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  Phello Photographers Club-Vegas Icon
Vegas Icon – Pick a classic Vegas icon and create a unique image. The easy part is finding the icon, there’s plenty of them. The challenge will be creating a unique image....
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November 01, 2011
 
  Phello Photographers Club-“Vegas” personality port
“Vegas” personality portrait – Gotta get the perfect shot of Elvis, Marilyn, Frank, or Dean. Vegas is full of characters, your job is to pick one and create a strong portrait....
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October 17, 2011
 
  Phello Photographers Club-Street Photography
Street Photography - Time to get out of your comfort zone and work on your street photography skills. It may be an impromptu portrait of a complete stranger, or a candid image of a street performer...
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October 15, 2011
 
  Phello Photographers Club-Travel
Travel - Capture an image that depicts “Travel”. It could be a unique image at the airport, in a taxi, or of your bags, it’s up to you....
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October 19, 2011
 
  Sand in the Camera?
Hi all,I was recently at a beach and accidently some sand got on the camera. Mostly it was stuck around the lens base where it is attached to the camera body. I have brushed out the sand as much as...
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September 27, 2011
 
  Deleting Photos
I want to delete a lot of photos from my gallery in the "edit your photos" in the member center. Is there an easier way to delete many photos than this way: check the delete box for each photo and ...
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October 07, 2011
 
  purpose of internal light meter
What is the purpose of the DSLR light meter? I thought that I was supposed to adjust the ISO, aperture, shutter, etc. so that the mark was on 0. At that point, is the picture supposed to be in cor...
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September 23, 2011
 
  Picture Quality
Does anyone know how much JPEG files will be affected if you transfer files from one computer to another for post-processing and then back again? Will quality of photos be harmed very much? Thanks....
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October 18, 2011
 
  CS5
My computer must of had an update. Now I cannot drag and drop from a picture file or zoom browser canon utility to cs5. I used to be able to. now I have to go to the picture file, right click an...
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September 20, 2011
 
  Making pictures in snow and ice
I'd like to get other photography fans to advise me on the best settings and ways to get good quality in snow. Thanks!...
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September 19, 2011
 
  Portrait Overlays
Hello BP forum, I have seen portrait images of lace & other designed overlays that borders portraits and am curious if anyone has used these and has any recommendations or sites I can download...
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September 14, 2011
 
  Flowers
This is an image of a perennial sunflower from my yard. I have made some adjustments but was wondering what else I can do to improve it because it looks kind of flat to me. Thanks,Lucy...
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September 14, 2011
 
  bravenet stat counter
I hate to ask a stupid question but how do you hide Bravenet's stats so the world doesn't view how few or how many visitors you have on your site?Thanks....
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September 10, 2011
 
  Phellos Winners Circle Aug11-Jan12
Phello Photographers Club Winners Circle August 11 thru January 12. ...
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February 29, 2012
 
  Carlton - or anyone else - festival question
Carlton, I know you shoot a lot of festivals. We have a fairly large annual balloon festival in my area, coming up in about three weeks. I frequently go and shoot the early morning lift off. But...
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September 09, 2011
 
  Turning Off the Camera?
I am curious if you shut off your camera as you are spending a day of shooting or do you turn it on and off. I heard from a no so sure a reliable source that the sensor gets hot if left on. Does an...
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September 15, 2011
 
  My Post Was Censored!
Believe it or not, a reply I wrote to the Organizing Images post was censored. Not only did I offend someone by putting in paragraph breaks, but I also (o horrors) casually used the name of another...
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September 06, 2011
 
  Organizing Images
I just made the plunge and purchased Lightroom. As I'm learning the tool, I'm rethinking my organization strategy. I keep both my Raw files and my JPEGs, and sometimes even the Photoshop v...
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September 06, 2011
 
  Feedback on photos
How do I start to get some feedback on the photos I have on my site?...
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October 20, 2011
 
  Framing images
Hi all – For a number of years, I’ve worked for various nature, environmental and travel groups and agencies. For much of this time, I’ve seen myself as a writer who also does photography and...
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October 04, 2011