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Produce the Professional Quality Portraits you want to create by mastering the basics of posing for the best portraits. Great poses means making more money from your photography.
Posing Secrets - The Photographer's Essential Guide Vol.1 is a resource for creative posing.
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Book Cover

Produce the Professional Quality Portraits you want to create by mastering the basics of posing for the best portraits. Great poses means making more money from your photography.
Posing Secrets - The Photographer's Essential Guide Vol.1 is a resource for creative posing.
**No Risk Guarantee **

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Tripods

 

Whether you own a point and shoot or a DSLR a tripod is an excellent accessory to keep in your bag. Tripods are useful for landscapes, self portraits, or anytime the light is low and some extra steadiness would help you get sharp images.

 

 

 

Medium Size Tripods for DSLR Owners

  • TripodsBrunton - This tripod is made by a camping and outdoor accessory company. The tripod offers an array of features often found on more expensive models. You will find that features such as a bubble level for precision, a removable three-way pan head, and individual leg adjustments. The tripod goes from a minimum of 28.5 to a maximum of 70.5 inches. It even includes a limited lifetime warranty. At a little over $100 it is a good investment. Learn More on Amazon




  • Manfrotto TripodManfrotto - Manfrotto used to be known as Bogen and has been a staple of professional photographers for years. It has a removable head and and very adjustable legs. Each leg has the capability to be locked at two different angles. This is especially nice when you are taking photographs on steps or on un-even terrain. The tripod has a maximum height of 56.7. Learn More on Amazon



Smaller Tripods for Point-and-Shoot-Cameras and LIghter Weight DSLRs

 

  • Sunpak TripodSunpak -This is the tripod that I mentioned in class that Best Buy carried the last time that I checked. Sunpak is a well known brand who I have used for years. With and extension of over 5 feet and a weight capacity of 6 pounds, 9 ounces and a price of less than $35 this is a great starter tripod for the person who has a limited budget. Like the Brunton above is has an integral bubble level for leveling and a quick release top. The center leg braces give the tripod additional sturdiness and and strength. If you use multiple cameras, such as a video camera, the tripod, which comes with a second quick- release mounting plate. Learn More on Amazon

 

Software and Software Add-Ons

 

 

 

  • Green ScrenNEW!! Green Screen Wizard Professional offers the all the features and benefits available in the Full Version 5.0 with additional capabilities intended for those who demand the greatest flexibility in green screen photography. With the new Batch Capability and Gallery Mode, Green Screen Wizard Pro provides professional photographers a platform for doing business. The Pro Version offers five layers to create amazing images and supports the new sandwich overlays. It has a full annotation capability that will let you put as much text as you like on your images. With this feature you can create advertisements or your own magazine covers. Green Screen Wizard adds some new special effects that makes creating artistic images a breeze. Learn more now and try a free demo version! (Learn How to Build Your Own Green Screen Background)

  • Purchase a green screen background for less than $50. (Purchase)

  • Westcot Kit
    Complete Greenscreen Kit with Background - This is a complete kit. While I don't consider the software to be as robust as the Greenscreen wizard it is an inexpensive start for those of you that want to play with green screen. With the included SIMPLE software you can remove the background and place your subject anywhere by choosing one of the included 100 backgrounds or one of your own! Some of the background categories include: Holiday, Sports, Music, Birthday, Whimsical, Baby, Retro, Futuristic and more! You can even tweak your images using the basic software editing tools such as adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation and blur. (Learn more on Amazon)

  • Green Screen TemplatesDigital Backgrounds - This is EZbackgrounds' premiere professional package. More than just digital backgrounds, they have frame templates optimized for Photoshop, graphic design elements, and digital templates such as magazine covers, sports cards, birth announcements and much more. They offer one-on-one email technical support and provide all the tutorials that you will need to easily create great green screen images or borders for your prints.

    The DVD set includes 15 Gigabytes of digital images on four dvds as well as lifetime royalty-free usage rights. The Images are tiff and layered psd files with editable text and layout. This will work with all of the editing programs I listed on the home page with the possible exception of Adobe Elements. Another cool thing about this company is the fact that they have a 100% money back guarantee. (Learn More on Amazon)

  • Picture Frames - I have mentioned this company in class several times the company that I like to purchase picture frames from. Here is a quick link to AmericanFrame.com. If you are pretty handy here is a book on how to build your own frames. I have seen this book and found it to be pretty interesting. ( Make your own frame.)

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