Piano PointersWritten by Emily Sigers
Train ear. Lack of ear training is inevitable road to lack of interest, lack of progress, lack of success. Train mind. Mechanical perfection is merely first and least step in music. Train senses. Music without interpretation is music without meaning. Appreciation must show through your playing if it is to have a soul; and anything without a soul is ugly. Put dreams into your playing. Beautiful practicing. Beautiful playing. Do not play just sound, play music. Get big idea in your piece and develop it.
| | Photography Poses – The Missing IngredientWritten by Robert Bezman
You've read all "best digital camera" articles, got best price on your first digital camera, and even glanced at its owner's manual. Are you itching to take some shots of your family, or what?Slow down, soldier. Before you take 200 shots that seem great at time, but then upon review of final picture are less than what you expected, let's prepare. Prepare?!?! I'll bet you thought charging battery was hardest part of taking great photos, didn't you? Sorry to disappoint you, but if you want to improve your photo results 50% in 2 minutes, let's review some basic advice of pros. There are two categories of GENERAL ADVICE which applies, regardless of whether you're using a digital camera to take family portrait poses, baby pictures, pet portraits, group pictures, funny photos, or even maternity portraits. The first category is...
"Good Planning" Advice for Photography Poses1) Prepare For The Event Prepare for event by thinking about every photograph you want to take and what kind of photography pose or poses you would like to capture. Consider who, where, how, and type of environment. 2) Take Multiple Photographs Take multiple shots of each pose (remember, digital memory is reusable, a.k.a. "free"). Regardless of what you say or do, people will blink. And don't count on spotting small problems on tiny camera LCD screen (even on full magnification); which leads to... 3) Check LCD Screen Check digital camera's LCD screen for general framing of picture, any movement, visibility of faces, and histogram. Note that you can think up a fantastic photography pose; arrange everyone perfectly; and, have photograph "frozen" (no blinking, and no shaking of camera)...but, when you check it out in LCD, you see 2 drunks fighting in background! And, my favorite... 4) Funny Phrases Have some funny phrases handy to use just before you take photo. Don't use it when setting up for shot. And, don't use same phrase all time. Throw in funny anecdotes, phrases, names, words that you know your family will find more amusing than "cheese." A natural smile looks four times better than a fake one. The second category is...
"Location" Advice for Photography PosesTaking indoor family photography, is very different than outdoor family photograph (duh!). For INDOOR pictures... 1) Wide Angle
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