Photographer Pat Kay recently posted a great street photography video where he talks about five different tips and techniques pros use. Here is what he had to say about his video: Street Photography is a category of photography that is really dear to my heart. It’s the first category I tried to learn and master,…
I’ve been shouting this, for years, from the highest mountain, WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING WILDLIFE, THE EYES HAVE IT. Okay, I haven’t yelled exactly that and I didn’t climb any mountains to scream it but I have said something similar for some time. I’ll take it a step further, when photographing anything alive – wildlife, a pet,…
Steve Perry is one of my favorite wildlife photography instructors. In this video, Steve gives some great tripod tips for the wildlife photographer. I think you too will enjoy Steve’s straightforward, concise delivery as I do.
Photographer Nigel Dansen recently uploaded a video, 7 Photo Composition Mistakes I See Beginner Photographers Make. In it, he does exactly what the title implies – Nigel discusses seven mistakes beginning photographers often make explaining each clearly and thoroughly.
Jefferson Graham has written a fantastic article on PetaPixel concerning the problems one may encounter if they rely on iCloud for their long-term photo backup. The problem is that most people don’t realize is that iCloud merely mirrors what is on your phone. If you think you can delete an image from your phone to…
Jason D. Little, over on the website, Light Stalking, has a great article on how to improve your natural light portraits. Jason’s article, as it should, mainly concerns light and how to find the light that will compliment your subject and composition best. If you’d like to improve your natural light portraits, click on the…
This is a Behind The Scene (BTS) video by the photographer Bisrat Fremichael photographing fashion brands. He’s doing a voiceover in the video talking about the photoshoot he’s doing specifically and about shooting for fashion brands in general. Along the way, he gives five great tips when photographing fashion. I think his YouTube channel is…
Wayne Turner wrote a short article for the website, Picture Correct, where he gives five Macro Photography Ideas. The ideas in the article aren’t groundbreaking by any means but if you’ve not done Macro Photography and want to, or you’re disappointed in your own macro photographs, this article may help. What I like about the…
If you’re interested in Landscape Photography, Dave Morrow has an excellent article, with accompanying videos on his website, Dave Morrow Photography. In the article, Dave explains, in excellent detail why Aperture Priority Mode is the best mode for Landscape photography. He lays everything out perfectly in the article so it’s very easy to understand his…
Glyn Dewis is one of my favorite Photoshop teachers. Some teachers often go through a plethora of unnecessary steps to achieve a result. I’ve found that Glyn often trims the fat off of the bone and teaches methods that are not only efficient but effective as well. Making Selections using Photoshop is no exception. In…
Capture One is coming to the iPad! This, from Capture One: Soon it will be possible to take the best of Capture One with you, no matter where you are, giving more freedom as to when and where you want to start post-processing. Join us for the premiere of Capture One on the iPad where…
One of the first rules of composition most photographers learn is the Rule of Thirds. Most would agree that the Rule of Thirds is fine and will often help you get a well-balanced composition. At times though, the rule of thirds may not be the best way to compose a given scene. Andrew S. Gibson,…
I’ve often wondered why there weren’t any autofocus 3rd party lenses for the Fuji x-series of cameras (There are some manual focus lenses). I’ve heard it was a proprietary thing in that Fuji wasn’t releasing the technical information needed by a lens manufacturer to create an autofocus x-lens. Well, that has changed. Sigma recently announced…
Danielle Ness wrote this fantastic step-by-step guide on Digital Photography School explaining how to shoot the Brenizer Method. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Brenizer Method, allow me to explain: As you may know, wide-angle lenses have quite a bit of depth of field. The wider the lens, the more depth of…
Printique – They’re the photo lab department of Adorama, have a great collection of photoshoot hacks that you can accomplish for less than a Venti Espresso Macchiato – I’m not sure if that’s a thing – I just strung some coffee sounding words together. Anyway, I counted five different hacks and furthermore, it’s a quick…
Color tinting black and white photos is often done for two reasons. First, we may want to color tint the image to give it a specific type of feel. For example, images with cooler color tints often will give us a calm relaxing feeling. On the other hand, pictures tinted with a warm color can…