vivid pix Archives - Vivid-Pix https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/tag/vivid-pix/ Give Your pics (and documents) the Vivid-Pix Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:03:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.vivid-pix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-512x512-favicon-32x32.png vivid pix Archives - Vivid-Pix https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/tag/vivid-pix/ 32 32 Photos Fade. Don’t Let Your Memories. https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/photos-fade-don-t-let-your-memories/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 02:36:01 +0000 If you’re like most, you have boxes / albums / frames / slide trays  filled with treasured memories – that are literally fading away. You’ve probably been thinking about scanning these photos and have been worried about the time, expense, and potential loss / damage. We’d like to help – Vivid-Pix owners have been in the photo industry […]

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]]> Digital Photography Tips Part 2: Camera Settings https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/digital/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:10:11 +0000 In out last post, we covered some terminology and tips on taking photos in water. In this article, we’ll cover camera settings. Using Preset Shooting Modes Underwater Mode Settings create a combination of adjustments that are pre-designed for specific conditions. Some of the cameras we used had underwater mode settings. If the camera you select […]

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]]> Fill A Pleasing Percentage Of Your Frame https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/fill-a-pleasing-percentage-of-your-frame/ Fri, 25 Dec 2015 19:52:33 +0000 One of the pitfalls for underwater photographers, especially newer shooters, is failing to have their subject fill a pleasing percentage of their photographic frame. All too often, the result is a fantastic subject that is too small in an image. In short, the best way to describe a picture like that is “an opportunity lost”. […]

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]]> Find Some Separation https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/find-some-separation/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:41:25 +0000 Can you remember the first time you saw a shark, manta ray, dolphin, turtle, spotted eagle ray, or any other animal you might think of as Mr. Big? Maybe you have not enjoyed an experience like that yet. But keep diving for a while, and you will.    If you are like many underwater photographers, […]

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]]> An Introduction To Photographing Fish https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/an-introduction-to-photographing-fish/ Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:40:54 +0000 If you are like many underwater photographers I know, one factor that made you want to grab a camera system and try your hand at underwater photography was the allure of photographing fish. Occurring in what seems like endless shapes, colors, sizes, and patterns, there is no doubt that fish are wonderful subjects.   But […]

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]]> Silhouettes Are Easy If You Follow A Few Guidelines https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/silhouettes-are-easy-if-you-follow-a-few-guidelines/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 11:55:00 +0000 Silhouettes can be very powerful images. And compared to many other types of underwater photographs, they are relatively easy to create. However, to create a winning silhouette you will want to pay heed to a handful of basic principles. It’s those principles that I am going to share in this piece.   To get started, […]

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]]> What To Do When The Moment Is Now https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/what-to-do-when-the-moment-is-now/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 11:55:00 +0000 In an earlier blog I shared some thoughts about photographing fish. In that discussion I mentioned a number of categories that I use to help me get started creating pictures when I encounter a fish. I also stated that when I do not see a fish doing something such as courting, nesting, cleaning or anything […]

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]]> Exposure Insights https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/exposure-insights/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:45:00 +0000 It makes perfect sense that underwater photographers want to create images with colorful subjects surrounded by inviting blue water. After all, that is the way the tropical ocean so often looks to our eyes when we dive, and the reason that many of us pay the big bucks to travel to destinations that are not […]

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]]> The Four Exposure Scenarios https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/the-four-exposure-scenarios/ Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:05:00 +0000 One of the taller hurdles for most underwater photographers to overcome is consistently acquiring proper exposures. One reason that so many of us struggle with exposures is that traditionally speaking we tend to talk about images in terms of the lens being used – a macro vs. a wide-angle lens- as opposed to the exposure […]

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]]> A Vastly Under Appreciated Skill In Underwater Photography https://www.vivid-pix.com/blog/a-vastly-under-appreciated-skill-in-underwater-photograph/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:14:00 +0000 Hi Vivid-Pixers! The first two images discussed in this blog were created in oceans that are halfway around the world from each other. In addition to that, the images were created were significantly different camera systems. The shot of the rosy-lipped batfish resting on the sand was created with a macro lens at Costa Rica’s […]

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