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SUMMER 2021 NEWSLETTER

Just in time for Fourth of July -- our Fireworks Tutorial.

How to Photograph Fireworks
https://focusedcamera.medium.com/how-to-photograph-fireworks-9c553fc5363d

We have added several new Blog Posts:

If Your Camera Could Talk…12 Things Your Camera Wishes You Knew
https://focusedcamera.medium.com/if-your-camera-could-talk-12-things-your-camera-wishes-you-knew-13e42064f81a

Easy Macro Using Smartphone or Any Device!
https://focusedcamera.medium.com/easy-macro-photography-using-any-device-14722a4e876f

How To Save Money on Camera Gear:
https://focusedcamera.medium.com/how-to-save-money-on-camera-gear-61b4ff4909e3

9 Bad Habits to Break Now to Improve Your Photography: https://focusedcamera.medium.com/9-bad-habits-to-break-now-to-improve-your-photography-7374aab1173c

Check out our "Free & Extras" page of our website for lessons and cheat sheets. We add new content frequently:
https://focusedcamera.weebly.com/free-mini-tutorials-videos--extras.html

Follow us on Twitter or Facebook (click links above). In an upcoming series we will discuss "How DID They Do That?" giving you tips and tricks to get cool images like the example show below. We will share some fun tricks for forced perspective, double exposure, ICM photography, and more.

For an update on Industry News including new cameras, lenses, and other information from camera manufacturers visit our News Page here: https://focusedcamera.weebly.com/news.html

New!!
We have a new item in our Etsy store:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FocusEdCamera

You can preview the "Color Theory" Cards we have for sale in the image below.
The 10 card set is $6 and it's an instant download!!

Each card provides a color prompt/task, background on the color and its color psychology, suggested subjects, creative ways to complete the task, an inspiration gallery, hashtags for sharing, and pro tips with addition information via QR code links! These are not your ordinary cheat sheets or "topic/task" cards. You will learn the underlying basis of color theory while improving your photography at the same time!

It's time to invest in your photography skills!

Consider joining our Composition Basics Text Message class.
Get one lesson/text per day with hands-on activities and lesson questions.
Get feedback!
Ask questions!

And the best part of all it is only $5 for the entire month!
Sample/preview below.

https://focused.arist.co/courses/5fefb6b170fffd0ba99b224a

Last newsletter we featured our Canon Lens Abbreviations video. This issue, we have the Nikon version for you! Tune in on our YouTube Channel to watch it and learn about all those letters and numbers on your lenses!

Learn the Lens Abbreviations for Nikon Lenses