Tag Archives: Tips
Photography Tips for Water Reflections, Abstracts, Splashes, Puddles, and More
If you believe that waves, waterscapes, and waterfalls pretty well use up all the opportunities that water provides for picture-taking, think again. Here are seven more photography tips with water—remedies for the photo doldrums! “London stripe” captured by PictureSocial member … Continue reading
Tips for Doing Better Indoor Sports Photography
Fast-paced movement across the court or rink, cheering crowds, the thrill of the win (or agony of defeat). These are the myriad of elements waiting to be captured by your camera when you photograph a sports event. Whether you’re taking … Continue reading
7 Tips for Shooting and Processing Star Trails
Have you ever looked at an image of the night sky where the stars leave long, arching trails? These images, called “star trails”, record the movement of the stars as the earth spins around its axis. This is a compelling … Continue reading
Tips for Doing Natural Light Headshots and Portraits
You may think that headshots are just like portraits or perhaps think that they are only best photographed in a studio space. Thankfully, natural light headshots can help you to achieve the perfect look and portraits for your clients. Both … Continue reading
4 Tips to Help You Love Using Manual Mode
In this article, I’d like to share with you a few tips on how to utilize some of your camera’s functions to help you come to grips with shooting in Manual Mode. Sometimes stripping back to the basics and only … Continue reading
Tips for Editing Hockey Photos in Lightroom
In this article, I’ll give you some tips for editing hockey photos using Lightroom. If you’re a hockey mom or dad, read on to make the photos of your kid on the ice stand out. Shooting hockey is hard Have … Continue reading
Three 2-Minute Tips to Get You Thinking
The folks over at Adorama TV have a series of 2-minute tips by David Bergman which I think is brilliant! You can watch one while you’re standing in line at the grocery store, waiting for your food at a restaurant, … Continue reading
8 Tips for Photographing Fast Action and Sports
In this article, we’ll give you 8 quick tips for photographing fast action and sports. But what if you don’t shoot sports? There is a lot of value in learning how to make images that work across different genres. You … Continue reading
4 Tips to Organize Your Photos in Lightroom
Lightroom is one of the most widely-used programs for photographers today, with good reason. In addition to extensive editing options in the Develop module, Lightroom also contains a bevy of tools to help you organize your photos as well. It … Continue reading
5 Unusual Tips for Being Good at Photography & Everything Else
Of course, there are way more than five tips for being a good photographer. photo by maf04 But, I’m focusing on these five for now, because they seem to be such a surprise to the students that come to my … Continue reading
Tips for Converting an Old Camera for Shooting Infrared Photography
A few years ago I become friends with a guy who likes dong infrared photography. It was something that I had tried when I was shooting film, but never quite figured out. My friend had converted an old camera of … Continue reading
Tips for Selecting What Gear to Take Along for Travel Photography
Travel photography is exciting. There’s always this sense of finding new and exotic places to capture. Of course, if you work hard you can find new and exotic places to photograph right near home. But there’s something about travel that … Continue reading