Articles tagged 'Photography'

I recently traveled to Costa Rica to photograph a wedding, and I quickly realized that traveling with all of my camera gear is a monumental undertaking. Below are a few tips that made my travels go smoothly, and a few suggestions for you to take into consideration before you travel with your camera gear.  Packing This sounds like a no-brainer, but how you pack is one of the most important elements of traveling with your equipment. If at all possible, try to get your most valuable equipment into your carry-on luggage, just to be on the safe side. Even if.. - Continue Reading

  I’m pretty sure we have all been in this situation, at least once: you’re hired for a shoot, and the location is far from aesthetically pleasing. Whether you’re shooting portraits, commercial work, or environmental photos, there are plenty of ways you can work around the fact that you’re in a not-so-interesting location. 1. Shoot From Interesting Angles  Take a moment to look at the scene, visualizing angles that will make your composition more interesting. Sometimes, shooting from a higher, or lower, angle than you would normally shoot will make all the difference in the world, and will also help take.. - Continue Reading

A few months ago, I wrote a post about rescuing yourself from the creative rut. However, there is another layer to this common problem. Usually, before you end up in a rut, you lose your enthusiasm and steam to keep taking photos. Here are some preemptive measures you can take to avoid losing steam, thus avoiding the always-dreaded creative rut: 1. Have a Weekly Planner  I just started grad school for photography, and do you know what my advisor gave me? A weekly planner to pencil in time for photography, and time for everything else that it takes to lead.. - Continue Reading

 By Guest Contributor Anna Gay Experimenting With Focus For the most part, clean, crisply focused shots are what we all strive for, but in some cases, creative focus can add a new dynamic to your photo. Here are a few ways that you can experiment with different types of focus. Complete Background Blur One of the easiest focus techniques to master is the blurred, or “bokeh” background. This can be done quite easily be using a wide aperture, such as f/1.8, and focusing your camera on the subject. This will make your subject pop from the background, and create the.. - Continue Reading

Exposure Tip Sheet www.lightroompresets.com   Please feel free to print this out or share on your Facebook page!   Enjoy, Laura Thomas - Continue Reading

I am fairly new to the photography world, and even newer to the business side of photography. I have been shooting for about four years, and have been self-employed as a photographer for two years. However, when being a photographer is your sole source of income without having a “day job,” you learn a lot, very quickly! Here are a few things that I have learned in the past two years that I wish I had considered before. Note: I’m sure this list will be even longer two years from now, so I’ll update you then. 1.The Equipment Situation I.. - Continue Reading

If you take an introduction to photography class, more than likely, the very first thing you will learn is the “Rule of Thirds.” Even if you haven’t taken a photography class, you have probably still heard this term. The rule has been used by artists for centuries. Once photography came along, it then became a basic principle of the medium. Here is how it works: The idea is that your composition is divided into nine squares – three across, and three down. In most DSLR cameras, you can activate a grid within your viewfinder to help you visualize the squares.. - Continue Reading

Notes: Well this video marks the end of the series on starting your photography business! I’d love to hear from you on how this series has helped in any way – whether it helped you to decide to start a business or not! It’s not for everyone, that’s for sure. The main point of this last video is to give you some encouragement for the road ahead and to let you know what your job is as a photographer-for-hire.   - Continue Reading

Video Notes: Portfolio building IS: Collecting the types of images you want to take professionally so you have something to show prospective clients Creating a body of work to show what you do A great time to practice without great amounts of client expectations/pressure Creating visual content for your website Portfolio building ISN’T: Working until you think you’re ‘good enough’ to be a ‘professional’ to be used as a bait-and-switch marketing tactic Meant to last years Going to grow your business. Your portfolio ‘clients’ probably won’t follow you once you’re charging.   The purpose of the ‘portfolio building stage’ of.. - Continue Reading

Do you remember when you were a kid or a teenager, often feeling a sense of dread at the thought of going to a photo session? You knew you would have to get all dressed up, and then have to sit, awkwardly posed, in front of a camera operated by a photographer who may have seemed a little bit too chipper and over-the-top, which probably made you feel even more uncomfortable due to the lack of sincere human interaction. Thankfully, that sort of photo session is not the standard that it used to be. With the multitude of camera and.. - Continue Reading

Pin It Whether you are a full-time photographer, or doing photography on the side, your mind is constantly trying to come up with ways to increase your business. Next to word-of-mouth, the internet can be one of your most powerful resources for marketing. With so many social-networking sites available to you, creating an internet presence for your business can be a lot easier than you might think. Here are a few websites that will help you get your name out there. Whether you utilize them all, or just one or two, is completely up to you, so consider each of.. - Continue Reading