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5 Reasons to Shoot a Tamron Lens Right Now!

The modern photographer has more choices when selecting a lens than at any other time in history. There are lenses for every kind of shooter, at every price point, with the best optical technologies. This may be the best time in history to be a photographer as far as gear and image quality is concerned and Tamron is […]

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TJ’s Daily Blog # 71- Finally Blue

The Daily Blog # 71 Finally Blue The cold, grey weather in Ohio can be good for making us appreciate the nice weather when it finally arrives. For that I am grateful. It really is nice to soak up the light when it makes through to us down here on the ground. When the blue skies finally arrive amidst a string […]

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TJ’s Daily Blog # 70- Print Your Work

The Daily Blog #70 Print Your Work At first, I never felt a need to print. The first camera that I owned was digital, and my photos were always on a screen. I didn’t think that I was missing out on anything. For the first several years, I never printed any of my own photos. Eventually, I started to feel disconnected from […]

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TJ’s Daily Blog # 69- Cityscapes with Tamron

The Daily Blog #69 Cityscapes with Tamron For me, architecture is all about lines and composition. When I shoot a building, I am not looking to necessarily represent the building as it is, but instead interpret the building photographically. Sometimes that means a towering building appearing ominous and foreboding, or strange and cold- kind of like […]

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TJ’s Daily Blog #63- Angles and Shadows

The Daily Blog #63 Angles and Shadows   Sometimes every shadow is leaning in to block the light from your eyes. Keep moving. Get past the shadows. Gear used: Nikon D610 FX Body Tamron 15-30 f/2.8 Di VC USD lens Lexar 32GB Professional 633x UHS-I SDHC Memory Card Cityscapes: Travel and Architecture Photo Contest Sponsored by Tamron […]

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TJ’s Daily Blog #62- Air/Plane

The Daily Blog #62 Air/Plane   One of the most important skills in photography is editing. Editing is what happens before you post-process. Post-processing is when you use techniques and software to finish an image, while editing is filtering through the photos that you have taken to choose which ones you want to process. It is also […]

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Tj’s Daily Blog #57- Ducking and Running

The Daily Blog #57 Ducking and Running Whenever I am shooting in the city, I find that some people are very serious about avoiding being in my shot. Whether they don’t want to be in my photograph out of self-consciousness, or they just don’t want to ‘mess up’ my shot, some people try pretty hard to duck […]

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The Daily Photo #42- Convergence

The Daily Photo #42- February 11th, 2016 Convergence Using converging lines is a useful compositional technique when shooting architecture, especially when there are multiple lines leading the eye toward the vanishing point. It almost feels like you are getting pulled toward the point of convergence, adding visual interest to a shot that is really very simple. I wanted a […]

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