Category Archives: quality
What makes you a professional?
Photography has become a huge industry, within a very short period of time relative to the presence of the field. Think about it – the technology to capture images has been around since the 1800′s with the first pinhole cameras, and metal plates of silver halide that were then reversed onto copper to produce an image. Even when film became a more cost effective method of producing images, we still have not seen such an explosion of interest in photography as we have in the past 5-10 years. With the growing interest, many have hung out shingles, offering their photography … Continue reading
Defining Your Image Composition
Composition in photography can have many origins. You can take a pretty concrete subject and place it in an interesting environment. The Rule of Thirds is one that is often used when creating photographic compositions. Other times, the way that lines or curves within a scene are the compelling factor. Architectural images use the idea of linear direction to compell the viewer. Finally, the nature of light can also be a huge factor when composing an image. After all, when looking at the word “photography”, it’s pretty clear how integral light can be to capturing your vision. The Greek root … Continue reading
Is Film making a resurgance?
There’s been a lot of talk lately about film making a resurgence. Ever since Polaroid announced a about a year ago that they were ending production of their film, forums, blogs, and photography communities have been ramping up a widespread discussion over the benefits of film. More recently, when Polaroid filed for Chapter 11 less than a month ago, the discussion of film vs. digital was taken up yet another notch. While I am firmly in the digital world of photography, since my roots are founded in the Vivitar 110 I used as a youth, (and subsequently with my brothers … Continue reading
Wednesday Walk around the Web returns
As the final hours approach me here on Tuesday, I still find myself struggling to capture something of interest that would be a fun topic for the “What’s This?”, so, a rather easy one is up for your guessing pleasure. Truth be told though, this is kind of lame, and as such, I would like more of the focus for today’s post to be the traditional “walk around the web” Here’s what’s going on this week in photo land: First, stop over to Scott Kelby’s blog – guest writer John Nack from a little company called Adobe will be filling … Continue reading
Monday Minutia: Memory Management
A post over on This Week in Photography got me thinking about my memory cards and the rituals or practices I take to conserve my image data. As they suggested over at TWIP, I do format my cards in camera prior to using. This in-camera formatting optimizes the data sectors and creates folders to organize image data. However, I also occasionally format my cards on the computer for that exact reason. Since the XT only has an image counter that goes to 100, whenever I pass that 100 mark, it creates a new folder. If I were to never format … Continue reading
Depth perception…
Depth of field, or DOF, seems to be a common area for discussion in photography, primarily because it is often subjective. What you choose for your depth of field in any particular image will have an impact not only on what is in focus and out of focus, but also on the impact the image has on the viewer. If your DOF is too shallow, a viewer may find the lack of a strong area of focus a turn off. Meanwhile, others may find the abstract nature of soft DOF appealing. Surely, DOF discussions are very much like opinions – … Continue reading
Friday Night Lighting…(and a funny)
Normally Frida posts are filled with humor, funny and generally stuff that is trivia to help keep us all grounded in reality and realize that there is more to life with photography. I am starting to get a little of a backlog with the projects I’ve been working on though, so I am goig to lighten the load by one project here today – and that is a DIY lighting project. Before I continue, the DIY lighting concept is not something that comes easily to me, as I fully admit that I am no lighting pro. If you want pro … Continue reading
Bright and Early Tuesday News for Canon Blogger
Changes are underway here at Canon Blogger. When traffic started to ramp up a bit after getting a mention on a couple of other popular blogs like Photoshop Insider, The Digital Photography Show, and Tips from The Top Floor, someone mentioned to me that I really should be monetizing the site. Monetizing the site? What the heck is that? They told me about banner ads, Pay-per-clicks, and referral profit sharing through companies like Google, Amazon, and even B&H. I love these companies! So, after looking into the programs, thought I’d give it a go. Well, after a month or so … Continue reading
Kickstart that Creativity
In a rut? Got writer’s block or photo funk? Here’s some great ways to kickstart those creative juices! This is actually part of a larger work I am putting together, called 101 Sources of Inspiration. Here’s the first 25 I’ve put together: Inspired Photography: 25 sources of inspiration As we all endeavor to find new ways to express ourselves creatively, we can often find ourselves in search of inspiration to give purpose and definition to our expression. Here are a number of sources that can inspire. Some are traditional, while others are hopefully new venues to spark those creative juices. … Continue reading →