If you plan to purchase a new camera, there are several factors you should mull over. In case you are an amateur photographer that always likes to carry a camera, then features such as size, ease of use along with battery life are going to be much more important. On the contrary, if you’re viewing […]
If you have hopes of becoming a professional photographer, or even just of trying to get your work published in a public forum, you will need to create a photography portfolio. So what’s so important about a photography portfolio anyway?
There are many reasons why having a portfolio of your work available for others to view. […]
As digital cameras are becoming more and more reliable and the memory the latest lines of new cameras has increases to levels that are becoming more than an average user needs, one has to ask if buying a new digital camera is really the smart move.
Much like a car, a digital camera loses around […]
A good portrait photographer can do his or her best but still be plagued with no shows, minimum orders, and low profits. Here are seven tips to help you succeed.
A pre-session consultation is a good idea. It serves to answer any fears your clients may have about having their portrait taken. It […]
Dust in photography is something to avoid at all times. In general terms, dust and photography don’t mix.
In older times, dust used to cause problems because it settled on negatives and on prints being developed. Now, although there still are film users, it’s the scourge of the digital photographer.
Dust can settle just about anywhere in […]
Overexposure is a term often discussed in photography. What does it mean?
Simply put, it is when too much light is allowed to reach the sensor and the resulting image is too “light” or “bright”.
Why does it happen?
To get a decent image, the camera has to select a combination of aperture (the size of the hole […]
The Questions
When a reader wrote, “Recently I have taken an interest in photography and am taking a photography class at a local community college.” She then asked, “How do I get my artwork noticed by someone who can do something about it?”
She added that her art, “… is something that I am very passionate […]
Traditionally, the portrait and wedding photographer carefully saved his negatives for future sales and the safety of the image. Courts have decreed that the photographer owns the rights to the image and that no one else may reprint the image without his permission. But in the fast paced world we live […]
Technology has indeed taken a leap - with its advancement it opens a gateway for us to see the world beneath the waves, to capture the details which seemed to be impossible. Nikon - one of the world’s leading brands in innovation - has been established since the year 1917. With its dependability and consistency […]
Have you heard of “red eye”? It is a term used to describe the red effect seen in the eyes of subjects when their picture is taken with a flashgun.
It happens because light from the flashgun travels through the front of the eye and is reflected off the back of the eye back onto the […]