George is a professional photographer who sells his photos online. He focuses on both studio and outdoor photography, and also runs a photography blog you should definitely check out at backlightstories.com
Autumn is a perfect time for taking pictures. And when it comes to celebrations, it becomes twice as attractive for photographers, because there are so many things worth our attention – the joyful people, the traditions, and the beauty of nature.
All this we can find in Halloween celebrations – a cocktail of inspiration for making creative photos!
… Continue reading A Few Tips on Getting Awesome Halloween Photos
I was recently browsing through a B&H catalog and one thing struck me quite a bit, namely this:
Okay, it’s Broncolor, one of the best lighting brands, but… It is a reflector! $7000? Come on guys, maybe it goes 0 to 60 mph in 2 seconds? Or what?
… Continue reading 10 Items from a Photographer’s Wish List to Make Santa Faint
Greetings everybody! As you may have noticed, we now offer to download my new eBook – “Beginner’s Guide to Landscape Photography”.
So, why would you want it? Firstly, because it is 100% free and is still awesome 🙂 Secondly,
… Continue reading 7 Reasons to Get my New eBook “Beginner’s Guide to Landscape Photography”
Appreciation of a portrait photo greatly depends on a viewer himself. If a lady looks at her own photograph, she seeks some imperfections she thinks she’s got, and estimates, how good a photographer is at concealing them. If you are a photographer looking at an image made by other photographer, you will, consciously or subconsciously inspect it for technical quality, sharpness, lighting, etc.
If you are a magazine editor, you will decide whether it fits the format of your project.
And so on and so forth. it does not mean that no one will look at a photo as a whole, in fact, everybody will. But still, certain viewers will be more anxious about certain details.
So, if you want to make a photo everyone will just adore, it must be good in all aspects.
… Continue reading 8 Steps from Snapshots to Artistic Portraits
It is always a pleasure to talk to a person who is a true fan of his occupation. Last week I was lucky enough to speak to Igor Klimov – a still-life (and not only) photographer from Tallinn, Estonia.
His photographs speak for themselves – and if I would need to describe his works with one single word, it would be “quality”.
… Continue reading Interview with Igor Klimov: Still Life Photographer from Tallinn
Rejoice, Canon fans, for we have a new Canon EOS 6D coming.
Preorders are already available at Adorama, Amazon and B&H Photo at the price of $2099 for body only, $2899 for kit with EF24-105mm f4L IS USM Lens.
… Continue reading The New Canon EOS 6D – Welcome to the Full-Frame Club!
Both beginners and advanced photographers often encounter problems with blown-out highlights and underexposed shadows.
In two words, it’s when there is absolutely no detail left in dark and bright parts of the photo. It is also called clipping.
There are quite a few microstock agencies these days, and it seems that several new ones start every year.
I believe most of us can name a couple of sites easily, but how well do we know the microstock market in its whole?
It is an interesting question both for contributing artists, photographers among them, and also for the image buyers. Photographers search for agencies which sell well and give reasonable royalties, buyers seek the ones which have the best images at the lowest prices.
Laziness is the first motive of progress – it makes us optimize our workflow to work less and rest more.
But prior to some chilling out, we need to do our job really well, just to avoid correcting our own mistakes over and over again.
Here are some hints for lazy photographers like me, who want to save time on retouch and devote more time to the fun of shooting. Or just to sleep more, or whatever.
… Continue reading 10 Ugly Things You Don’t Want to See in Your Images
I am pretty sure most of you won’t say that film photography is outdated – and it is definitely not.
It does bring some trouble compared to all the magical capabilities of iPhones, Canon 5D’s and Nikon D800’s, but sometimes all we need is a challenge – and if we try hard enough – we’ll be rewarded with this euphoric feeling of “that was ME who shot it”. Shooting film could be this very challenge you quench for.
… Continue reading It’s Never Too Late to Grab a Film Camera – and Here’s Why…
