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Notebook shot by Michele Trecate - Dallas Morning News website

A ring flash, a muslin background, a cheap tape on the medals… this is what you need to take a portrait!

Watch Dallas Morning News photographer Courtney Perry as she photographs Olympic gold medal winner Nastia Liukin.

(DMN - Video: Randy Eli Grothe and David Woo / Editing: Randy Eli Grothe)

- Watch the video!

- You can also visit Courtney’s website: www.courtneyperry.com, she has a blog, and she puts her photos on flickr too.

- And don’t forget to click on www.nastialiukin.com

I was surfing the Web: I visited Vincent Laforet’s blog and then I jumped in FredericVan’s website. I found a post about the Canada’s Sexiest Geek there.

Photo by Michele Trecate - Lisa Bettany's website

Her name is Lisa Bettany. She is a blogger, a model and also a photographer. You can read on her blog (MostlyLisa) some good basic advices about photography: “Read your camera manual!”, “Never use auto settings. Ever.”, “Always set your White Balance”.

Beautiful Kelly Ripa explains us how to pose in front of the camera.

The secret is: “do not say cheese”. Watch the video!