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A look at different retail photography options for your 2007 holiday portraits.

Five simple rules to taking professional looking portraits, without being a pro.

The main differences between portraits and snapshots have to do with background, posing and lighting. Learn how with a little planning you can improve your photography.

We are all aspects of God; our faces are God's portraits.

A guide to making your own family portraits with your digital camera.

Silhouette portraits are a fun and unique way to decorate, and you can easily make them yourself. You can make silhouette portraits of friends, family, flowers, pets, and anything else you can take a picture of.

If you would like to do your child's senior portraits yourself, the following guideline might be helpful to you.

So many of us would love to take our children to a professional photographer to get stunning photos but cannot afford it. I have learned how to get photographs that are just as breathtaking at JC Penney Portrait Studios. I tell of my experience and how you can do it too.

A young woman looks back on the influence of a special woman in her life, and the impact her special portraits of her son (and what they did) had on them all.

I have almost always had a good experience at the Picture People. You may be able to get portraits for less money elsewhere, but the Picture People offers higher quality and faster service.

Ten tips that can help you make good portraits with your digital camera.

Giving that model-perfect look to your portraits is easy. Just fire up Photoshop and you can do it too!

As a long-time artist, who has explored self-portraiture in a variety of artistic mediums, it is clear to me how important the process of creating self-portraits really is.

King Tut has been brought back to life again after 3000 years. This image was derived from sculpted and painted portraits of the young king done during his lifetime. 3D computer modeling techniques were then employed to reproduce this likeness of the young pharaoh.

Review of the Portraiture Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop

Not only will you save a ton of money, but you will find yourself taking the time to do photo shoots more often and will be rewarded with priceless snapshots of your children to cherish forever, along with the pride of knowing you took them yourself.

Any American with a major credit card can order beautiful prints that are otherwise impossible to find!

No ceramic lover can resist the timeless charm of a Renaissance portrait finely painted on a Deruta ceramic. This article is about the origins of portrait painting in Deruta and its tribute to Perugino and Pinturicchio.

Taking great outdoor shots doesn't need to be difficult. You can make it even easier by considering three important elements: location, composition and lighting.

we are picture crazzzzy as usual

Autumn is a beautiful time of year to capture pictures outdoors.

Montana there are many photographers that are able to help you capture just the right image on film.

A Texas native, sculptor Victoria Stautzenberger grew up in a family rich in artists and craftsmen.

Everyday life can yield beautiful children's pictures that are better composed than even the fanciest studio can do, as your child is relaxed and doing an activity that they enjoy. All it takes is a little planning and work from you!

When I worked as a pet photographer for a few months, I quickly learned quite a few tricks. These tips will help you whether you are taking photos of your pets, friends' pets, or adoptable pets at shelters.

The poem is a resignation speech of the separation of soul from the body. The soul is drained from the body due to an unforeseen turn.

An appreciation of the unlikely subject matter of one of England's most controversial artists

This year, make sure you capture those Easter moments in photographs the way you see them instead of making all-too-common, fatal photography mistakes.

SoldierPortraits.org is a group of artists who provide families of deceased soldiers with art portraits. This is not a political group. Instead, the members focus on giving back to our soldiers and their families.

I worked at a professional portrait studio for about a year and during that time I have had the opportunity to see all facets of adults and children come in to get their portraits taken.

Although I've been drawing since 1979, it was only a couple of years ago that I learned to draw portraits from photographs.

An overview of the Gorgeous Gemini Woman and 10 Celebrities that fit this description quite beautifully.

An accurate representation of King Tut based on painted sculpture portraits of Tut from the artists of his day, and photometric measurements of Tut's Mummy.

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best" (Frida Kahlo). These few words alone will allow someone to feel the pain that she endured in her lifetime. Frida Kahlo is one of the most recognizable surrealist painters.

Photocelebration is a company owned by a husband and wife team in Toledo, Ohio that specializes in wedding photography, family portraits, and senior photos.

Comparison and contrast of two particular paintings by Hans Holbein and Paul Cezanne. In depth artistic analysis.

Your digital photographs are probably important to you. Many of the pictures taken can only be made once which is why they are very important to you. The photos could include & not limited to your baby taking the first steps, family portraits, & etc.

Norman Rockwell is a popular American painter and artist. Rockwell is well-known for his sentimental portraits of life in idyllic America. Norman Rockwell is probably best-known for his "Saturday Evening Post" covers, but he accomplished much more as an artist.

If you have an interest in the Renaissance period, and you would like to purchase a portrait of the period, stop by Lauren Reeser's L'Elizabeth R Renaissance Portraiture web site or commission a portrait at a Renaissance fair in California

Many artists spend a lot of money needlessly on expensive framing. This will help you find ways to save over half of the cost on framing your portraits and artwork.

how to get the maximum hits, downloads and revenue from your stock portraiture

Many parents struggle to get portraits of children who are afraid of portrait studios. Check these tips for getting the photos you want!

Recently, we have seen portraits of greed in the fallen ENRON Corporation, particularly Ken Lay, and Jeff Skilling. The portrayals of greed in 16th century literature provided an outlet for the have-nots of society, just as ENRON has done today.

A fabulous show of 18th and 19th century portraits, bringing together the most dazzling assembly of famous portraits and private ones, is now at the Grand Palais and will travel next year to London and New York.

Photographs are a special way to create memories that last a lifetime. Lubbock, Texas is home to many certified and professional photographers to make all of your special memories count.

Two of Diane Arbus's portraits in particular, "A Boy with a Straw Hat Waiting to March in a Pro-War Parade" (N.Y.C. 1967) and "A Young Man in Curlers at Home on West 20th Street" (N.Y.C. 1966) provide a visual representation of 1960s American tensions.

An animal portrait isn't as easy as it might sound. Pets tend to move around a lot, and predicting when your pets are ready for a picture to be taken can take a lot of practice (and more than a few treats).

You flip the envelope around to the side with the clear window, ready to behold the adorable image that is your child. And there it is. The worst picture of them that you've ever seen...

Illinois artist Deborah Reich, specializing in floor cloths and portraits among other works has unveiled her holiday line.

You've taken a shot of a friend. It looks good, but you want it to look gorgeous, like something out of a magazine. Here is the secret!

There was a time when child play was nothing but drawing family portraits, baking chocolate-chip cookies, swinging on swings, playing tag in the yard and having slumber parties with friends.

Credible articles are more profitable to a writer when developed in tandem with prime players in a story;honing your interview style can help achieve this more consistently.

Color palette guide for painting realistic portraits with acrylic or oil paints.

he Pentax Company aimed at introducing a camera that is competent of shooting portraits under water, as well of course the usual way of shooting. This is an only one of its kind feature of the Pentax Optio WP. The camera permits a user

“The sites main function is to "feed" the passion within us all, all of us who love poetry.”

The Sanyo Xacti E6 is operational with a monitor of 3 inches, which I consider quite large for adequate viewing of portraits. It is notable that the Sanyo Company is one of the pioneers of 3 inches screen in the digital camera world.

If you're looking to buy your first digital camera, there are a few available that combine affordability with high resolution. The Olympus Stylus 500 5MP is the best of the group.

True artists are not born, they are made. Let Khris Art guide you through the process to becoming one of the worlds best artists - at least the best artist at your office.

The Berlin Film Museum guides you through 100 years of film history, with a focus on that golden era when films made in Berlin came close to challenging those of Hollywood.

Grocery and home product expenses are at an all-time high but you can find plenty of coupons online to save you money.

The government offers all types of web sites to provide kids with info on science, geography, the states, experiments and just plain fun.

A discussion of Alfred Stieglitz's in the history of photography as a promoter of the technology, but one whose aesthetic ideals reflected a bygone century.

There is a town in southern California high up in the mountains that smells of warm apples. It embodies Norman Rockwell's idyllic portrait of American life. But this isn't a painting, it's a real place. The enchanting heaven is Julian, California.

St. Louis has a large Irish population and a wide variety of Irish pubs to choose from, but there are just a few that are Welsh and Scottish...

Previously published in West Linn Tidings (I retained rights). Howden Art is a must-see for holiday shoppers in the upscale community of West Linn, Oregon.

Let me tell you a secret. Having twins doesn't mean having two of everything. Let me be your guide as I give you the scoop on 15 baby items, showing you what to buy and, most importantly, what not to double up on.

A run-down of some of the most creative and reputable sources for artistic income online.

Even with the state of the art digital photography equipment that is available today, you may still want to hire a professional photographer for that special occasion. Here is your guide to the top wedding photographers in St. Louis, Missouri.

Many people who set out to see New York City spend all their time in Manhattan, but insiders know the beautiful views that can only be had by crossing Brooklyn. A trip across the Brooklyn Bridge is well worth including in any New York experience.

This paper reflects both the life of photographer Richard Avedon as well his work.

Asian ball-jointed dolls are endlessly beautiful, endlessly customizable...and very expensive. How can you afford such a pricey hobby?

Some advanced tools are easy to use and fun with Adobe's Photoshop Elements 4.0. Here's a quick guide to what some of these tools do.

Brides are beautiful regardless of their size, but plus-sized brides face a challenge in finding a wedding dress that makes the entire planning of your special day pale in comparison.

Baroque and Rococo art are two of the most popular genres. Here are some of the subtle differences between the two.

Stockholm, Sweden is a glistening city filled with old and new. Gleaming parks filled with flowers, castles filled with history, and historical sights abound in this land of the midnight sun. Enjoy a brief tour of Stockholm in this article.

The ancient Egyptian world underwent many changes in the first through the fifth centuries C.E. Greek and Roman influences as well as Christian beliefs can be found in artwork of the era as well as loyalty to ancient ideas of the after-life.

Rodrigo Garcia's Nine Lives is a drama in the most extreme sense. There are no moments of lightness to permeate the darkness of this patchwork quilt of feminine misery and despair.

With a wide angle shot you are telling a story with each photograph. Here are a few tips for using wide angle lenses for portraiture that you may find helpful.

There was a point in history when the African artisans were teaching the Greeks and Romans and building an art history to pass on to the generations to come. However, these great builders, sculptors, and creators were taken from their homeland.

Discover how to control the many elements of composition to improve every photograph you take.

The original illustrations in this compendium of mythical creatures really make this book shine.

Five easy to remember tips for taking truly memorable photographs at the weddings you attend.

From the Florida Everglades to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, national parks are a vital part of the American landscape, preserving their natural, historic and cultural importance since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872.

Now on DVD, we have the opportunity to see three early short documentaries made during Herzog's creatively fertile period in the '70s, in the collection Short Films by Werner Herzog, recently released by New Yorker Video.

Where it used to take someone hours of methodical stitching to decorate a pillowcase or other item, embroidery sewing machines do the work in mere minutes.

Good old fashion mainstream establishment has not only raised it's ugly little head. It's sitting right next to you at some of the finest cocktail bars in Europe.

Alchemists have a bad rap today, but what they were really doing for hundreds of years was seeking after knowledge...they wanted to understand their world...and make money while doing so, of course. When did alchemy turn into chemistry, and how?

Actor Neal McDonough describes what it's like to endure the ups and downs of a career in Hollywood -- from roles in hits like Star Trek and Minority report to canceled series like Boomtown and Medical Investigation.

Two thousand products later, Parker Brothers is one of the best known and most beloved of all game publishers. And somewhere in the process, its games have gone from simply reflecting the values of the country to helping shape them.

There are many techinques to isolate hair. This is by far the best one I've come across.