Chapter One

Pro Tips for Getting Sharp Photos

If Your Photos Aren’t Sharp, the Rest Doesn’t Matter

Taking super-sharp photos is really important to us as photographers, but just knowing that some photographers live and die by the sharpness of their images can be a huge advantage to you. For example, the next time you’re at one of those glitzy photography parties where the place is packed with celebrities, the champagne is flowing, and DJ Tiësto is “spinnin’ labels on the turntables,” try this: casually walk over to one of the photographers standing around bragging about their latest gallery showing and say, “Hey, I caught your show at the gallery, and I must say, I really admire the fact that you didn’t let it bother you that so many of the images ...

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