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Catching kids behaving in their most natural manner and playing with other kids almost guarantees a great photograph.

However, one thing you should never let happen while shooting your kids is the children looking at the camera as it will spoil the whole atmosphere. You only want to capture the innocence, warmth, silliness and sweetness of them and it is only possible if you take the shoots when they are not concentrating towards the camera.

… Continue reading 10 Easy Ways To Take Candid Photos of Kids

Photography is like anything else in our culture; it tends to hold certain trends for periods of time, then changes based on variables around us.  Some trends can reappear, such as we’ve seen with the influx of “vintage” post-processing in the last few years.

The style wasn’t imposed directly during the 60’s and 70’s, it was a result of the equipment, processing and photography techniques used at the time.  The idea became popular again in the last 5 years, and photographers began attempting to recreate those tones and colors using the more modern methods available to them.

… Continue reading Expand Your Arsenal with the 5 Most Popular Photography Techniques Today

All photographers are some of the most well-intentioned people on the face of the entire planet. They like to think of themselves as never, ever doing anything to their precious cameras that would ever result in damage coming to them or in their misuse.

However, in spite of their sense of being well-intentioned, the reality paints quite a different story. You’d be surprised at just how many photographers are really gross abusers of their cameras…some without even knowing it!

… Continue reading The Worst Forms of Abuse Your Camera Wants You to Stop Doing

Photography has been used as a medium for artistic expression since its initial inception some hundred or so years ago.

In this digital age, photography offers not just great picture taking open access to all, but it can also unlock the bounds of an artist’s imagination, incorporating the natural and synthetic world around them to produce images of stunning artistic credibility.

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Social media has brought about the ability to share images across the world in seconds, something unthinkable a decade ago. There are several major firms who dominate this market – Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, and Instagram to name but a few.

Sleepy old Google+, however, hasn’t had much of a say. With 500 million registered users it’s officially the second most populated social media tool in the world, the only problem with this statistic being how those registered rarely bother to use the service.

… Continue reading Google+ Takes An Evolutionary Step With Online Photography

I’ll admit it, I’m a latecomer to the whole photography game.  I minored in it during college, but that ended up being a few classes using only black and white film cameras, darkroom fundamentals, film developing, and a dab of portrait basics.

When it was all said and done, I knew more about taking negatives and turning them into full 8 x 10 photos than about how to actually take a good photo to begin with.

… Continue reading 10 Photo Sharing Websites That Will Supercharge Your Photography Presence