#953 Photo Distractions from the Web

In our Photo Distractions feature we present distractions about photography from the web on our own photo blog!

This week’s round-up:
• Quinton Gordon of LuzStudios offered this tip-of-the-hat to Ted Grant, well-known Canadian editorial photographer, with an  announcement about a retrospective of his work.

• Photo District News announces the passing of Wayne Miller, prominent documentary photographer with who shot for Life Magazine.

• John Rowlands (opens to his music exhibition announcement) gets interviewed on PhotoKibitz about his 50 years of shooting Rock and Roll’s biggest superstars!

• We are ALMOST ready to launch a new web site featuring photo tips we feature on our Facebook page. We’re loading content…

Photo Tip #171 – Want better photos?
Get CLOSER to your subject!!

Photo Tip #171 - CLOSER!!

Photo Tip #171 – CLOSER!!

#937 – Exposed! Photo Newsletter – Blur the Background

Messy backgrounds bug me!!
There, I’ve said it – blunt and to the point.

I see some amazing photos through our students but there’s nothing like an eye-catching background to make a good photo plummet from excellence.

In this month’s Exposed! photo newsletter we look at the beauty of a blurred background to save your photo from crashing!

Read this month’s photo newsletter!

focus blur photo tip

Beautiful Blurred Background!