Category: Photography Tips & Tricks

There are many wedding photographers (or people who merely think they can shoot weddings), but there are also many who could brush up on their skills. That’s putting it lightly. We believe that wedding photography is basically a category onto itself because of the high degree of skill and specificity required to pull off shooting any wedding successfully.

We’ve covered wedding photography in the past, with a recent post about it appearing just a few weeks ago.

… Continue reading Infographic Feature: Capturing Perfect Wedding Photos

Irony is hard at work in photography: Taking pictures appears to be the easiest aspect of working in the industry, yet the business side of photography is what confounds many a photographer. What’s going on here? Surely, not every photographer has mastered taking good shots, so how can he find that easy while finding it hard to take a business approach to his photography?

Marketing your photography is harder than you may think.

… Continue reading 7 Ways of Marketing Your Photography to Get People to Notice You

Photography is an interesting profession, but then there are too many professionals in this field and most of them are freelancers. Therefore, it is hard to determine the real price for your work. Unless you are associated with a very famous studio or have published your pictures in reputed magazines, you can’t convince clients to pay you what you deserve.

They will always tell you “Mr. X is ready to take the pictures at a cheaper rate than yours” and in the end, you will compromise the rate simply to survive.

… Continue reading 6 Alternate Ways Newbie Photographers Can Try to Boost Income

Sports photography is often shot either one of two ways – a 1/1000th shot freezing everything in frame and capturing a single, frenetic moment during a race, or at 1/60th, panning with the subject and creating some motion blur to emphasize the speed of the subject. No matter which method, they’re always taken during the day.

Daylight allows photographers to get light into the sensor and take a better picture, but what do you do if there is no light?

… Continue reading How to Shoot Sports at Night and in Other Challenging Situations Like a Pro

Underwater photography is an acquired taste that is both an art form and a means of obtaining data. Usually, scuba divers are the ones taking underwater photos, but this art form can also be carried out while diving on surface supply, just swimming, snorkeling or safely inside a submersible.

While underwater photography can be understandably difficult to successfully carry out, it is a highly sought-after photographic pursuit because it provides the chance to capture rare and unique images.

… Continue reading Excel at Underwater Photography Like You’re Part Fish

In today’s world of digital, taking pictures in black-and-white is something of a lost art form. Color is the dominant way to go, which is something of a pity. While color photography naturally provides a far wider range of shade, a big portion of the appeal of black-and-white photography is the relatively subdued monochromatic character.

Still seen as the purest version of photography, black-and-white photography doesn’t impede the viewer with distractions, which color photography does all day long. The fundamental building blocks of a picture are its form, lighting, tonal contrast, texture and shape. All these fine aspects get covered up when you add color to the mix. That’s why black-and-white photography is a real art form.

… Continue reading Improve Your Black-and-White Photography Skills

They say that you should walk before you run, and before that, you should crawl before you can even walk. So, too, with digital photography: You have to understand the very bare essentials of the craft before you can even hope to become anything close to a seasoned pro. The biggest mistake that most photographers commit is they think they’re very sophisticated even though they don’t even have a handle on the utmost basics of digital photography.

Don’t be like these overly confident photographers who only assume they’re good, but really can’t tell an F-stop from a shutter button! To become a true master at photography, you have to go back to the basics and master them first.

… Continue reading Mastering the 6 Absolute Basics of Digital Photography

It has been about five years since I left my office job to make photos on a full-time basis.

Still, I feel quite uncomfortable calling myself a photographer.

Yes, my photos occasionally appear on glossy magazines covers; sometimes I see my photos on billboards in the center of the city, but still, am I a real photographer?

… Continue reading Stop Calling Yourself a Real Photographer if You Suck

Many photographers work freelance. It’s just the nature of the industry. You may believe that working freelance is the ideal life since it means no boss, no micromanagement and definitely no annoying co-workers to deal with on a regular basis. Not so fast, there!

Working freelance photography also means the potential of no regular paychecks, no support from fellow co-workers and somewhat of an isolated professional lifestyle. Depending on where you are in your career, it can really be downright challenging sometimes, both from a financial and a psychological standpoint.

… Continue reading The Guide of How to Succeed at Freelance Photography