Keeping Your Camera Updated & Clean

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At Larmon, we believe a little camera maintenance goes a long way – consider it a small time investment to ensure you are ready to take advantage of every photo opportunity that crosses your path. Most of us are used to traditional maintenance, like keeping your optics clean.  Many of us however, forget that our digital cameras are mini computers. Aside from when you first bought your camera, when was the last time you updated your camera’s firmware? Your camera’s firmware is the software residing on your digital camera that is responsible for handling image processing. Actually, firmware controls a … Continue reading →

Playing All Angles with Basic Composition Theory

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Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, Pinterest, LinkedIn, or Google+, Social media remains flooded with millions of images. Getting yours to stand out in the crowd will take skill and strategy. One way to help boost your Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr & Tublr posts amidst everyone else’s is to create more dynamic images. Your images will have more visual impact by utilizing composition theory and elements to your advantage.  For instance, by simply adjusting your optics you can take advantage of your camera angle and create stronger, more impactful leading lines. Use roadways, paths, walkways, walls, fences to creating leading lines.  Use them to point/lead … Continue reading →

Tame Available Light

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Learning to use available light in any situation is a skill that takes patience, creativity and practice. It is also one of the most valuable skills to master as a photographer. Since in photography we paint with light it is essential to ba able to identify where the light is coming from and how it falls. Once determined,you can decide how to best utilize/manipulate it so you gain your results optimally. Having a few tools to manipulate light helps as well. I use a number of modifiers ranging from a variety of strobe, diffusers and reflectors in various sizes and materials. As a photographer we need to keep things simple.  I … Continue reading →

Make the Most of Your Favorite Summer Photos

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You know what they say? Time flies as you are having fun, and now is no different as we see another summer quickly coming to an end! Kids are going back to school and the holiday season will soon be in full swing! We know you have some vacation photos languishing on your cell phone. Sure, it’s fun to scroll through your camera roll and look at them now and then, but you know what’s even better? Being able to use a photo organization tool like Mylio to manage all of you photos on you phone, tablet and home computer so you can … Continue reading →

Shoot Sharp Video and Stills with Your Smartphone

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If there’s one technique that video experts recommend when shooting video using a smartphone, it’s to shoot video horizontally. Image orientation is particularly important when uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, SnapChat and other video sites, and if you shoot vertically, your video will contain those black bars on the side that are distracting for viewers. However, if you make this mistake don’t freak out, there is a free app that you can download that will rotate your video orientation to remove the ugly black bars.  The next biggest issue most smartphone users have when taking stills and especially video is camera shake or vibrations. To … Continue reading →