Thanks to everyone for the amazing pictures submitted last week! Congratulations to Windy Robinson & Carrie Buss for their photo entries from last week's contest. They will each receive a $25 gift certificate to use on www.piggytales.com! Thanks for sharing! Here are their photos...
Windy Robinson
Carrire Buss
Now for this week's tip...
In celebrating Earth Day this week I tried to think of a tip for everyone to use while taking pictures outdoors. From my experience I've found that the best time of the day to take pictures is between 2-3 hours before the sun sets. I love the rich yellows and long shadows during this time of the day. I've also noticed that shadows aren't as sharp and the light isn't as bright and harsh...kids also don't squint in the sunlight...
Here's a photo I took right after lunch time, around 12 pm...notice how bright the light is...it washes out my sweet nephew, Joshua.
Here's another picture of Joshua taken at 5:30 pm instead, about 2 hours before the sun set behind the mountains.
This weeks challenge is to try taking a picture just before sun set. You'll be surprised how different your pictures will turn out! If you'd like to share your photos please email them to contests@piggytales.com (Please keep your photos less than 200 KB. Only 2 entries per person. Deadline is April 26th.). I'll pick a couple photos and showcase them next week on our blog. Those people will receive a $25 gift certificate to our website! I can't wait to see all the fun pictures (this is my favorite part of my job!).
Debbie
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