Top 5 tricks for taking professional looking photos with your digital camera | Samir Bharadwaj

Top 5 tricks for taking professional looking photos with your digital camera | Samir Bharadwaj: "It’s great when technology in a field advances to a state where the field suddenly opens up to the masses in a way that was never possible before. You could say things like YouTube have done that for the world of video, but long before that development, photography was brought into the mainstream in a whole new way with the popularisation of the digital cameras."

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How to be a Gracious Guest at a Wedding AND Take Great Photos

How to be a Gracious Guest at a Wedding AND Take Great Photos: "I was recently at a friend’s wedding and took photographs as a guest. I admit, there were times it was difficult to resist laying down in the aisle, climbing up on something, and pulling the bride and groom aside to get “the shot”. It went against my instincts as a photographer to see a shot and not take it. How did I do it? I created some rules for myself to tame the [photography] beast within, so I could be respectful to the hired photographer."

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Beginner Tips for Setting up a Photo – PictureCorrect

Beginner Tips for Setting up a Photo – PictureCorrect: "Since I like to travel light, I rarely buy souvenirs so the most important things I bring home from a trip are my photos. I love taking and sharing photos, but I’m very much an amateur photographer."

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Olympus Sz-10 Review: Overview

Olympus Sz-10 Review: Overview: "Olympus continues to produce appealing super-zoom digital cameras, and the SZ-10 is no exception. The first "SZ" labeled camera we've ever seen from them, the SZ-10 is what we consider a compact super-zoom, with its petite frame, yet powerful 18x optical zoom lens. This is a nice wide lens too, which covers a 35mm equivalent range of 28-504mm and a relatively fast aperture of f/3.1 at wide angle. "

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Layers & Creative Sharpening - Digital Photo Pro | DigitalPhotoPro.com

Layers & Creative Sharpening - Digital Photo Pro | DigitalPhotoPro.com: "In the September/October issue of DPP, we discussed creative sharpening with the Unsharp Mask (USM). In this issue, we're going to examine how to use layers to gain finer control over the USM when you're using it creatively. There are many ways to modify sharpening effects using layers."

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What Every Photographer Needs to Know about Email Marketing

What Every Photographer Needs to Know about Email Marketing: "There’s certainly some wonderful potential to engage people with social media – but my suspicion is that many photographers are ignoring a method of online communication that is much much more powerful and effective at reaching out to potential clients and building loyalty with previous ones – Email."

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Rediscovering Backlit Subjects

Rediscovering Backlit Subjects: "“Look where the sun is coming from – then position yourself with your back towards it so that it light up your subject’s face.”"

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40 most enchanting examples of Staircase Photography | Richworks

40 most enchanting examples of Staircase Photography | Richworks: "Since the medieval times, the construction of the stairways has evolved a lot. Developments in manufacturing and design have led to the introduction of different array of materials and building some of the most intriguing staircases."

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50 most Breathtaking examples of Landscape Photography | Richworks

50 most Breathtaking examples of Landscape Photography | Richworks: "Some of us dream to travel around the world, to visit places that are so exotic and we are ready to give up anything we want. There are certain places on earth which transcend beauty as we know it."

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50 inspiring examples of emotional portrait photography | Richworks

50 inspiring examples of emotional portrait photography | Richworks: "Although photographic lighting and the way we capture the image with a camera may have changed over the years; all great portraits, whether they are taken on film or digitally, depend on the photographer’s ability to use light and pose his or her subject. Surprisingly, there seems to be something of an enigmatic aura that surrounds portrait photography; even some professional photographers admit that they won’t fully understand about photographic lightning."

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