Posts Tagged ‘photography’

When is School Necessary for a Photographer?

There are different schools of thought on this issue – while some people feel that education lays the foundation for success in any kind of profession, there are others who feel that creative jobs like photography don’t require a formal education and are best learned through experience and a good eye for detail. The jury’s still out on this one and I doubt there will ever be a verdict that’s unanimous; however, there are certain times when a formal education comes in handy when it forms a part of a photographer’s arsenal.

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Bicycle Portraits – Part 2

Bicycle Portraits / Part II from Bicycle Portraits on Vimeo. I wrote about the “Bicycle Portraits” project a few months ago when they were trying to raise the initial $15,000 for their book project. Well, they met their goal and it’s on to part 2 where they need to raise an additional $7,500 by September [...]

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Link Roundup 09-01-2010

Photography links for 09-01-2010

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15 Examples of Environmental Portraits

Here are the results from another great round of Epic Edits Flickr Challenge! #5 was all about “environmental portraits” (chosen by the winner of the last round), and we had another great set of entries. This round was difficult for me to choose photos because environmental portraits share a blurry line with traditional portraits and street photography. Read on to see the winner and the topic for the next challenge.

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New eBooks Worth Checking Out

With my lack of spare time during the move, I've managed to miss 4 new eBook announcements! Since I don't want to flood the blog with a bunch of book reviews all at once, I'll post all 4 together with brief descriptions. I have, however, downloaded and flipped through all 4 books, and they're all great reads from outstanding photographers and authors.

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Link Roundup 08-23-2010

Photography links for 08-23-2010

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Getting Your Work Online With a Photography Portfolio

One of the many challenges of working for yourself is finding work. As a professional freelance photographer, the more avenues through which you can obtain work the better. One great way to gain exposure and get potential clients to view your work is to set up an online portfolio. An internet-based photography portfolio if designed well can really bring a touch of class to your work and allow people to view it at their leisure.

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Why Aren’t Cameras More Like Bicycles?

Meaning... why aren't more components on a camera interchangeable and replaceable?

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Life is Hectic… Summer of 2010

I’ve been awfully quiet on my blogs and social media accounts over the last few weeks — but I’m not just being lazy. Most of you probably don’t give a hoot one way or another, but for those who are interested, here’s what I’ve been up to lately… At the end of June, my wife [...]

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The 10 Second Pre-Shoot Camera Check

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve ruined shots because I failed to check my camera settings before shooting. Haven’t most of us been in that situation? You’re shooting something out of the norm (maybe some manual controls, exposure compensations, ISO settings, etc), and you don’t set your camera back to the “regular” settings. So you pick up the camera again after a few days and start shooting, only to realize that you completely screwed up a bunch of shots because the camera was still set for that last outing.

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Link Roundup 07-17-2010

Photography links for 07-17-2010

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13 Night Photos You Never Thought You’d See

Here are the results from another great round of Epic Edits Flickr Challenge! #4 was all about “night” photos (chosen by the winner of the last round), and we had some nice looking entries once again. The winner this round was Dustin Michelson, also known as “i_shoot_minolta” on Flickr. As the winner, he gets to choose the next topic...

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Photographer and Artist Notification Lists

I’ve mentioned this a few times in the past, but this is an update to those posts. My local printer also runs a couple of notification lists for artists and photographers, and the sign-up location for them has moved. There is now a single page that has two forms: one for photographers, and one for [...]

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A Simple Method for Creating Composite Photos

Composite photos are made up of two or more different images. There are several different types or styles of composites, but I’ll be focusing on just one in this tutorial. The type of composite we’ll look at is made up of multiple images with exactly the same framing, exposure, and lighting. Using this method, you can add or subtract objects from a scene. Here are seven basic steps for creating simple composite photos.

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Fool-Proof Photoshop Airbrushing for Dummies

With the advent of Myspace, then Facebook, and who knows what’s coming next, the whole world has become an endless source of perfect skin and magazine cover worthy supermodels. Now that Photoshop is a verb and household name, you might as well get in the know and make yourself (or your girlfriend/boyfriend) uncommonly perfect.

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