Spring is a great season to capture different images. Here are some spring photography tips to help you capture the flowers, birds and animals for this colorful season.
Spring is all about color, new life and lots of daylight. For a photographer there is nothing better than having a whole new world of landscape come alive to be captured through the lens.
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Travel and photography could be considered a thing unto itself, kind of like macaroni and cheese or peas and carrots.
Travel has a natural allure to photographers, promising unique views of life and existence that can only be experienced — and photographed — by throwing yourself into new worlds and meeting new people.
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The other day I had mom bring her daughter in for fine art dance pictures. “Oh, just snap away while she’s doing her competition routine… she doesn’t like to be interrupted,“ the mom said as the daughter grand jeted halfway off my roll paper half in the storage room, facing completely away from me.
Shooting that would be crazy, right? If you don’t know what’s going to happen, where should you place the lights to make a beautiful and amazing silhouette?
… Continue reading Posing Guide: How to Pose Groups without Losing Your Mind
So you want to be a better photographer, and fast, right? Here are thirty things that you can do in 30 days to make your work a LOT better.
Remember that while there are rules, the most important thing is to experiment and see what looks great to you.
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Motion blur photography gives an illusion of speed and motion. Apart from taking pictures of objects in motion like in the case of capturing sports related events, or movements of animals like a running deer, motion blur photography also helps add dramatization to stand still photos.
It helps focus on aspects and highlights the importance of certain movements. It is one of the most exciting types of photography and here are a few tips to get you started.
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For beginners, learning the ins and outs of the fundamentals can often seem daunting. Intermediate photographers might feel confident of their grasp of the photography basics, but find themselves lacking inspiration. Even seasoned photographers might occasionally find themselves stuck in a rut.
So we put together a list of tips you can use to get your shutter firing and improve your photography. If you’re a beginner, you can start at the beginning and work your way through the list. Or if you’re just looking for something to kick-start your creative engine, feel free to jump around the list.
… Continue reading Improve Your Photography in 10 Days with These 10 Tips
How you compose and frame your portrait is important for creating visual impact and connection with the viewer. It can dictate the mood and feel of the portrait, making it feel inviting or uncomfortable.
Knowing a few rules, and how to break them effectively is a good place to start. In this article I’m going to give you some general rules you can follow to help improve your portraits through better composition.
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Ahhh, Love. It can be giddy, maddening, complacent, jealous, warm and gooey, and downright crazy, usually all in the same day. And the weirdest day for love?
Valentine’s Day, The Amateur Night red headed step child of New Years Eve, but instead of drinking too much and waking up pantsless while in a pool of your own vomit, you’re forced to purchase heart shaped everything in order to prove to your beloved just how in love with them you truly are.
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I remember a long time ago, I took a close up shot that I absolutely loved of a little kid on a slide for an article on a local park that had won a national award.
I proudly brought it to my magazine editor, who said, “That’s great , but where’s the rest of the shot?” She couldn’t tell if the kid were at a carnival or a cave, which made for an unsuccessful park shot…and a bruised ego for me.
… Continue reading How to Use Foreground for Dramatic Portraits
Of all the different types of photography, capturing images of landscapes is one of the most popular.
The compulsion to capture breathtaking images of sweeping vistas, crystal shorelines and towering mountains comes on especially strong whenever people travel to new places. You’ve probably noticed this whenever some of your friends go on vacations.
… Continue reading Landscape Photography Tips & Tricks: Getting the Big Picture
