Indoor Photography: Ultimate Guide to Kids Portrait

One of the things I have specialized in over the years is getting natural, great expressions from kids in photos. It’s not the easiest thing, and I’ll tell you why.

Children are naturally curious, interested creatures. They move. They are used to interacting with people by looking at them in the eye, not down a scary round black hole, and they’re super used to other female voices telling them what to do, which can work to your advantage, whether you’re a male or female.

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Stock Photos That Don’t “Suck”: the Basics of Stock Photography

As a freelance stock photographer, I have to admit I am insulted when I see articles written about how horrible the market is for stock photography.

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Has the bar been lowered so far that we are forcing consumers to seek out photographs that simply “don’t suck”? I don’t think so.

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The Sun Is Your Friend: Tips for Summer Photography

Summer is just around the corner, folks. As the sun decides to become a more active member of our daily lives, we — especially those of us with nice cameras and itchy shutter-release fingers — feel an increasing compulsion to awaken from our lazy autumn habits and venture outside.

Photo by Jandro Martinez

And if you’re going to be outside, you might as well take a camera and document what you see. Being outside in well-lit environments offers near-limitless potential for memorable photographic opportunities.

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10 Tools to Make Your Photography Blog Rock

These days blogging is not only a tool to share your thoughts and tips with the public, but is also a tool through which to promote your products and services, attract new clients and increase conversions. It’s an easy and low cost method to get your brand noticed.

Moreover, for photographers, it’s a great opportunity to get on the top of the search engines’ result pages. By improving the number of visits to your blog, you will improve your number of clients.

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The Bridal Portrait: Everything You Need to Know

Everyone knows that a woman is the most beautiful she’ll ever be on her wedding day.

She’s in love, and happy and excited about the wonderful day she’s about to have, and, if you did your job and insisted that she has a wedding planner, she’s stress free.

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Exploring Abstract Photography: History, Philosophy, Inspiration

How do you as an artist express an emotion, an idea or a concept without referring back to something already loaded with meaning?

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How can you explore new visual territory hidden within old subjects you know well? Or what can you do to find some new inspiration and break out of your photographic rut?

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Wedding Couture: How to Shoot Brides

Ok, I must admit, I’ve been shooting weddings for the past 22 years, but I can’t say that they’re my favourite thing to shoot.

It’s a lot of pressure, there are a lot of emotions, my feet hurt at the end of the day, and I shoot pretty heavily, so it means a lot of work after the shoot, but what is more beautiful and pure than love? Nothing, right? Clearly, I’m confused.

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Maternity Photography: Hot Pregnancy Trends

Isn’t it a wonder to see a new life being created inside you? It’s a miraculous tiny little being living in your belly for nine months, must be a terrific feeling to be living with!

Many women say, pregnancy is a wonderful time that every woman must go through, and these days capturing this priceless time in good photos has become the need of the hour, for many couples.

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18 Awe-Inspiring Tips to Take Better Photos

Today all of us play the role of photographers – using small electronic cameras, smartphones or tablets, we document each and every moment of our lives.

Photo by Alexander Andrews

If you’d like to take better photos and memorize moments in your life in a more professional way, have a look at those 18 key tips.

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RAW vs JPEG: Which is Better Shooting on DSLR?

The photography world is constantly rattled by many opinion clashes. Which is the better camera, which is the better photography style and even which format is better to save photos in.

These and many more questions keep cropping up and seem like never ending. This discussion will help you in putting an end to at least one of such questions, that is, shooting in RAW vs JPEG – which is the better?

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