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March 14, 2018

Fill the frame photo technique

Our prompt this week for our 52 week project is fill the frame. Our preference is to do this in camera, so try to resist the urge to crop in Photoshop;) Have your subject fill the edges of the viewfinder. It’s a basic technique but very effective in creating an artful image and to isolate your subject from a cluttered background (my favorite way to avoid straightening up when taking photos of my busy 4 year old!).

It’s not too late to start your Foto Rx 52, shooting consistently will be the fastest way to becoming a better photographer. Follow us on Instagram for more inspo and edit examples. Shoot this week’s prompt and use #fotorx52 so we can find you and cheer you on.

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Photo shot Fuji Xt-10

Image edited with B+W actions set Contrasty B+W (coming soon!)

Edited in Photoshop CC

Examples for fill the frame:

Andreas Gursky (famous for selling the most expensive photograph of all time!)

Erik Pawasser

Brett Weston

Don Weston

photo by michelle p.

March 7, 2018

Low Key Photography Tutorials

Our prompt this week is ‘low key’. You can do this in both color and B+W. Your image will have predominately dark tones with prominent highlights. This creates a very moody and atmospheric image. You just need one light source, it can be a sun spot or a key light (like a small lamp).

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Photo shot Canon 6D (full frame)

Image edited with B+W actions set (coming soon!)

Edited in Photoshop CC

Tutorials + examples of low key photography:

Caravaggio

Nice examples of low key image

Complete beginner’s guide to shooting low key

Low key photography tutorial video

Low key portrait tutorial

March 2, 2018

Five for Friday

Another incredibly fast week and we are in March?! What the what? I could use a little slowing down of time, you? No worries, we are feeling extraordinary productive and on a creative upswing. I wonder if it has anything to do with our #fotorx52 photo project? Having a photo prompt and weekly deadline is working since we spend the week thinking about what we are going to shoot and how and of course prepping our prompt ideas for the following week.

I. Have you heard about this company that is basically a Wholefoods without the branding? Everything in the on line shop is $3, their brandless branding is A-OK with me, most items are organic and GMP free, worth a peek!

II. Michelle just finished reading this fictional book based on the correspondence between Georgia O’Keefe and Alfred Steigliz, it’s on my list to read next.

III. Fuji Film just released their newest camera model and the word on the street is the video capabilities is aces. The better news is their pro camera X-T1 is a steal now, and I am trying to figure out any good excuse why I shouldn’t have it (I really, really want it).

IV. I have been on the hunt for a good dry shampoo spray, I recently picked this one up made with clay. So far it’s not leaving my hair white or gray, which seems to be the norm with dry shampoos. The scent is strong, but not unpleasant and dissipates fast, under $10 to boot!

V. If you missed it we did a mega round-up of our favorite Skillshare art classes– drawing, lettering, watercolor! Not to be missed! I mentioned in that post that these classes have helped me immensely with my once sub-par drawing skills.

February 27, 2018

Collections a Photo Prompt

Our prompt this week for our Foto Rx 52 project is ‘collections’. Michelle and I are both on the minimalist side so we don’t have grand collections, but even something as simple as these beautiful pebbles in the same tones can help create a beautiful image. Photograph something that has sentimental value or go for a nature walk and revel in all the many splendors available. This could easily turn into an ongoing photo project for you!

P.S. Have you heard of Vero? Supposedly it’s like Instagram without the algorithm and a lot of people are jumping the Instagram ship. We aren’t crazy about the aesthetic, but we do like the concept a lot, we would love to hear from anyone that is using it!

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Foto Rx Instagram

Photo shot with Fuji Xt10

Image edited with Stockholm | clean x minimal

Edited in Photoshop CC

Some photographers and their collections:

Jim Golden’s Collections of everyday objects

Christopher Marley’s intricate Natural History Collections

Lisa Congdon’s Collection a Day.

February 21, 2018

How-to Freelens

If you can’t believe we are still doing our 52 week project, let me tell you that I can’t believe it either. So if we can motivate and shoot a photo a week, I am positive you can as well. Won’t you join us? Our prompt this week is freelensing, this technique is for the brave or wildly foolish, it seems we can be a bit of both. The concept is you take your lens off your camera and manually move it around until you get focus. The results are always unique and totally unexpected. We are not experts by any means, so we are going to make sure that we provide you plenty of resources if you do decide to do something as crazy as this. I always use my older camera that I know I won’t mind if it falters, but there are pro’s out there that dare to use their expensive equipment, but I am neither that brave nor foolish (yet).

photo by michelle p.

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Foto Rx Instagram feed

The Art of Freelensing

Freelens photography tutorial

Freelens how to do it

Freelens tutorial

Freelens demo

A little bro but good demo

A tool to make it easier

Photo shot with Fuji Xt10

Image edited with Stockholm Clean x Minimal