stretched, or distorted in photos?  Good news: your photo distortion might be easily fixed by zooming your camera in and taking a step back. Compare these two shots, one…

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Filed Under: Composition & Techniques Tagged With: camera, zoom

All About the iPhone 5S Camera

September 10, 2013 by Mandi Grant

The iPhone 5S is OFFICIAL!!  Apple is back in the smartphone camera game with numerous improvements to automatic image adjustments, stabilization, and an amazing hardware innovation called “dual LED flash”. Last week, we posted our reviews of 2013’s best smartphone cameras, which favored the Nokia Lumia 1020 and HTC One over the iPhone 5’s camera. …

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Simple Guide to the Best Smartphone Camera

September 3, 2013 by Mandi Grant

Updated fall 2013.  Not a techie?  That’s okay – here’s our updated, plain English look at who’s making the best smartphone camera in fall 2013. Just a few years ago, a camera on a phone was a novelty, a way to take a small, rather grainy snapshot of whatever you pointed at.  But every product cycle,…

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Product Photography Lighting Tips for Absolute Beginners

August 14, 2013 by Mandi Grant

Let’s take better photos! It’s all in the lighting. Follow these four product photography lighting tips and get ready for amazing photos that encourage clicks and beg for Pinterest repins! Tip 1: Take photos without flash This is Rule #1 when it comes to taking nice-looking product photos. You’ve probably faced this problem: leaving flash…

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Filed Under: Composition & Techniques, Lighting Tagged With: camera, flash, lighting, photography, white backgrounds

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