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Tips for Using Neutral Density Filters for Cityscape Photography at Blue Hour
Neutral density filters (ND filters) are essential tools when it comes to shooting cityscapes at blue hour. Even without an ND filter, you could shoot for a few seconds of exposure (using a small aperture like f/13) when the light … Continue reading
5 Tips to Improve Your Photography
The following tips represent the top five things that have helped me the most to develop as a photographer, and I continually refer to these to further my development. I hope they can help you along your own journey, too. … Continue reading
Tips for How to Photograph a Rock Concert or Show
There are the stories, I’m sure you’ve heard them. Annie Leibowitz hanging out with the Rolling Stones. Bob Gruen photographing John Lennon on New York rooftops. Let’s face it, second to being an actual rock star (we’ve all used a … Continue reading
Insect Photography Tips – How to Capture Cool Critters
Do you find creepy crawlies fascinating? Or maybe a bit scary? Insects can be many things, and they are many! From a photographer’s perspective, they offer countless opportunities to learn about photography, your gear, and the critters themselves. In this … Continue reading
Tips for Compelling Lifestyle Product Photography
Product manufacturers invest a lot in marketing, and photography is one of the best ways to sell their products. While lifestyle product photography has been prevalent for a long period of time, it has become even more important with the … Continue reading
Tips for Portrait Processing with ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5
There are many genres within the framework of photography and one that is very popular is portraits. As such, many photographers are looking for great software that can help them make their portraits so much better. ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 … Continue reading
Tips on “Shooting for the Crop”
It’s the year 2018 and I’ve just finished a quick search of the top 10 best selling digital cameras over at B&H Photo. Those 10 cameras sport an average megapixel count of 26.1MP. Six of those cameras were full-frame sensor … Continue reading
Tips on How to Shoot Amazing Interior Photography
Simplify This is the first tip I would like to give you. If you view the interior in front of you, take notice in what needs to be there and what doesn’t. Remove everything that would “eat up” focus in … Continue reading
4 Tips for Helping People Feel Comfortable During Their Portrait Session
Sooner or later, almost everyone has to sit alone in front of a camera for a grad portrait or professional headshot. It is almost always an uncomfortable experience for portrait clients. But it’s easy to forget this as photographers. When … Continue reading
7 Tips to Get the Best Out of a Model Shoot
Many photographers want to have a human being in their shot. They may ask friends or family to pose for them or may engage the services of a model, either paid or a TFP (trade for prints) engagement. If you … Continue reading
4 Tips for Photographing Fog to Create Mystical Images
There’s nothing that I’ve seen so far that compares to the ethereal and mystical beauty of capturing long exposure and photographing fog. There’s something so compelling about the soft silky texture that results from it. So much so, that photographers … Continue reading
8 Tips to Help Find the Subject for Your Composition
Do you find it difficult to take photos which hold people’s attention? In our digital societies where image sharing is prolific, it is challenging to have people really take time to look at your prized photos. Image composition is key … Continue reading