Just a few tips to help you get some better pictures this holiday season:
1) Get a little closer, don’t be shy!
- fill the frame with your subject, but don’t feel that you need to show his/her entire body. Your child’s smiling face, or whatever is in that tiny palm—THAT’S what we want to see!
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A mom on our local moms board posted a photo tonight, asking if it could be salvaged.  I had a bit of time, so I decided to play with it and see if I could help.  Here’s the before and after, and how I got from one to the other.
To the best of my recollection, [...]

Anyone who’s looked into royalty-free or royalty-managed photos on the cheap knows that it’s anything but.  Certainly not if you’re looking for photos regarding current affairs.  Corbis, Getty Images, the Associated Press, et al, have the good stuff, and they know it; you’ll pay handsomely—easily into the thousands—for even a handful of newsworthy photos.
There are [...]