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“Christmas in Blues #7825” – Inspiration and Technique

December 24, 2021 danbeauvais

I’ve always been fascinated with light. When I was a child, I loved to daydream, in the darkened living room,…

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Filed under: abstract, Christmas, composite, defocus, focus, imagination, inspiration, lights, photoshop, soft focus, sparks, star, technique, topaz
AF-ON button on the back of a DIgital SLR camera

The Real Benefit of Back Button AutoFocus

July 6, 2019 danbeauvais

Look up “Back Button AutoFocus” on Google – using the AF-ON button to focus your lens. You’ll find lots of…

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Filed under: advanced photographic technique, AFC, AI-Servo, ARS, Back Focus, Back Focus Button, Benefit, continuous, DSLR, focus, freeze, lock, muscle memory, shutter release, Single Servo, thumb, trap

Close-up Photography Playground! With Your Smartphone!

January 3, 2019 danbeauvais

Registration opens Saturday, January 5, and will sell out quickly! Outer Banks folks! Let your imagination run free! Have fun…

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Filed under: All Saints, cell phone, church, class, close-up, Eve Turek, hands on, macro, OBX, Outer Banks, photo, photography, play, program, smart phone, smartphone, workshop

A Resolution You Can Keep! Plan Those Alignments!

December 31, 2018 danbeauvais

Here’s a New Year’s Resolution you can easily complete in just an hour on New Years Day (or any day,…

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Filed under: alignment, aliign, annual, bridge, building, canyon, landmark, moonrise, moonset, mountain, new year, new year's resolution, photography, pier, plan, pre-visualize, reminder, resoluton, river, road, sunrise, sunset, year

Twisting and Zooming Wild Christmas Light Abstracts

December 5, 2018 danbeauvais

Every year, I look forward to dropping my photographic inhibitions and freely playing with Christmas lights! The abstract possibilities are…

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Filed under: abstract, bizarre, Christmas, experiment, explode, focus, implode, lights, orb, photography, play, soft, streak, swirl, technique, unique, wild, zoom

Shooting Fall Foliage – An Interview with Dan

September 25, 2018 danbeauvais

Fall foliage time is approaching fast! Colors in my native New England are about to explode! I share lots of…

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Filed under: autumn, Beauvais, color, Dan, Dan Beauvais. Peggy Farren, fall, foliage, interview, New England, New Hampshire, photo, photography, podcast, shoot, Understand Photography, video

Now What? Let The Muse Speak to You

October 31, 2017 danbeauvais

Muse (verb) – to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. Muse (noun) – the goddess or the…

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Filed under: absorb, art, artist, autumn, color, dictionary, fall, feel, foliage, goddess, hear, hike, leaves, maple, meditate, muse, New England, New Hampshire, now what, opportunity, power, reflect, scene, sit, smell, soak, stuck, the muse, think, time, trail, unstuck, wait, waterfall
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How will you represent what you feel? Pre-Visualize your image

July 17, 2017 danbeauvais

As you are shooting, imagine your final image. What do you see and feel? How will you represent that? I…

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Filed under: feel, imagine, pattern, pre-visualize, senses, stimulate, texture, visualize

Neutral Density Exposures the Easy Way

June 4, 2017 danbeauvais

Artistically blurring moving elements in a photograph can offer a new way to represent familiar scenes. A ten stop neutral…

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Filed under: blur, calculate, easy, exposure, ISO 6400, long exposure, motion, neitral density filter, neutral density, trick

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  • “Christmas in Blues #7825” – Inspiration and Technique
  • The Real Benefit of Back Button AutoFocus
  • Close-up Photography Playground! With Your Smartphone!
  • A Resolution You Can Keep! Plan Those Alignments!
  • Twisting and Zooming Wild Christmas Light Abstracts

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