http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm Photography Simplified Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:39:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/pare-and-focus-news/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/pare-and-focus-news/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:00:01 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=3188 The last tutorial on how to make an easy Etsy banner is coming soon, don’t worry. Just wanted to do some house keeping and let you know what’s been going on here in the WAR Room AKA my living room/office. Lots of big stuff is in the works and I just can’t contain myself anymore. [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/pare-and-focus-news/feed/ 0 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/new-year/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/new-year/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:06:22 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=2427 Happy 2011 Everyone! Did you get any new toys for the new year? If you just got a shiny new camera I’m happy for you and jealous of you at the same time. But I can ignore that internal conflict. We can still be friends. (Hey, since we’re friends, can I play with your new [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/new-year/feed/ 3 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/coming-soon-to-a-pare-and-focus-near-you/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/coming-soon-to-a-pare-and-focus-near-you/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:33:54 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=1731 I’ve been thinking a lot about what you need, and what I need, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s time for a change. You feel it too, right? I mean, it’s time for us to get serious, so… …I’m revamping Pare and Focus and it’s gonna be all the more awesome for it! [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/coming-soon-to-a-pare-and-focus-near-you/feed/ 1 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/rules-for-painting-can-be-used-in-photography/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/rules-for-painting-can-be-used-in-photography/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:50:32 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=1611 This video from expert village illustrates some of the ideas I covered in my last post, Color in Composition. It’s on colors in painting but the same ideas can be used for photography. The oldest known painting was made around 32,000 years ago. Photography has been around for less . The extra years mean there’s [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/rules-for-painting-can-be-used-in-photography/feed/ 1 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/new-here/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/new-here/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:56:35 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=1522 Joining Pare and Focus for the first time? Great!  If you want to take better pictures without a lot of headache, hair pulling, and money spent, you’re definitely in the right place. Pare and Focus is a growing resource on beginning digital photography and photo editing. My goal is to make all of my recommendations [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/new-here/feed/ 2 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/not-green-eggs/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/not-green-eggs/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:06:43 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/not-green-eggs/ eggs, originally uploaded by LandKat. While I’m working on my posts about color in digital photography, I thought I would give you a taste of what I’ll be talking about. This photo is nice because the colors are simple and correct. The eggs look like eggs, and the parsley looks like parsley. Imagine the same [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/not-green-eggs/feed/ 4 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/lucky-for-photoshelter-users-the-new-widget-is-up-and-running/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/lucky-for-photoshelter-users-the-new-widget-is-up-and-running/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:19:05 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/lucky-for-photoshelter-users-the-new-widget-is-up-and-running/ purple clover, originally uploaded by LandKat. The new PhotoShelter Widget from Johan at Nio Photography is ready for the public! I know I’m using a lot of exclamation marks. But it’s pretty exciting when you get exactly what you want. And this widget is exactly what I wanted for my sidebar. The Widget uses your [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/lucky-for-photoshelter-users-the-new-widget-is-up-and-running/feed/ 0 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/4-free-ways-to-make-your-profile-picture-better/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/4-free-ways-to-make-your-profile-picture-better/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:50:11 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=1130 You put your pictures on the internet for all the world to see. You look great in them. Or you look hilarious in them. Or they show you with someone you really dig. They’re really cool pictures. But did you know those pictures could look better? The digital photos you share on facebook and everywhere [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/4-free-ways-to-make-your-profile-picture-better/feed/ 0 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/free-social-media-icons-in-a-picture-frame/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/free-social-media-icons-in-a-picture-frame/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:21:33 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=1119 This is really off topic. I know. But I just made these social media icon buttons and I wanted to offer them to you. They are meant to resemble stainless steel frames with photos printed on Metallic Paper (or covered with glossy glass).  You get icons for twitter, facebook, delicious, digg, flickr, and stumbleupon. I [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/free-social-media-icons-in-a-picture-frame/feed/ 1 http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/4-differences-between-gimp-and-photoshop-that-matter/ http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/4-differences-between-gimp-and-photoshop-that-matter/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:51:00 +0000 Kat Landreth http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/?p=1082 I’ve seen people ask What’s the difference between GIMP and PhotoShop”. Good question. The long answer is, well, long. The shorter answer is this post featuring four differences between GIMP and Photoshop that may matter to you. Yes, GIMP is Free… …and PhotoShop does cost a lot of money. GIMP is free because some distributors [...]]]> http://pareandfocus.com/index.htm/4-differences-between-gimp-and-photoshop-that-matter/feed/ 4