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Photographing sea glass - Using Translucence and Refraction – Simple Photography Tips by Michael Blyth.
Image One is taken looking directly down, but with the shop lighting coming in from the top of image. What I'd point out is, that with translucent items like this worn glass, the light passes through them, so each 'pebble' contains 'inherent' light of it's own which is what gives them the beautiful nature combined with texture.
Michael Blyth
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Beware the Human: people in landscape photography – Simple Photography Tips by Michael Blyth.
What do I mean by wrong direction?
Well in your imagination place them in the compositionally comfortable vertical third. If they're on the right third, their movement takes the eye into the picture, which is comfortable, but they will be adding a visual weight on the same side as the visually dense headland, sunlight on water, and the right hand heavy flowering taller gorse.
If you place them on the left hand vertical third, their presence adds better balance, but th

Michael Blyth
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This is a 'must-do activity' this weekend. Spread the word, go to the local park, out into the country woods;go and catch falling leaves.
Please go and try it, take yourself, with family if you have one, and just play the game - it is surely one of the most mentally restorative things you can do. Especially if you pause and admire the leaf you catch.
You're even allowed to smile, laugh, yell, squeal or whatever - this is complete release.

Michael Blyth
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Simple Photography Tips - how to lead the eye in photographs
The Simple Photography Tips I want to share with you are based upon a handful of photographs I took as I walked down, and which centre upon using features to lead the eye.

Michael Blyth
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