If you have $160,000 or so and want to learn photography, then you can skip this post. Just head to Rhode Island, enroll in the School of Design (or another prestigious art school), and, in about four years, your photography will rock.
It had better, right? 😉
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Pursuing a career doing something you really love could be a terrifying thing, so people often look at the ones who already “made it” in their field as a source of inspiration. Having a chance to hear famous photographers talk about how exactly they made it and what it costs to be a successful photographer inspires us to work harder and learn more.
All of these photographers have had a long way to success, including a painful change from being an amateur to a full-time professional photographer.
… Continue reading 15 Influential Photographers Share Their Quotes for Inspiration
Landscape and travel photography are closely intertwined with each other. Travel photography, as many sub-genres of art and photography are, is largely undefined and encompasses a wide range of people, locations, cultures and ideas, including landscape photography.
Such kinds of photos express the feeling of time and place, its mood and atmosphere without geographic limitations.
… Continue reading 33 Inspiring Websites of Landscape & Travel Photographers
What can I say…I’m a sucker for a pretty girl. Not so much the super-airbrushed models who look inhuman as much as real women in everyday situations, just being themselves. This is why I’ve often photographed the girl I was dating.
At first though, I remember being to shy to ask. Too worried about offending her, making her feeling like an object, or just thinking I was some kind of perv. But I wasn’t able to resist and I’m happy I now have some meaningful photographs of people I still care about, even if we’ve parted ways. Plus, in some instances, it’s helped us grow closer.
… Continue reading 7 Tips for Shooting Alluring Photos of Your Girlfriend
There’s almost nothing (besides maybe losing a memory card) that hurts more than having a great shot that ends up poorly focused! And even though sometimes we can blame our equipment, there are other factors that come into play when focusing.
Sharper and crisper photos are the goal of every photographer, so it’s time we cover the basics to achieve this. A great, focused image requires precision and understanding of depth-of-field, as well as knowledge of your equipment.
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On the 30th of January in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was killed by three bullets fired at close range. And while the world lost one of its greatest men (arguably), one man gained even more status as one of the most important photographers in the world.
Henri-Cartier Bresson had photographed Gandhi just about an hour before his tragic death. He also had firsthand access to the funeral proceedings and the grieving people of India, showing a unique look at Gandhi’s last days.
… Continue reading How to Become a Photography Icon: Inspired by Henri-Cartier Bresson
As a beginner photographer with over 5-year background in the Internet Marketing, I understand the importance of establishing a firm online presence. I surely need to master my shooting and retouching skills, but I also pay attention to the business side of my hobby to ensure that there’s a market for my product and it’s growing along with the quality of my pictures.
In this post, I’m sharing 70 online marketing and workflow organizing tools for photographers. I’ve collected this list for myself so that when I need a website building tool or a booking app, I could skip hours of googling and simply refer to this catalog of select links.
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While starting a photography business, people don’t always understand how to turn their hobby into a full-time job properly. Most newbie photographers make the same mistakes when starting out that they wish to go back and change. Knowing about these mistakes in advance could help you to avoid them.
As they say, “wise men learn by other men’s mistakes; fools by their own”.
… Continue reading 5 Disastrous Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Photography Business
If you have a new-ish DSLR, then you can probably “train” your camera to make a little movie for you. I’m talking about a time-lapse video, and while it might not be the next Hollywood blockbuster…it could spread like a virus on the Youtubez. 🙂
Read on to get started, and if I’ve done my job well (and you have the right sort of camera), you can make your first time lapse today.
If this technique is new to you, here are the basics:
… Continue reading 5 Steps to Shoot a Simple-ish Time-Lapse Video With Your DSLR
Do you ever pull out your camera and point it towards your friends, just for the thrill of watching them tense up? Or is that just this pseudo-sadistic guy? 🙂 There’s something about the dark depths of a camera lens pointing in your direction that can intimidate even the most seasoned, confident individuals. If you’re a photographer trying to capture their essence and tell a story about your subject, then this lens aversion can really make your job difficult.
Unfortunately, helping photography subjects relax isn’t as easy as following a series of technical steps.
