Essential Facial Expressions for Photo Shoots – PictureCorrect

Essential Facial Expressions for Photo Shoots – PictureCorrect: Much of the attention in photo modelling is given to the way a model poses and dresses. Yet, little or no attention is given to facial expressions. Expressions will make or break a photo shoot. Photos will be soulless and tell nothing

CNET's favorite compact megazooms of 2011 (so far) | Crave - CNET

CNET's favorite compact megazooms of 2011 (so far) | Crave - CNET: The number of cameras released or announced this year is ridiculous. According to camera site 1001 Noisy Cameras, the count stands at more than 150 models with 42 of them being compact megazooms.

Nikon Coolpix-L120 Review: Overview

Nikon Coolpix-L120 Review: Overview: One of the most versatile models in Nikon's "Lifestyle" series of easy to use digicams, the Coolpix L120 boasts a variety of powerful features, while still keeping things simple. These include a 14-megapixel image sensor mated to a 21x optical zoom lens covering an equivalent zoom range of 25-525mm, a 3.0-inch LCD with 921k dots, and 720p HD video recording to name a few.

Creating and Lighting a Scene on a Home Depot Lighting Budget

Creating and Lighting a Scene on a Home Depot Lighting Budget: I have gotten rather tired of setting up and breaking down equipment with each set of tutorials that we record. So, this past week I have been wanting to setup an actual area in our studio for recording tutorials for slrlounge.com. Since most of our 3,000 square foot studio is already accounted for, my partners Justin and Chris laughed sarcastically as they said, “well, I guess that leaves you with the back garage door entrance for your little recording studio.”

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX9V REVIEW

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX9V REVIEW: As mentioned elsewhere, I bought this camera’s predecessor — the HX5V — about a year ago for family use. And enjoyed every still and video pixel it shot!

Samsung NX11 REVIEW

Samsung NX11 REVIEW: "Samsung had already gained a market presence with compact digicams, then surprised everyone when it delivered the interchangeable lens DSLR-style NX10 about 18 months ago."

Concert Photography Tips

Concert Photography Tips: "Concert photography is one of the most challenging fields in photography, as opposed to posed photos; in this kind of photography we have no control of almost any parameter in the picture. We can’t direct the object being photographed, we do not have control over the lighting, which is constantly changing, and we do not have access to any angle."

Olympus SZ-10 Review | PhotographyBLOG

Olympus SZ-10 Review | PhotographyBLOG: "The Olympus SZ-10 is a pocketable 14-megapixel travelzoom camera offering 18x optical zoom, mechanical image stabilisation, HD movie capture, in-camera panorama stitching and a range of “Magic Filters”."

Photo Composition Tips – PictureCorrect

Photo Composition Tips – PictureCorrect: "One aspect of photography that photographers constantly strive to improve is composition. It is one of those things that you spend your entire photographic career working on. There are many considerations to be made on what to include in the frame and, equally important, what to leave out and it can sometimes be a little overwhelming in trying to get the hang of it"

Replacing Green Screen Background w/ a Digital Background

Replacing Green Screen Background w/ a Digital Background: "The technique known as “green screen photography” also known as chroma key photography is familiar to most people who watch television news and weather sometime during the day. However, it was not first developed for the television broadcast industry. The green screen technology was developed for use in the movie industry during the 1940s. Also, though green screen backdrop is the common nomenclature, blue screens are sometimes used too. The most important aspect of this technology is that the background color does not appear at any place in the image."