Earlier today we posted a series of photos on the themes of Abandonment and Urban Decay (uplifting stuff wasn’t it). I thought it might make a good theme for this weeks photography challenge too. While not everyone will have an atmospheric abandoned factory to race out and photograph – hopefully it’s a theme that with [...]
Today I found myself surfing through flickr admiring a growing number of images on the theme of abandonment and urban decay. While perhaps not an every day kind of subject for most of us – there’s a growing number of photographers exploring a theme that can produce striking images. Here’s a few that caught my [...]
Stuck behind a wire fence when trying to shoot an interesting subject can be a pain. It’s a challenge most often faced at the zoo but you also come across it when shooting at some sporting events (car racing for example) or in other random circumstances (for example I recently was photographing some kids on [...]
I work with a lot of people just starting out in photography. People who want to move off of Auto mode and on to something more. And they show me their images, asking, “What can I do better?” I’ve started noticing a pattern in many of the images I have seen from new photography enthusiasts. [...]
Two weeks ago today we launched the third eBook in our popular Photo Nuts eBook series – Photo Nuts and Post: a Guide to Post Processing. It has received some wonderful reviews since launch and we’re excited to see so many of our readers using it to improve their images. Win a DSLR, iMac or [...]
A Guest Post by Clayton McLaughlin There are a lot of tutorials out there that introduce the practice of shooting timelapses with a variety of different cameras. All of which can help you get started. But as with any situation, I’ve found there are a few things that have helped me along the way that [...]
A Guest post by Jenika McDavitt from Psychology for Photographers. “At all levels of income, the typical response is that one needs 20% more to be happy.” – Richard Easterlin The photographer’s equivalent to Dr. Easterlin’s statement is probably “Whatever you charge for your work, the typical response is that you’re 20% too expensive.” Like [...]
What can you do with a tripod? Well, you can stand stuff on it, your camera, lights, stuff.. But it’s a tripod, how do you innovate? What more is there to do? UK Tripod conjurers, 3 Legged Thing decided to find out… What’s on the 3LT menu? Carbon Fiber Tripods, Lightweight Travel Tripods Carbon Fiber [...]
In last months photography poll we asked readers about what mode they shot in most. Is it Auto? Manual or something else? Here are the results (with over 72,000 readers participating). Last time we did this poll (back in 2009) the results were similar – the only notable shift being that ‘manual’ back then [...]
Is there a place that you love to go shoot landscapes? I’d love to hear about your favourite landscape photography destinations – particularly I’d like to hear any the following: where is it (give us a country/state etc – remember our audience is global so don’t assume everyone will know exactly where it is) why [...]
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