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Author: Doug Pruden

I am a photographer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I have been taking photographs of one kind or another for 40+ years. I enjoy taking portraits, fine art and travel related photography. You can view my work at www.prairielightimages.com

How to Use a Variable Neutral Density Filter for Better Portrait Photography

Portrait Photography
By Doug Pruden / January 23, 2012

This is a guest post by Doug Pruden – a portrait photographer from Calgary. Check out his great photography blog for more tips. The filter that I have come to appreciate more as time passes is the neutral density filter, or, more specifically, the variable neutral density filter.  This puppy can do things for you […]


How to Take Flash Photographs of “Blinkers”

Portrait Photography
By Doug Pruden / November 1, 2011

We have all encountered them. Maybe you are even one of them. I have two of them in my family and they can be very challenging to photograph. I am talking about “blinkers”: those people who always seem to have their eyes closed in photographs when a flash is used. It’s nothing they do on […]

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