Photo by Delineated Previously we’ve covered the topic of shutter speed and looked at how increasing and decreasing it can have a significant impact upon the images we take – particularly if the subjects in those images are moving. Today I’d like to take a brief look at a related topic – that of photographing [...]
A great photograph is no different than any other work of art, in that it should elicit emotion and engage viewers. One of my favorite ways to engage the viewer of a photograph and encourage them to interpret the image is by utilizing silhouettes. Silhouettes Engage Viewers The reason silhouettes are so engaging is because [...]
Earlier today I was in conversation with a couple of photography enthusiasts and the topic turned – as it often does with these guys – to gear. Particularly new gear that has been released in the past few months and gear that is rumoured to being announced in the coming months. One of my friends [...]
Over the last week, with the launch of our brand new Guide to Post Processing eBook, there’s been a lot of discussion around dPS around post processing – particularly about software and tools. One of the common threads of conversation that I’ve been hearing is around the expense of some of the better post processing [...]
1. Editing On-the-Go The iPad is never going to replace a desktop computer for photo editing. However, it does come in handy when you are looking to quickly edit a few pictures. I recently traveled home for the holidays. My parents wanted a picture for their Christmas card. I was able to quickly take a [...]
We’ve all heard it from clients before. “I don’t like formally posed pictures of myself. I always look so stiff. Can we get pictures without being formally set up?” Fortunately for our clients – and for us – the world of formal portrait and people photography is now coming to a new era: Portrait Photojournalism. [...]
This week your photography challenge is to utilise the most common photographic composition rule – the Rule of Thirds. While I’m not big on ‘rules’ – there’s definitely some good reasons to know this one and to be able to pull it off (and of course there are times to break it too). So lets [...]
Time for another poll (on a topic we’ve not run for a few years) – Do you have a photoblog? We’re not talking here about a Flickr account or some other photosharing site – do you have your own blog where you share photos? If you do – we’d love to see a link to [...]
Update: see below for details on how you can win a DSLR, iMac or Photoshop and an iPad. I’m extremely excited today to be able to announce the launch of a much anticipated eBook – Photo Nuts and POST by Neil Creek. In January 2010 we released the first eBook in this series – Photo [...]
One of the challenges of charging for your photography is figuring out how to get clients. You’ve got the technical know-how, but what about the business and marketing side? Strapped for cash and looking for ways to generate buzz about your photography? No problem. Marketing doesn’t have to cost much money if you are willing [...]
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