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how to use Manfrotto products to get great photos
We've produced a series of practical photography lessons in collaboration with webphotoschool, aimed at helping you get the most out of your Manfrotto equipment in different "real-life" photographic situations.
The lessons give you valuable information on how to tackle different subjects from still life to macro, from nature photography to portraiture, indoors and out.
Each lesson has been produced using different Manfrotto tripods and heads and gives detailed information on every step of the shoot from setting up the tripod through to making those fine adjustments in framing, lighting and technique that can turn a good photo into a great one.
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How to Use a Tripod: The Basics
A quality tripod can provide you with the sharpest possible pictures from your expensive camera and lenses, and allow you get those shots you've only dreamed of and giving you time to think more carefully about composition. In fact it will probably improve your hit rate more than any other piece of equipment you use.
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Shooting Glamour in the Studio
Glamour photography often uses the same lighting setups as traditional portraits. However, modifying this standard approach can add more life, more interest to your shot: we'll show you a couple of simple modifications you can make to a portrait lighting setup to enhance the appeal of your images.
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Cobra on the Water
In the auto advertising industry, floating a car is commonplace and requires a lot of planning, manpower and hard work. This lesson will show you how to do the same thing on a much smaller, simpler scale. The techniques we will present in this lesson can easily be applied to numerous different subjects
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Shooting Portraits on the Beach
There are many things to consider when you leave the studio to shoot portraits outside: weather, time of day, and the background to name a few. In this lesson we will show you how to get the same control you have in the studio when you're on location.
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A Different View on Jewellery Photography
Setting up the camera from a new angle, using different props and backgrounds for increased impact and using controlled lighting to highlight the features of your products are some of the tricks we will cover in this lesson.
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A Close up Look at Macro Photography
The aim of close-up and macro photography is almost always to get pin-sharp, detailed photos of the subject. But the effect can be ruined by hand-holding the camera - using a tripod will allow you both to get close to your subject and to keep the camera perfectly still to avoid micro-blur.
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Tripods and Telephotos
To get a sharp image when hand-holding the camera, a useful rule of thumb is that the minimum shutter speed should be set to one over the focal length of the lens. So if you have a 250mm lens for wildlife or sports photography, the minimum shutter speed you can hand hold the camera is 1/250 of a second, and even then you need a steady hand. New tripods and heads help you get sharp images without sacrificing the framing freedom of hand-held shots.
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Shooting Coastal Panoramas
Capturing that stunning sunset or expansive vista can be a challenge: often, the view in front of your camera is too broad to fit into a single photo frame. This lesson will show you how to shoot multiple shots of a horizon from one point, then "stitch" them together into one panoramic image.
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