Giveaway: The Key to Taking Pictures Like a Professional Photographer
Maybe you splurged on a digital SLR camera, imagining yourself taking dreamy photos like a pro. Except that you haven't quite gotten around to learning how, so your camera is permanently stuck on the auto setting. You know you can do better... but how? If that's you, Katie Evans' new e-book, The Key to Taking Pictures Like a Professional Photographer, will help you show that camera who's boss.
Katie writes in a conversational style that's friendly and accessible, and won't make you throw yourself off a bridge when you read about f-stops and shutter speeds. Topics include types of lenses, exposure, settings, lighting, how to get subjects to relax and act like normal people, composing pictures, and fixing up your photos using software. Some of my favorite tips are:
• How to get your subject's eyes to look sparkly instead of dull
• How to make a DIY clip for your camera's flash to minimize the harsh edges you usually get
• How to make a so-so photo great with a few editing tricks
Win a free copy
Katie is giving away five free e-books, each a $35 value. Want one? Leave a comment here with your email address or other way of contacting you. And mention something interesting you'd like to photograph. (I'm betting 70% of the answers will be kids, but we'll see.) Five winners will be selected, contacted, and announced in this post. Giveaway closes at midnight CT on Friday, Sept. 30th.
Get a discount
Interested in purchasing a book? Enter the code ORANGE at checkout and get $5 off the e-book, now through Oct. 7th.
Update: The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to lucky random winners Robyn, Britt, Jolkipalki, Rachel, and Jessica! They've been contacted and will be soon be taking better pictures.
1219 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 1219 Newer› Newest»I need this! I have to learn how to take great photos of the jewellery I make. Belinda
What a great giveaway! Although I love taking pictures of my 10 month old, I would love to photograph the grandparents (and great grandparents) that won't be around much longer.
mandywlms at gmail dot com
I would LOVE this! I am a full-time missionary in Australia and spend 4 months a year in Papua New Guinea on our medical ship and I would love to take better photos of my time there! and of course the beautiful children!
Jenn
jenncperry@gmail.com
Love to take better photos for my blog...so tobwin thisce-book would be such fun!
Awesome giveaway! I'd love to photograph some like this.
Yes to photos of kids --the four-legged kind
Thanks for this giveaway!
I'm on the early stages of my new ecommerce, so I definitely need to take great photos to impress the clients. To win this Book would be amazing.
Anyway, thank you so much for sharing whith us.
melanelago at gmail dot com
I recently saw some stunning photos of wild horses by a professional photographer, and would love to try to capture something similar using the wild horses on the Outer Banks of NC. I will be visiting there next month and this book would be really helpful!
BTW, absolutely love your blog! You have inspired me to be creative, thanks!
Mary
Thanks for the giveaway! I'd love to take better pictures of the places I travel.
This looks like an amazing e-book. The settings on my camera are like magic to me..
I'd love to know how to make beautiful pictures of animals :)
This book sounds surreal! Easy to learn camera technicalities? Yes please! I would love to photograph raw nature. :) vchu26@gmail.com
We are about to buy a new camera and we could really use a book like this. Thank you for considering me. donnabridy@aol.com
Wonderful giveaway! My current favorite thing to photograph is sunsets and clouds over my mountains! So much beauty!
xo Shannon
shannon[at]shannonbear[dot]com
ahh, I would love this book! With my new found skills I would take photos of shoes, millions of lovely beautiful shoes!
simonemelican at gmail dot com
Hey Thanks for this opportunity! I'd love a copy of this book (I'm in England though - is that allowed?) I want to take great pictures at events, moments happen to quickly and I never seem to capture them just right! michellerichey1atgmaildotcom
I would love to take more pictures of the things I see down here on the southern border. I just need the means to learn the skills and obtain the right tools. :) There are so many things I see I want to share. I can tell as many stories as I want but a picture says a thousand words. Thanks for the opportunity!
Ashley
bordertownwife@gmail.com
I would love to know how to take a good photo of an item for sale. Mine always look horrible. Thanks in advance for the giveaway!
hcmjensen at yahoo dot com
This is just the book I need then. And that it is an e-book is just perfect. I would be lying if I didn't say I would tkae pictures of my children. They are 3 and 4 and I take pictures of them all the time. They grow so fast and this time is so precious, and I really wish the results of my efforts were more professional.
tmu.pankratov (at) gmail dot com
Leaving on vacation to see the fall colors in New England; this could greatly improve my photos!
After spending all my money recently on my first ever Nikon DSLR, I find myself drooling over photography books and magazines in the library. I'd love to win this e-version.
Before my son went to school, he brought me a painting of a flaming box, childlike and simple, and he called it house for the sun. That's how I've thought of my camera many times... I love to photograph the sun in so many ways, and yet realize it's impossible to capture that intense heat, light, shadow, reflection, scale in one little box. I will keep trying.
Oh, this is exciting! I've just moved to a new city, Edinburgh in Scotland, and there's so much beautiful architecture and so many stunning views that I'd love to be able to do justice. I'm hopeless with a camera because I've no idea what I'm looking for. I wonder if this would be helpful?
Yes, I think I can do with some photography tricks. I would love to shoot better photos of the things I make and would like to shoot great nature pictures in autumn when the wood are so full of colours and some fog makes it all mystical.
Claudia
claudiagrahnert (at) web (dot) de
I'd love to win this book, and I'd like to know how to photograph my house so it looks tidy.....but that would take a miracle not a book, so instead I'd like to learn how to take pics of friends and families at parties, the flash always kills the mood!
I'd love this book - it is exactly what I need :)
I'd love to take better pictures of my quilts.
Thanks so much!
great giveaway! so much ME... I´d love to take better landscape an detailphotos... (smt.morgenroethe@t-online.de)
I'd definitely love one these! I photographed some mould on strawberries a while ago and they came out pretty well, so I'd probably photograph other naturally occurring things with the macro setting :-)
the_wellington_boot at yahoo dot co dot uk
I would love to take pictures of my daughter dancing. Action shots are so hard!
I've been contemplating a DSLR, but I've been afraid that I would end up not using it to it's full potential. This book sounds like just what I need!
I'd like to improve on candid photos of people as well as artsy photos of my knitting.
explodingpinecone [at] gmail [dot] com
Would LOVE this book! Yes, to take photos of my little girl, but also of my crafting successes (and failures)...
Danya
danya.webb at gmail dot com
Thanks for the opportunity to win! I'd love to learn how to take pictures of people and places so I can finally have some decent photos to put on my work blog (keeps the boss happy! :)
Thanks!
agnes [at] kishandco.co
It would be a great help for me !
petith(at)wanadoo.fr
Would love this book! Can't wait to take great pictures of my baby:)
lyndzyp@yahoo.com
I inherited a DSLR from a family member who upgraded but don't know how to make the most of it. I'd love to win!
My favorite photography subject (now that my kid is a middle schooler and hates to have his picture taken) is my perennial garden. So many possibilities, and the subject matter changes on a weekly basis.
wnkremer [at] gmail [dot] com
I would love to have this book, and I want to photograph my musician husband all the time! :)
Sreilly9(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love this!!! I just got my first DSLR and I'm in love! I mostly photograph my kids, but I'm very interested in taking more landscape photos. Would love to learn more, thanks for the giveaway!!!
stlb1090@aol.com
This is an amazing giveaway! I'd love to take better pictures using natural light.
I would love one of these! My husband is a professional hockey player in Europe and it would be great to be able to capture him like a professional out on the ice! Bonmckinlay@gmail.com
I take terrible photos! This book might help. leslie.schramer@gmail
wow! amazing giveaway! I would love to learn to take pictures of the absolutely stunning butterflies and other creatures we encounter outside, but I never can catch them on camera.. the best i get is a crappy fuzzy shot. I would love to learn how to get those amazing prints that professional photographers make..
love the chance to win such a detailed book geared for beginners.
my email, liz1611@gmail.com
mkdavies2@gmail.com
i would love to photograph my friend adam's praying mantis! when it's eating! eeep! t
I'd love to take better photos of my dog!
juliannemuzzy at gmail
I love taking pictures of nature. Awesome giveaway!
tina120981@ aol dot com
This could be my lucky day!
I'd love to learn how to take great food pictures... and travel pictures... and craft pictures... and, okay, people pictures too!
Thanks! m(dot)edghill(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd love to photograph my cats (more). :)
keeneoncrafts@gmail.com
I lov flowers! Especially roses and tulips, so I would love to know how to take those great close up photos, with all the great lighting effects!
I want to take pictures like a pro of all my trips!! :)
Lara
(lara.leite@gmail.com)
Nice! I would love to take great pictures of my house!
thecottagegray@gmail.com
www.thecottagegray.com
oh my goodness, how'd you all know. mine's only two weeks old and the manual tells you n.o.t.h.i.n.g. help please
I am always looking on how to improve my photography skills.
I love taking pictures of nature, people, and animals.
hello (at) anniwonder (dot) com
My artwork! I just opened an online shop and need great products shots!
I'd love to have the book! :)
I love to take pictures when I travel, especially of parks and gardens.
But I do admit that lately most photos I take are of my little nephew and my friends' babies.
Looks like a great book!! I mostly take teen portraits, but, yup, I'm looking to get into more child photography. :)
But I love to anyone and anything! :]
Thanks for this opportunity!
HisPrincessWarrior93@gmail.com
I would love this to take photos of my family and friends!
Wow, I would love to win this book!!
I like photographing people.
ishtar.a.840 [at] gmail.com
I would love to win this book. I have a Nikon D90 and I am having trouble with getting the correct white balance for my photos. I would especially like to learn more about taking pictures of city scapes. Thank you for the giveaway. email gmsale at rocketmail dot com
This looks like a great book! I would love the chance to improve my photography skills!
I'd love a chance to win the ebook. I am becoming more proficient with my DSLR and am looking to try out macrophotography. I would love some pointers on this or nature photography in general.
I would shoot Urban Landscape shots. I've been trying to perfect my shooting technique and this would be the perfect book to help!
allisonachang at gmail dot com
hanschenklein.wordpress.com
I have lots of friends with new babies and would like to refine my skills
I would love to win the book to take better pictures for my Etsy website. I am ready to go with stock, but have frozen on the pictures. Everyone knows the pictures sell the product and I am not sure how to fix the ones I have.
Have the camera, need the book!
I'd love to win! I always want to photograph flowers etc up close!
silentlistener1 at gmail dot com
I would love to win! I'm always looking for ways to improve my photography.
hennageek at yahoo dot com.
I just moved to a town where the majority of the architecture is over 100 years old. I'd love to take professional-style pictures of it!
I'd like to photograph my upcoming travels to Asia, but I'd really like to be able to use this book to refine the things I've learned on my own. It looks like it'd be super easy to follow. :)
I like to photograph the small details of architecture that most may over look. I also like to photograph clouds.
Of course I love to take pictures of my four kids....
hyla waldron at gmail dot com
fantastic giveaway! I'd love to learn some tricks. You nailed it - I want to photograph my family. Not the most original answer, but I love to document all of our sweet memories.
I would love to read this book. I like to photograph everything really...food, home projects, family, vacations, sports...
I would love to read this book! I like to photograph pretty much everything really.
fantastic giveaway! Having a daughter, I of course love to photograph her. But I also love to photograph botanical / natural / plant and flower shapes. I use them for reference, color, texture in my fine art paintings.
elisa@lisdesign.com
I've been wanting this e-book for awhile! I'd love some tips on photographing my sewing projects. Thanks for the giveaway! leahclaireh (at) gmail (dot) com
My SLR has been collecting dust, I would love to learn how to use it and shoot all our home projects.
Oh I would love that book! I need all the help I can get with my camera...
I don't really know what I'd photograph, but probably portraits of my friends or something of the like. :)
beca.amanda(at)yahoo(dot)com
Since I'm just searching the internet for a new camera, a book how to take pictures like a pro would come in very handy! The new camera would be to take pictures of our yet-to-be-born child, but for now, the growth of our artistic house is the main subject!
sigridprincen@hotmail.com
Ahhh Can't wait to read!! I would love to take better pictures of products I make, and animals! :)
kaylamflores at gmail dot com
For those of us who remember film, the digital revolution has left some us in the dust. A little help has never hurt any of us so that we might take better pictures of our animals. Yes, I lurve my dog! And my cat!
Our family is going to Disney World in October and I'd love to know how to take great pictures so we can remember our trip!
This book great. I just bought my camera to photograph my nephew playing soccer. He has been acepted in a olympic development program and has the chance to go so far doing something he loves.
Becky
lipslapinsk@gmail.com
Would love to have this book to learn more about the dslr..One of the things on top of my list to photograph is my room!
email- sweetculprit at gmail dot com
This book would be the perfect addition to my picture-taking arsenal! I would love to learn more about better taking nature photos of flowers, animals and insects. Thanks so much for entering me in your giveaway.
Denise
sundaze517 at aol dot com
Great giveaway! This is exactly the type of book I would love to learn how to photograph food better.
I'd love to photograph the veg I grow with my daughter in our back garden over the whole season, from seeds to dying plants in the late autumn
Antonysutton @ btinternet . Com
jjliun@hotmail.com
Landscape photography, something I would like to learn more about.
This book looks great! I would love to learn more about my camera settings for getting the prettiest scenic pictures!
I would love to do some nature photography. Somehow the beautiful things I see in the world don't seem to translate into my photos well.
of course photographing my hubs and I would be awesome,but I am very interested in learning to take better pictures of food for my blog
jessicarwarfield at gmail dot com
Would love to get my hands on this book and finally set my camera to manual :) thanks for the chance!
Willakung(at)yahoo(dot)com
I could really use this book. I would love to take better photos of everything - family, home, projects. I hope I win a copy!
Sarah
sohl413@gmail.com
I'd like to get better at photographing my kids.
snkjohnson (at) gmail dot com
I can't wait to photograph my twins when they arrive!
I want want want :) I want to learn photograph in night. And I want to take nice pictures of my city.
I looked at this book a while ago and it looks great! I'd love to win a copy! :) I definitely would love to improve my pictures of the things I make, items for my etsy shop, pictures I put on my blog, and just random life stuff. (and yes my kids too) :)
dbByDesign{at} gmail{dot}com
awesome! love taking photos of food, my baby boy, insects, rocks, fabric, lost and found signs, and all things beautiful. Also need to take better photos of the handmades in my etsy shop:
www.sundayrookery.etsy.com
I love How About Orange!!
-joy*
i would like to photograph our honeymoon, we're just jumping in teh car and going... who knows where but it will be fun to capture... then maybe later the kiddies...
I literally found this blog yesterday so I hope you don't mind a cheeky comment - I would love to take some better photographs of the garments I'm making for my fashion design course - I have a great camera, but want a little more help on using it well! I also have pet skunks and take photos of them in my free time :D http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbane/
My email address is foxbane at gmail dot com
I would love to win this book- it looks amazing! My digital SLR has been stuck on auto, just as you described! My kiddos need some better documentation of all the fun things we do!
Kelly
I would love to win this book- it looks amazing! My digital SLR has been stuck on auto, just as you described! My kiddos need some better documentation of all the fun things we do!
Kelly
I'd like to photograph food :).
great giveaway! I can't wait for the leaves to all change so that I can capture their beautiful fall colors!
I'd love to be able to capture a tree ablaze with yellow leaves when the sky around it is gray. There is such a quality to the light. The tree looks luminance. Of course my picture turns out flat and dull.
What a great giveaway!
my family of course! eayambao at gmail dot com
Wow - I would love to win this e-book! Pictures of my kids & reat of the family would of course be on the list, but I'd love to take better pictures for my blog & the Etsy store in my dreams. :)
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance...and the code.
prissy.arlene@gmail.com
Thanks for the chance to win! I would love to win the e-book. I would love to photographer people while inside!
This looks like a great book! Thanks for the giveaway :)
I would like to improve my landscape photography! Thanks for the opportunity to own this book!
Would love to take better pictures of things to sell on Etsy.
sarahharr3@gmail.com
Great giveaway!
I would love to take good pictures of my baby boy and my products.
Lberloz@gmail.com
Yes please! I love photography, and have vision, just no skills... Anyway, I would love to take pictures of my garden and landsapes, but I'd especially love to take better photos of my children. -Renee (cptfitz@yahoo.com)
I would love this ebook! I just learned how to use my autofocus last weekend. I would photograph pictures for my blog and around my new neighborhood.
What a great book! I'd love to read it! There are so many things that I would like to try out in photography, the first one that comes to my mind right now is shooting stars at night! I want to push my camera to see how well it behaves!! :)
chessik (at) gmail (dot) com
Awesome giveaway! No kids to photograph yet, but my husband and I are trying to work our skills up to second shooting at weddings.
lauraeelizabeth at gmail dot com
Can I say I want to learn to take just generally better pictures? Of everything?
Every time I see a tourist trying to get a shot of themselves with the Seattle Space Needle or the SAM Hammering Man I want to show them how to get the best shot. (Lying on the ground shooting UP)
I'd love to learn other great tricks.
Daneen (at) willmcdermott (dot) com
(in Seattle)
a wonderful giveaway, thank you! There is so much I don't know about my dslr. I'm much more skilled at composition and post processing. Would love to get a better handle of my camera so that my photos start out the best quality possible.
I write a personal style blog and also enjoy food and urban photography, but now that I'm a mom, I most certainly take photos of my son! He's an excellent test subject.
clotheswewear@gmail.com
I would love to win!!!I'd like to take better photos of my kute creations!!!
Evgenia
evgen2@yahoo.gr
This book looks indispensable to photographers! I would love a copy to help me take better portraits and photographs of moving subjects!
Thanks!
bethlorimer@gmail.com
yes please, I want to take better pictures of my baby and this book would really be a great help!
this is great. i'd love to photograph friends, family, the city, anything! tips would be great. :-)
stephanielynnmiller at gmail dot com
This is a great giveaway! I would love to take better landscape shots (ocean, mountains, etc.)
brookeherren at yahoo dot com
Great offer. I'd just like to take better photos. Period.
I would love to win this book. I would like to be able to photograph my teenage daughter who loves to play field hockey.
Yep - love photographing my kids!
tara.huff(at)gmail(dot)com
Tara
Awesome giveaway! This looks like a fabulous ebook. I love taking pictures of food and candid shots of people -- catching them when they aren't aware they are being photographed. Now if only I could take GOOD pictures... :)
bridgid (at) bridgidgallagher (dot) com
I would like to learn how to better photograph people, kids included. I'd also like to be able to do a better job of photographing interiors for my blog. Great giveaway!
Awesome giveaway! This looks like a fabulous ebook. I love taking pictures of food and candid shots of people -- catching them when they aren't aware they are being photographed. Now if only I could take GOOD pictures... :)
bridgid (at) bridgidgallagher (dot) com
You pinned me, completely. I bought a DSLR and it has been stuck in auto since. For over a year!
As for what I'd like to take more pictures of: nature. It inspires me, totally. Always changing, and the lighting! I really need to learn how to use my camera.
Anyway, emilycgarner@gmail.com
Thanks!
so many reasons why I would love this ebook, I can say that I need to take great pics of my 2 month old baby and be one of the 70% you predicted but also I'm launching my interior design business and need to take the best photographs possible of my projects =)
info at habitare507 dot com
taking better photos has been on my to-do list forever...and yes, I want to take better images of my baby!
mlboehm at gmail dot com
Your blog inspired me to really get to know my DSLR, instead of just throwing my hands up in frustration that my pictures were better with my point-and-shoot. So far I've devoured all the links you've connected me to and a book would be the next step. Either I win or I scour the photography section at my library. Really, it's a win-win to me!
I'm shooting more clients!
Got a new camera for Christmas. I would like to take pictures of nature and my garden. andikeding@yahoo.com
This book looks great! I love taking pictures of landscapes and textures, but I wish I knew more about my camera so that the pictures would come out better.
Sounds good!
cande_palacios@hotmail.com
Thanks!!
I'm definitely stuck on auto when it comes to my camera. I need help! One thing I'd give anything to photograph is actually impossible but I'll say it anyway -from my wedding day, a picture with my friends from college. How could I forget that, right? But in the frenzy of a wedding day, I did. Oy! hummingbirdfactory@hotmail.com
I need this book! I need to learn how to take better photographs in poor lighting, like at a night time football game, or in a gym. My daughter's cheer pictures are not as sharp as they should be.
This is an awesome giveaway! Thanks!! kassiahfaul at gmail dot com!
I want to take lovely photos of my two beautiful cats.
I'd love to get photos of dogs looking a bit more polished. This seems like a great resources.
Julia
handmadegreen@gmail.com
Great give-away! I love taking macro shots of things such as flowers, peoples features like their eyes and hands, etc.
andreemecham@gmail.com
Thanks for hosting an awesome giveaway!
I would like to take pictures of all of my close friends' children. They grow in the blink of an eye and it would be great to be able to help them capture this very moment in time... so they can always look back at the pictures and reminisce over the simple, child-like memories that they used to have as well. =)
Ooo! I have looked at Mom *Tog's books, but they are pricey--would love to win this one! amazing!
tobefrank03 at gmail dot com
I would LOVE to win the e-book. I think you nailed it on the head saying that most would want to photograph their kids - as I do - but I also photograph fresh tattoos and would love to be able to learn a few more tips and tricks for that as well.
Ohhhhhh that sounds wonderful! Yes, kid pics, but for practice I prefer something that doesn't move. Chocolate cake sounds good!
Swenja
wowww, I would like to improve my pics! This seems to be the perfect book! I would take better pictures of crafty projects, food, beautiful landscapes, random people, cities..the world is too big, there are plenty of interesting and nice things to photograph!
This is a perfect giveaway!I love taking pictures of vegetables and fruits, and everything I can find in the nature! It would be good to get some advice! :)
noncsi0730@gmail.com
This is so awesome, I'm probably going to buy this even if i don't win - please don't pull me from the pile for that comment :)
I've been having mucho trouble photographing at night and creating a soft flash when I absolutely need a flash.
I also am having some trouble with photographing landscapes when I'm hiking. I can't figure out if I want a wider angle or if my aperature needs to smaller.
Hoping this book will help, because I have bought other books and they are like reading latin. Like the author has to justify that he spent money going to college for this - it doesn't help me!
Volume-wise I take more pictures of the kids but I love macro shots of plants and textures (as a bonus they don't wiggle, squirm or run away when I get the camera out).
robyndraheim at gmail dot com
I would love this! It would be so helpful for my blog! I think the items I would photograph the most would probably be my crochet work. If you take a peek at my blog you'll see I need quite a bit of help with my photos! This would be perfect!
Contact me through:
WouldYouLikeYarnWithThat.blogspot.com
Thanks so much!
♥Grace Ann♥
I'm in the 70%... I bought a DSLR to photograph my yet unborn baby. But you know what, I want to learn how to photograph the dog, too. That's different, right? :)
mew5 at lehigh dot edu
This sounds like the type of book I need ! I love to take photos of my grandsons but would like to learn some more creative ways to get those candid shots.
i would love to be able to take better photos of my doggies!
iluvbumble at gmail dot com
I would love to win. I really need to improve my photographing skills so I can capture my everyday life better. I know I could make a bowl of soup look interesting if I just can get the light right... ;)
frokencilla@gmail.com
cervantes.bowsher@gmail.com
I definitely want to learn how to take better pics of my kids, but I have also always loved architectural photography.
Oh pleassse pick me! I'm currently unemployed (=no money :( ) so I would love to spend my time reading her book to better myself and develop a skill. Hopefully if I learn enough then maybe I can do it as a career!
achan769 at gmail dot com
I love photographing my friends and kids doing everyday things like playing at the park, attending a party, ballet class, etc.
msmith0407@gmail.com
what a great book! I'd love to learn how to take better looking pictures- I'm wanting to take some pictures of my grandparents...
This is a super cool giveaway for something that won't make me feel like an idiot. Besides just learning how to use my faboo camera I would love to learn how to take better pictures at night and gain a better understanding of how light works with and against you.
rsuslow@yahoo.com
I can't wait to save the money to get a DSLR! I can't wait to take pictures of couples and families. I want to be able to capture their emotion and love.
megan [dot] sloan [at] yahoo [dot] com
I would LOVE to photograph all the tasty treats we're baking here lately. What a great opportunity, I cross my fingers! :)
Ro
rominaguaraz@gmail.com
Yes, you are correct! I would photograph kids BUT not just any kids...my class full of 26 first graders doing what first graders do best: LIVE! I love those kids and want to take amazing pictures of them. This book would definitely help me make the most of my photography. What could be better than to make those already bright shining six-year-old's eyes shine a little brighter??
tamimet@gmail.com
Yes, you are correct! I would photograph kids BUT not just any kids...my class full of 26 first graders doing what first graders do best: LIVE! I love those kids and want to take amazing pictures of them. This book would definitely help me make the most of my photography. What could be better than to make those already bright shining six-year-old's eyes shine a little brighter??
tamimet@gmail.com
I'm our backup photographer at work (I'm a PR gal), but I always feel like I could do better. This is exactly what I need. I just need a few tips and tricks. Also, a few friends have asked me to take pictures for them, one is for her wedding! I'm scared to say yes because I know I have more to learn.
I would love to get better at the candid moments. Those are the pictures that show the most emotion, for me, and the photos I treasure.
missyrae3 (at) hotmail (dot) com
I would love this book! And yep, it would mostly be applied to my little one. :) But also other family shots and pictures with friends.
How fun! I want to photograph landscapes better. How do you make them not just look like a snapshot?!?
Fingers crossed!!
This book would be wonderful to have. Not only do I love taking photos of my 11 week old son, Oliver, but Autumn in Portland, Oregon is more than worthy of time in front of the lens as well!
Love this! Need this! Pick me!
Oh, that is totally me: just using the auto button. I would love to learn more!
of course I would love to photgraph my kids but I really want to photograph items I can sell online. Thanks for the giveaway!
cafrye2000@yahoo.com
Oh, this book looks great! I would love to photograph children wearing the clothes I sell, as a professional photographer just costs too much when you're starting out!!
Wow! What a great giveaway! I'd like to be able to take better pictures of mostly my kids, but practically anything. I'd like to learn how to use my manual settings.
charlsmith at comcast dot net
can't wait to dive into this book!
i'd love to become a better table-top photographer...
fingers crossed!
I would like to take more pictures of my family, of course, but I would also like to take more pictures of wildlife just for fun.
ekmahler at gmail dot com
I could sure use a book like this! I'm the 4H photography leader and I would love to add this to my collection.
I want this book! I'd like to take photos of everything!
Yes, we did get a nice camera and use it on auto. I need to learn more. Pick me!
My favorite thing in the world is my family and I want to document them, so yes, kids and family.
Oh I just posted above and my contact email is ashley at seekgoodthings dot com
Thanks!
Love this! Would love to learn to take better pics of my daughter and her adventures in our new city -- Portland, OR!
nannersp at gmail dot com
Yeah, kids. Maybe food.
amanda at gmail.
Wow, that sounds awesome! I'm actually taking on a project soon to photograph my grandparents... it's going to be tricky, but I know they have such a beautiful story to tell and I can't let that go uncaptured!
My email is blog at fluffyland dot com.
Totally one of those people who splurged on a suuuuuper fancy camera and am now having a weeeee bit of trouble putting it to proper use. What sort of proper use, you say? I recently moved back to small town Iowa after living for a couple years in a big deal big city abroad, and what fascinates me most is the trash people put out for collection. Doll houses, furniture, old stoves, etc. etc. etc.
And my email, this time! an mei ling at gmail point com (no spaces, and the usual punctuation, of course).
I'm part of the 70% that would love to take better (clearer) photographs of my crazy little son and our soon to be new baby
I like to photograph animals - particularly my two dogs. I have a hard time making them actually look good - no weird eyes and awkward giant head/body proportions.
rccoleman10 @ gmail . com!
I hope I win! I've got a little cannon that I have been working with for a while that has a great lens, but is really bad in lower lights. I'd love to get her working better for me. I love taking photos of people and the outdoors
I'd just like to master my 50mm. The book looks lovely!
Oh, great give away. I, offcourse, take great pictures ;) and I would love for my husband to take great pictures of me and my 4 month old baby girl. Instead of the 'ok, both of you stop moving' pictures he produces now. He won't listen to me, so maybe he will take some hints from somebody else.
Don't worry I still love him very much. I would just like to be in a picture that isn't to bright/dark/moved or otherwise not ok.
petys [at] hotmail [dot] com
I would like this book. I want to take beach pictures.
tryandmakeme at gmail dot com
thanks!
for the past three New Year's my resolutions have been to take a self-defense class and to open an etsy shop.
And as many have mentioned before me, good photography is key to a successful etsy shop.
On the other hand, learning tips and tricks about how to take better pictures probably won't be helpful in the self defense department. Except maybe I'll start carrying my camera on a strap around my neck and any potential attacker would be less likely to assault me for fear I'd snap a picture to later incriminate him or her. But then they'd probably just steal the camera after beating me up. And in fact, having a fancy camera on person might actually incite crime if the motivation was to steal the camera.
I'd have to rely on my superspeed reflexes to use the flash in my potential attacker's eyes, then make my escape before the temporary blindness wore off.
Yes, that will have to do.
So I'll take well-lit and smartly styled pictures of scherenschnitte and mobiles that I make for my etsy shop and maybe frenzied, unfocused close-ups of fast-approaching menacing eyes (if those turn out well, I'll feature them in my etsy shop too...there's no reason one person shouldn't profit from another's misfortune if they brought the temporary blindness upon themselves, right?)
oh! i would love to win the e-book.
i really like to take portraits and sometimes, i also enjoy taking some pics of landscapes.
see you.
gcavalcante at hotmail dot com
I would love this book for my mom... She really wants to learn how to use her slr. Especially to take some awesome beach photos, and the grandkids of course....
Pinkhawaii4 at gmail dot com
I would really like to win this ebook. I started going pro but "real life" had me pushing it aside and now I feel like I don't even know my camera anymore!! I loved doing portraits (young, old, in between) and would love some help in getting back in the groove.
This is exactly what I need!
I would love to get a great photograph of a glass of iced coffee with milk - right as the milk floats down and makes those lovely skeins before it disperses completely into the coffee. I've been dying to get the perfect shot of that for a while, but I always seem to miss the perfect moment.
thepixie DOT etsy AT gmail DOT com
I would love to win this! Great Giveaway! I love photographing small creatures like snails or lizards and flowers
i'd love to take photos for a fashion shoot.
l_leato [at] hotmail [dot] com
I have had an SLR for 4 years now and I have no idea how to use it. I purchased it to take pictures of my silver and gold jewelry, but even that I couldn't master. So basically it sits in a drawer. I would love to learn how to take close-up images of fruits and flowers. In particular I like black and white images.
That would be sooo useful! I want to photograph my home (or moreso, what I do to my home!).
andrea [at] modernrags [dot] com
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