Ever noticed how some people’s vacation pictures are often an imitation of the postcards they could have easily bought at the airport on their way home? Whether it’s the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Opera, it’s common to try to capture those iconic images. After all, it’s one reason why we chose to travel to [...]
It has always been a dream of mine to work at an orphanage. I know. It’s a little bit random, and not exactly typical for an American girl. But it’s true: working at an orphanage was my earliest dream job. I think I was 9 years old. I don’t remember what put the idea in [...]
This week your challenge is to take and share an image or two on the theme of BLUE! It’s been over two years since we went blue in a challenge and last time was very popular. Like last time I’m sure we’ll see lots of blue skies, eyes and other blue things. Let your imagination [...]
“Fill the Frame with your subject!” I still remember my high school photography teacher instructing our class with this rule. He drummed it into us week after week and his words have echoed in my ears ever since – 20-something years – almost every time I raise my camera to take a portrait. The rule [...]
A Post by Mitchell Kanashkevich – author of our brand new eBook, Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool. In the post “Are you practicing these 5 Tips for Natural Light” I discussed 5 things which I consider to be the core ideas behind working with natural light effectively. In this post it’s time [...]
I met Orlando through social media about year ago and I quickly subscribed to his blog ‘A Walk With My Camera’. I’ve never been to the Philippines but I have discovered the people of Tacloban through Orlando’s lens. His love and respect for mankind shine through his images. Although his photo walks take him mostly [...]
A Guest Post by Guy Prives. If you were not on a hot-air balloon for a journey around the world or in a Tibetan monastery on a pilgrimage yet have experienced these images on Facebook then it’s likely you’ve already been exposed to Instagram. “Instagram” the photo-sharing application, recently bought by Facebook, allows participants to [...]
A Guest Post by Kaspars Grinvalds from Posing App. In the previous articles in this posing guide series we looked individually at posing female subjects, posing male subjects and posing children. In those individual person portraits the main subject was a single person and her or his personality. In comparison, couple photography is more about [...]
Instagram has been been in the news a lot lately – particularly with it being purchased by Facebook for $1 billion! We’ve talked a little about it in the past and it has always caused some debate within our community – while some see it as a great way to share photos, particularly those taken [...]
Every day I get emails from photographers asking which camera to buy so they might become better photographers. STOP! Use what you have, get out there and shoot! As Darren Rowse wrote in a recent article about camera lust ”Sometimes I think our lust for cameras and gear could be getting in the way of actually [...]
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