Wedding Photography Prices

While it can’t be emphasized enough, the photographs from a wedding are the one tangible thing that will last, long after the candles are all blown out and the guests have gone home.  It makes sense, then, to rank the wedding photographer fairly high in importance when planning a wedding.  That doesn’t mean, however, that … Read more

Garden Photography

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Automatic cameras are great for everyday snapshots, but can be challenging when it comes to photographing nature. After all, it’s difficult for you to make adjustments when your camera insists on doing things its preprogrammed way.  Here, however, are some things you can do to get some good shots:

  • The middle of the day, around noon, or when the sun is really bright, is the worst time to try and get some nature shots. The sun typically bleaches the pictures out pretty badly.

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Review of Photo Nuts and Bolts: Know your Camera and take better Photos

Improve my camera skills ...what for?
Improve my camera skills ...what for?

Learn to know your camera and take better photos. This review has come about because of you. As a result of recent emails  referring to the ‘nuts and bolts’ eGuide slant I had in my last post,  I now understand I should have created a review instead of expecting everyone to know what I was talking about …oops!  Anyway, rather than go into a long winded list of excuses why I didn’t do that (…cause I’m sure that’s exactly what you don’t want), here’s my review.

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Photoshop HDR Photography

HDR (high dynamic range) imagery has helped professional photographers to record photos other than those that they could capture with a camera.  It has opened up the photos so that they can record a great range of lighting detail, and makes photos that would otherwise have very dark tonal areas aesthetically pleasing.

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31 Photography Quotes by Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was a great American photographer, most well known as a master landscape artist. Most of his photographs depict natural landscapes of the American west.  Born in San Francisco in 1902, Ansel Adams trained as a concert pianist before deciding to become photographer. He became famous for the technical skill with which he produced … Read more

10 Must Read Photography Blogs

In researching this article, I did a Google search for “great photography blog” and it gave me 45,800,000 results.  Where would I even start to look for other great photography blogs (besides the one you’re reading now? :-))

To narrow down the field, I looked at several pages of results and noted the blogs that were mentioned multiple times in different articles, and then did quite a bit of browsing on each of those blogs.  Here are some (other) great photography blogs that are worth taking a look at, in no particular order:

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City Shots and Wide Angle Lenses

Imagine yourself standing in the middle of a commercial area of a city, such as the heart of a normally bustling, city street, once the day is ended or perhaps on an evening or weekend. This is a rare photographic opportunity to begin shooting empty city streets and many unique buildings. Such opportunities like these are important in your photographic journey. Shooting empty streets can also be seen as a chance to explore the many ways that a good wide angle lens can be used to take pictures in a popular city environment.

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Commercial Photography Habits to Embrace

Photographer sitting around looking glum.
Photographer sitting around looking glum.

This story I’m about to pass on to you is common place and yet many photographers in the early days of their careers make small mistakes they could have avoided. I’m guilty of many of these little learning curve events. None more common than the customer or client exclaiming that you hadn’t told them it was going to be this expensive.

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Three Secrets To Mastering Perfect Exposure

TrainMemorize this short “mantra” in order to master photography – ISO, shutter speed, aperture. If you repeat this to yourself a few times you will be able to easily remember the three things that will always save, or ruin, an exposure. They don’t have to come specifically in that order, but nevertheless, these three things are what will determine your exposure.

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Effective and Easy Ways to Grow Your Photography Business

PhotographerAre you wondering how to get your photography business booming? Do you aspire to be ahead of the competition and continue the growth of your business? Do you want to market your services within your budgetary means?

Growing your photography business doesn’t mean you have to invest more cash and exert a lot of effort on marketing and promotions. There are simple and easy ways to grow your photography business. Check out the following tips and expect additional gigs to come your way.

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