Sep
30th
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Files under Picture Learning & Technique
Don't worry, it's not an origami lesson!
Fold a map?!? Isn't that like learning to breathe? If you think map-folding is too simple to teach, check out the nearest glove compartment and see how the maps are mashed together a different way each time they're closed. This presents a couple of problems: since the map doesn't fold neatly on its original creases, it occupies more room than it should; and since it has creases running every which way through it, it's harder to read. Folding a map properly lets you access the necessary part of the map easily, and also lets you fold away unnecessary parts which might otherwise distract you. This is particularly useful when reading a map outside in high
Formal gardens provide a great opportunity to create some stunning landscape photographs. Beautiful public gardens exist in virtually every part of the world and are usually a microcosm of the geographic location itself. The meditation gardens of Japan or the plantation gardens of the American South provide evocative reflections of their locale. Equipment isn’t much of a factor; a point-and-shoot will provide fine results. 
For sheer variety of subjects–architecture, interesting faces, open-air markets, historic landmarks, parks–nothing competes with the urban whirl of a city. Best of all, you can change subjects as your mood or your ideas evolve and usually just by turning another corner. In Manhattan, for instance, the glamour of the United Nations, the glitz (and grunge) of Times Square, and the cool shade of Central Park are mere blocks apart. 
Hostile and uninviting though they may seem, deserts can be wonderfully rewarding for photographers. We tend to visualize deserts as vast, arid wastelands, but in fact, most are rich with life.In the more barren desert regions, because the geologic and graphic components are so minimal–sand, rock, sky, and some plants–your compositions will by necessity often verge on the stark and abstract. In searching for and composing such scenes, then, exploit the visual simplicity to reveal the harsh nature of the place: ripples of wind-driven sand cresting into nomadic dunes, fractured patterns of cracking mud in long-dry watering holes, the delicate trail of lizard tracks leading from rock to rock. 
