13 Tips for Improving Outdoor Portraits

13 Tips for Improving Outdoor Portraits: "You know the scenario; you pull the camera out, charge the batteries, go for a walk around the house and down the street taking the same pictures you have taken every time a new camera came into your life. “This is great!” you think to yourself, “this is going to make my life so much easier!” I was wrong… In fact, I was dead wrong."

High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR) – PictureCorrect

High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR) – PictureCorrect: "'Venture Photography' captured by Tony Taffinder (Click Image to See More From Tony Taffinder)
High dynamic range (HDR) photography captivates viewers through its bedazzling attention to details and its stunning array of color."

Go Slow, Go Fast: How to Ease Your Way into Street Photography with a 2-Step System

Go Slow, Go Fast: How to Ease Your Way into Street Photography with a 2-Step System: "You want to be able to strap your camera around your wrist and boldly walk down the streets, eagle-eyed and aware of everything around you, yet still in tune with your camera settings and its F-stops, its strengths and limitations."

Reflections: Weekly Photography Challenge

Reflections: Weekly Photography Challenge: "The theme opens up all kinds of possibilities – you might like to incorporate reflections off water (landscapes), mirrors, glass, metal…. or some other shiny object. Or perhaps you have a photo that is ‘reflective’ in some other more metaphorical way. It’s totally up to you."

Sony Cybershot TX55 – PictureCorrect

Sony Cybershot TX55 – PictureCorrect: "SAN DIEGO — With an exceptionally slim and stylish design, Sony’s new DSC-TX55 Cyber-shot camera makes it easy to capture any moment with high-quality still photos, full high-definition video and amazing 3D images, providing consumers with the ultimate in creative control of their photos and videos."

How to Stay Inspired in Photography – PictureCorrect

How to Stay Inspired in Photography – PictureCorrect: "Photography might bore you down when you come around the same venues and do the same type of shooting every time you pick up the camera. To maintain the effectiveness, one has to stay inspired and stay in line with the latest technology. When you do not have that inspiration, your work will definitely show your disinterest."

The Perfect Exposure - Outdoor Photographer | OutdoorPhotographer.com

The Perfect Exposure - Outdoor Photographer | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "The various in-camera metering modes and how they’re used are mysteries for most photographers. OP guides you through the alphabet soup and confusing monikers so you can use"

Olympus set to launch SP-810UZ camera with 36x zoom lens

Olympus set to launch SP-810UZ camera with 36x zoom lens: "If your holiday snapping demands the versatility of up close macro photography and telephoto zoom in one compact camera then a wide-angle superzoom will likely be at the top of your shopping list. Olympus believes that it has you covered with the announcement of a successor to its SP-800UZ superzoom compact camera."

White Balance on a JPEG {in Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom}

White Balance on a JPEG {in Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom}: "Are you a JPEG shooter sick of reading ’switch to raw’ when you search for editing help? I feel your pain. I shoot both raw and jpeg depending on what I plan on doing with the images. One of the most important elements to start with when editing your images is to review the white balance."

Time For Photography – Part 2: Making Time

Time For Photography – Part 2: Making Time: "Part 1 of Time For Photography included some tips on finding time in your schedule to take photos. In Part 2 we will concentrate on making time. While it might sound more difficult to make some thing rather than find it, they both take a lot of effort. Sorry, there is no silver bullet, but the good news is creating more time to take photos can be accomplished."