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Working with subject holders and support

Working with subject holders and support - Photoshop Tutorial

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Working with subject holders and support

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So, you have seen that I have this nice geared head; this very stable tripod. I can really have fine control over the position of my camera. Whether you have this nice set up or not, you're still going to find that no matter how finely you can position your camera, very often you need to move your subject. I don't mean move it around for exploration the way that we were. I mean get it positioned a very particular way. Sometimes, the only way to get the angle that you want, or to get the focus that you need, is to be able to move your subject, and have it stay where you put it. Most of the time that I spend on macro shooting is actually trying to figure out how to get my subject to stay where I want it to. So, while with this head, I can maybe get the shot that I want through camera movements, I'm going to set up this shot by moving the subject. And . . . because that's something you are going to see me doing a lot throughout the rest of this course. And, I've got a few different tools…

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