Posts tagged ‘reader mail’

Essays

What gear should I buy to take great photographs?

A reader asks, Dear Photodoto, I want to take great photographs. What gear should I buy to improve my photography? Dear reader, to take great photographs you only need one piece of gear in addition to any camera: a photographer. Haha. No, seriously. One of my favorite stories on this topic is about a [...]

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Photography 101

Reader mail: How do you get good portrait lighting indoors?

Lighting is obviously an essential element of photography. Making photos, after all, is about catching those stray photons that bounce off of the world in a creative way. Reader Cory asks, "How do you get good portrait lighting indoors?" Getting good lighting can be tough in any situation but indoor [...]

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