My Most Common Portrait Mistake - Digital Photography School

My Most Common Portrait Mistake - Digital Photography School: "We all make mistakes.  Even the best photographers I know make a mistake now and then. And usually, we all have one we can’t get seem to stop making. For me, it’s a different mistake for each type of photography, whether it’s a portrait, a landscape, or some other type of photography.  The secret to getting better as a photographer is overcoming these mistakes and to stop making them."

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7 Tips for Better iPhone Photography – PictureCorrect

7 Tips for Better iPhone Photography – PictureCorrect: "he sheer size of a DSLR makes it less portable and convenient than a phone, which most people have on them at all times. With all the benefits and fun that come with these new smartphones, people everywhere are starting to play with iPhone photography. Here are just a few tips to help make the most of your iPhone photos:"

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Why You MUST Have a Polarizer

Why You MUST Have a Polarizer: "Ever wondered how professional photographers achieve such lush, vibrant colours and that magical “atmosphere” in their images? BAM – they use a polarizing filter or “polarizer”! I could never have achieved the shot above without a polarizer."

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School Of Digital Photography: Wildlife Photography Tips – The importance of Shooting from Eye Level

School Of Digital Photography: Wildlife Photography Tips – The importance of Shooting from Eye Level: "As you can see in the top image, when you stand and shoot, the ground is the background and the image looses the impact as the viewer of the image feels like looking down on the subject and the subject looks minuscule. In the image given at the bottom you can see the result when you get low and shoot as shown in the inset images of getting the camera very low by flattening the tripod legs. You can see the photographers practice that in the other inset image."

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5 Tips For Better Real Estate Photography — We Are SO Photo

5 Tips For Better Real Estate Photography — We Are SO Photo: "I’ve been photographing high-end real-estate for about 6 years and have probably shot several hundred, if not thousand, properties in that time. When I look back at the images I handed over to my clients in my first year, I cringe. Back then I thought to myself “how hard can this be? Walk in the room, take a photo, email it to the client, nailed it!”. If I could go back, I’d give myself a nice open hand slap.

You see, property photography is a skill. It’s as much science as it is artistic. Both sides need to be studied, practiced and mastered if you’re to succeed in this saturated and competitive field of photography."

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Reverse Lens Macro: How to use it as a Great Learning Tool

Reverse Lens Macro: How to use it as a Great Learning Tool: "Yesterday one of my friends called me late and told me that he was going to buy a DSLR and asked me which one he should choose. As a friend, I knew that this was his first camera and he was in fact a complete stranger to the field of photography. I told him to buy a good compact camera in order to get used to the basic concepts of photography and to buy a DSLR only when he feels his equipment is limiting his creativity."

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50 Things I Try to Avoid in Street Photography

50 Things I Try to Avoid in Street Photography: "I am a huge proponent of negative learning, that you can learn more by taking on the opposite approach. Philosopher Nassim Taleb calls this “via negativa”. It is the idea that the best way to gain “happiness” in life isn’t chasing what makes us happy, but by vehemently avoiding what makes us unhappy (a long commute to work, a horrible micro-managing boss, poisonous and negative “friends”, and an expensive house mortgage)."

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meMINI lets you capture the action after it happens

meMINI lets you capture the action after it happens: "They say that nothing takes you out of a fun situation quite like filming it – you stop being a participant, and start being an observer. That said, people still like their home videos. Small wearable camcorders are one solution to the problem, although users are left with a ton of raw footage to sift through. The meMINI offers an alternative. It "rewrites" a continuous loop of video, but will save the previous few minutes of footage whenever the user presses its one button."

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