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Free eBook on Landscape Photography From Anne McKinnell!

April 1, 2015 by Steve Berardi Leave a Comment

Landscape photography is one of the most difficult types of nature photography. Since there’s so much going on in a landscape image, it’s hard to always be aware of everything and this leads to a lot of common mistakes.

Well, we’re in luck, because Anne McKinnell released an excellent eBook this week: 22 Landscape Photography Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them). It’s an extremely straight-forward guide to improving your landscape photos. And, best of all, it’s completely free!

Get the eBook here!

The eBook covers a bunch of common mistakes, such as crooked horizons, cluttered backgrounds, lack of depth, blown out highlights, and much more.

If you’re not already familiar with Anne McKinnell, she’s a great photographer, and an excellent writer and teacher. She’s written multiple books on photography, all with a ton of great reviews on Amazon. She writes in a very friendly tone that makes it easy and fun to learn. She also has a wonderful blog, where she shares more great photography tips. [Read more…] about Free eBook on Landscape Photography From Anne McKinnell!

Filed Under: Landscapes Tagged With: anne, author, ebook, free, guide, landscape, mckinnell, mistakes, photographer, photography, scenic, writer

Another Free eBook From Craft & Vision

August 13, 2013 by Steve Berardi Leave a Comment

TENA few months ago, Craft & Vision released an excellent ebook on photography for free. If you haven’t already downloaded and read that one, then I highly recommend checking it out. It’s packed with some great tips from lots of great photographers.

This week, they released another great ebook for free! It’s called TEN and it talks about ten ways you can improve your photography, without buying any gear. It was actually one of the first ebooks they released awhile ago, and it originally sold for $5, but now it’s completely free! [Read more…] about Another Free eBook From Craft & Vision

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: camera, craft, david, duchemin, ebook, free, guide, learn, photography, ten, vision

How to Photograph Dragonflies (free eBook!)

June 22, 2010 by Steve Berardi 47 Comments

Today I’m happy to announce the release of a free eBook about photographing one of the most unique insects on the planet: dragonflies. The eBook was written by my father, Vic Berardi, who is an outstanding photographer of hawks, dragonflies, and wildflowers.

This 18-page eBook is not meant to be a complete guide on the subject of photographing dragonflies, but it includes many great tips for dealing with the unique challenges of dragonfly photography. You’ll get the most out of the book if you already have a basic understanding of how to use your camera (you’re familiar with the terms aperture, shutter speed, ISO, depth of field, etc). [Read more…] about How to Photograph Dragonflies (free eBook!)

Filed Under: Macro, Tips Tagged With: book, camera, damselfies, dragonflies, dragonfly, ebook, flies, free, guide, insect, Macro, pdf, photography, telephoto

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