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Now let me explain. H.264 is a method of displaying video on websites and is being incorporated into a number of cameras and video software as well.
There’s been a lot of myth and nonsense, fear, uncertainty and doubt kicking round the interweb on this topic that has gone user worried that they will need a licence to publish or use their video.
If you are a big user of such stuff – like YouTube, Adobe etc, …
You want to shoot your favourite band, complete with light-show, lasers, fireworks and whatever other special effects are going on, so what’s the best way of getting some good images (assuming you are not down in the press pit).
1) TURN THE FLASH OFF
All the flash will do is light up the heads of the people in front of you, no way will it light the stage, and even if could, it would only wash out the effect of the light show
2) ZOOM IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
You normally want to …
Whenever I start a shoot I always take a "test" shot. I tell the client this is a test of my lighting, but what it actually does is let me quietly examine their facial structure before continuing with the shoot.
So, I get in real close, basically just a head, not shoulders, no background.
Firstly, this does genuinely check my lighting and exposure, I can check the histogram if I need to.
Secondly, this gives me a really tight crop on the face where I can check for bent noses, different size eyes, …
Using layers in your photo manipulation package is easy. Here are seven simple layer tricks to add punch and tune-up your images
