Friday, February 15, 2013

Winter Photography Tips

Winter Photography Tips: "Winter can be a very beautiful time of the year, especially if you live in a region that gets plenty of snow. We all know how children love the snow – there are endless possibilities for having fun and cold weather is usually not enough to stop them from enjoying it. On one hand, winter poses a beautiful time of the year for photography, particularly landscapes and portraits, and can be equally refreshing for wildlife photographers. On the other hand, it creates certain problems that are hard to figure out for beginner photographers, let alone their cameras. In this article, I will give you tips on how to photograph in winter and end up with well exposed, beautiful color images. I will also provide you with suggestions on when to go out to photograph and how to use snow to your advantage."

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Long Exposure Photography Tips, Tutorials And Videos - 121Clicks.com

Long Exposure Photography Tips, Tutorials And Videos - 121Clicks.com: "A Great deal of Long Exposure Photography tips collected specially for our 121 fans. Shooting long exposure in no more a haunting task for any landscape or fine-art photographer. Go through these splendid tutorials explaining the joy of capturing this interesting technique."

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Tips For Starting Freelance Newspaper Photography – PictureCorrect

Tips For Starting Freelance Newspaper Photography – PictureCorrect: "So you’ve honed your skills to the point where you are confident you can get a good picture in any situation.

Have you thought about freelancing for a newspaper? Photojournalism is one of the most challenging, exciting types of photography"

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

5 tips to rock your toddler photo session by Lisa Tichane

5 tips to rock your toddler photo session by Lisa Tichane: "If you read photography forums, you are probably aware that toddlers are supposed to be a photographers nightmare. They don’t listen to instructions, move all the time, run away from you whenever they can, drive their parents crazy, throw your props away and will probably hate all of the brilliant ideas that you had carefully prepared when you planned the shoot.  I have to admit that every single thing in this list is true (and can be even worse in real life)."

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14 Photo Tips for Capturing Your Love this Valentines Day | Me Ra Koh Photography Blog

14 Photo Tips for Capturing Your Love this Valentines Day | Me Ra Koh Photography Blog: "With the help of my fourteen CONFIDENCE Photography teachers, we came up with 14 Photo Tips to help you capture your love!  Whether it’s the love between two sweethearts or the love between two siblings or a love that has lasted forty plus years, we invite you to be inspired!
Here is a BONUS one for our readers only!  See the other fourteen photos and photo tips on my Babble column!"

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Tips For Taking Stunning Aquarium Pictures | Popular Photography

Tips For Taking Stunning Aquarium Pictures | Popular Photography: "Shooting in a massive public aquarium may be your only opportunity to net a sea creature as magnificent as Kyle Ford’s whale shark, above. The project will be fun, if fraught with challenges."

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Universal Exposure Strategy | OutdoorPhotographer.com

The Universal Exposure Strategy | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Menacing gray clouds filled the sky when I arrived before dawn on the crest of Black Face in the San Juan Mountains near Telluride, Colorado. I had wagered a good night's sleep on this sunrise, but my decision to get up at 2 a.m. and hike two and a half hours in the dark looked like a gamble I had lost. Minutes later, however, the clouds to the east began to tear apart, revealing ragged holes rim-lit with golden light from the rising sun. The scene was spectacular, but with both backlit clouds and deeply shadowed, forested valleys in the frame, the contrast was high. "

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Improve Your Photography By Learning to Edit

Improve Your Photography By Learning to Edit: "You might have read the title to this post and thought that I was going to talk about how editing your photographs can make you appear to be a better photographer, but no, I really do mean better – behind the camera."

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My Journey into Long Exposure Night Photography – PictureCorrect

My Journey into Long Exposure Night Photography – PictureCorrect: "Compact cameras, when compared to the high end SLR (which stands for Single-lens reflex for all of us novices) there is absolutely no comparison. It is like trying to compare a thoroughbred with a mongrel"

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

6 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity

6 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity: "No matter what your artistic interests, whether photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, etc., the underlying force behind your work is creativity. It’s much easier to talk about technical aspects of photography as it’s a tangible skill, unlike the more mysterious intangible skill of creative thought.  While every art form is unique unto its own, harnessing one’s creativity is a universal skill."

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