For this first of two holiday weeks for the eyar, the blog will be turning to more of an esoteric theme. Tips, tricks, tutorials, and the like are all fine and dandy, but this week I’d like to pose a question fo whether we are shooting for fun or money! While clearly we all start…
So often, photos that inspire you are ones taken from new angles, or from angles that you can’t normally get to, or think to get to. Monopods are great tools in this regard…you can extend a monopod up over your head for more of an aerial perspective, or even turn it upside down to get…
Well, the folks at Craft and Vision have done it again. Of course, they release new eBooks about once a month, but this time they hit on a subject that is really near and dear to me. As you may recall, in the past I’ve talked about ways to stabilize the camera. Ranging from various…
That’s right – you will be learning today how to create a black background by using your flash. It kind of sounds counter-intuitive, but it really works! Trust me! So, here’s what happens…you take a picture of some knick-knack or other object, or even a person and that background it just…bleh! Take a look: Throughout…
Seminars suck, workshops are worthless, and most out there can’t teach worth a lick! That’s a pretty bold collection of statements, and each point has some merit to it. Of course, these are generalizations, and not true all the time, but I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve left a seminar, workshop or…
With so many options out there facing both new and established photographers, from camera types, to lenses, shooting styles, applications, and the rest, it’s amazing we have any consistency at all. Yet, with new talent coming on the scene every day, it helps to see what trends are happening within the industry. To that end,…
It’s a special day here as I am happy to announce the winner of the October contest giveaway! As you recall, back in October, we started the giveaway again and on the table for some lucky participant is a Think Tank Photo Retrospective. I loved testing this bag for Think Tank and am sad to…
Whenever photogs start conversations with me about their gear, their studios, their work, or any other such thing, I get a lot of questions. Once we get the normal fun stuff out of the way (new gear, new shoot locations, new software, new this and new that), we eventually settle down into more serious topics…
Yesterday I shared some thoughts on the quagmire of problems we face as photographers – copyright and small business issues run the gamut, and it’s not an easy decision. I’ve made my decision though and am heading to the voting booth today to cast my ballot. Neither candidate really represents me, but I do have…
I am in a bit of a pickle. As a creative, one of the things that concerns me is copyright. Over the years we have seen it take a beating – people taking liberties with it, rights grabs from big corporations, yada yada yada. It makes you like big companies (a.k.a. concervatives) less because of…
Our image today comes from the portfolio of Glenn Springer. Glenn was kind enough to offer this up for review from The Imaging Forum community (TIF). You can find out more about Glenn on his website. As thanks for his submission, Glenn will also receive a free combo pack of the 49 Photo Tips Vols I and…
With such an abundance of acronyms in the world, it’s no surprise that the photography world is also full of them. Whether we’re talking about AF (Auto-Focus), PSDs (PhotoShop Document), Tv (shutter priority), or anything else, the alphabet soup can get pretty confusing pretty quick. Do you know what a MUA is? What about OOF?…
Previously on the blog, I took a look at various lighting positions and their impact on portrait lighting. We looked at scenarios where the light is in front of, behind, and off to an angle on our subject. Check out the photos and results here. Now that we’ve found the best position in that regard,…
As with anything, photographers perform a natural progression with their flashes. We start with the built-in flash, then quickly move to an added flash. Said flash then becomes external, but still tethered to the camera, until finally we liberate the flash from the camera via wireless triggers and remote control. Through all of it, we…
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