Bird photography can be very rewarding but requires a lot of patience and a knack for knowing where and when your birds will appear. There are a few ways you can improve your chances of finding the birds you are looking for as well as getting great photographs of them when you do. (more…)
A website is an integral part of a photographer’s marketing arsenal. Where in the past photographers would travel around carrying heavy albums of their portfolio with them, the modern photographer need only hand out a business card with their web address on for potential clients to see their work. (more…)
The word ‘fetish’ may strike fear into the hearts of many but what most of them don’t know is that they may experience more fetish photography than they may be aware of. Fetish photography can be one of the more artistic forms of photography around and much of it will not get you arrested. (more…)
There is hardly ever an image of people in magazines that hasn’t been airbrushed. Skin tones get altered, blemishes removed and lumps and bumps smoothed out. Many models and celebrities end up looking nothing like their authentic selves after retouches are done and numerous advocacy agencies for eating disorders believe that this practice is one of the main causes of anorexia and bulimia. While you don’t want to go this far, being able to even out skin tones and blemishes in Photoshop is a skill every photographer needs to have. (more…)
While there are literally hundreds of different jobs in the film industry, many people forget that a stills photographer plays a very important role. If you are interested in the film industry there are ways in which you can use your photography skills to get your foot in the door. (more…)
Exhibiting your work can be a very personal process and for those fresh out of college it is a great way to begin to build a name for yourself in the photography and art world. Getting your work exhibited may be a difficult process but if you stick with it and do it properly it can have excellent returns. (more…)
Many people are accustomed to seeing traditional 180-degree panoramic photographs but with a 360-degree panoramic shot you can create a truly unique image of a landscape. You don’t have to be experienced or have loads of complicated equipment to achieve these unique images and once you get the hang of it, it will prove to be loads of fun. (more…)
Many people love photography and many of those also love Halloween. A photography nerd and Halloween fan has decided to put his two favourite things together and create a giant, fully functional Nikon D3 costume. With clearly way too much time on his hands, Tyler Card has managed to build an extremely impressive piece of engineering. (more…)
Many lighting solutions can be very expensive to buy. This creates a problem for amateurs who don’t have a large budget as it relegates them to the use of their pop-up flashes which creates very artificial looking light and is not very versatile. (more…)
One of the most effective ways for photographers to get their work seen is to have their own website. Unfortunately this does open you up to image theft and it’s a constant struggle to keep your images from simply being downloaded and used without your permission. (more…)