Ultra-wide lenses are fantastic to use for fashion, glamour, and artistic work if you know how to handle them. Conventional wisdom tells us that Ultra-wide lenses should not be used for portraits. Why?  Well simple; they distort!  When I say distort, I don’t mean a subtle vignette effect I mean a real radial distortion. Don’t [...]

Every since Jim, published his article on Shooting in Small Spaces, we have had several letters requesting more. I’m personally a studio snob. I love large rooms with high ceilings, but occasionally I am forced to shoot in smaller rooms. One winter I was driven out of my studio by some construction in an adjacent [...]

Photographing the Motorcycle in The Studio. “From Lighting to Model Pose: The Intricacies of The Bike Shot” By Rick Trottier, of  RJT Images One of the first great challenges a studio photographer tackles is appropriately composing, lighting and then posing two models in a studio shoot. Dealing with differences in height and body style, hair [...]

By Andrew Suryono If you’re looking for ways to protect your expensive lens investment for your DSLR camera, then you’re on the right place. In this article, I will explore some ways that you can protect your lens from dust, mold and scratches. The first way to protect your lens is to use the included [...]

It started with vintage fashion, artwork and home wares. Then the craze moved to music, with collectors everywhere seeking out vinyl records for a bit of retro cool. Now the enthusiasm for all things vintage has trickled down into the realm of photography, with both amateur and professional photographers seeking ways to lend their photos [...]

By Brian K Smith Create better photographs capturing both the subject and background with clarity. Exposing your subject is what most people think of first, however, by also properly exposing your background you can created a more pleasing or breathtaking photograph. Imagine your subject at sunset, with the proper settings you can enhance the sunset [...]

Have you always wanted to capture the excitement and emotion of dancing? Do you want some easy steps to enable you to take great dancing photos? If the answer is yes to these questions, then read on. 1. Take your photos from a low angle position. This in its self will produce an exciting photo [...]

By N Pugh This weekend, my wonderful nephew turned the big 14….yes, he’s truly growing up. As usual, I grabbed my camera bag with all the necessary equipment and headed to my sisters for a small, intimate party with family and a few friends. As the evening progressed, we decided to take some outdoor shots, [...]

You are ready to have your first headshots clicked! The first part before taking actor headshots is the hair which is a huge part of the pictures. Hair One should avoid cutting hair on the day of the shoot and they should at least be a week grown on the day of the shoot. If [...]

By Amanda C Glisson When I first started photography shooting strictly on location, a couple years back, finding a location for photo-sessions seemed to be such an obstacle for me. Where can I shoot that’s really interesting and eye-catching? I asked myself. A few years later and much more knowledgeable, I can definitely say the [...]

By Wayne Rasku We have all seen stunning portrait photos that have a blurred background while the subject of the photo is perfectly focused. When done correctly, these photos can be very dramatic, however, it might seem hard to accomplish, especially if you are not familiar with the proper techniques. Whether you use a Panasonic, [...]

By Kalyan Kumar Blurry images are a common problem faced by photographers whether they’re the amateur or the more experienced ones. This issue is normally caused by hand movements while capturing images. This is common as well when one uses digital cameras with show shutter speeds or longer focal lengths. But thankfully, certain digital cameras [...]

Very few photographers have tried using candles as lighting in their nude photography; however it’s a very interesting source of light that produces a beautiful and unique effect. Quite naturally you will find that candles don’t produce much light, so you will need a good number to lift the overall light luminance to a usable [...]

by Jim Jurica A common issue we address at my studio lighting workshops is that of the dreaded “black bar” phenomenon. Photographers new to studio lighting and off-camera flash often seem puzzled by the mysterious appearance of an underexposed area to one side of their images. This can manifest itself as a dark, fuzzy area [...]

Boom kit light, soft box and a spiral or normal fluorescent bulbs are the main equipments used to setup a perfect hair light. Boom kit Light Position Boom kit is an ideal equipment used in hair light kit and it must be placed behind and above your subject. It must be positioned at the same [...]

By Alexander Sommerville This article will look at the advantages and disadvantages to shooting in RAW and JPEG image formats (NB RAW is not actually an image format, but we will come to that later). JPEG A file saved using the JPEG compression format is just that – the image saved to the memory card [...]

When you want to become a professional photographer there are many things that you will need to study. Photography poses are one thing that you should study and get perfect. Some people are very tense when having their photo taken and you will need to put them at ease and make them look their best. [...]

Clothes, they say can tell a story; and a fashion photographer ensures that it is told in the best possible manner. Of course, photography is about styles and techniques, but it’s a photographer who manages to weave a story around a dress and ultimately helps to sell it. That is perhaps the reason why a [...]

Photography is one of the attractive passions that many people wish to have. It demands both inner talent and good photography equipment. Sometimes, just by viewing pictures you can guess that talent of photographer and quality level of the camera that has been used. In the professional business of photography, the use of advanced photo [...]

by lancecarr Sometimes in candid photography it may be better to spare a thought for your subject and not just your shot. A little thoughtfulness can go a long way. This doesn’t really apply of course if you’re taking shots of inanimate objects. A tree is not likely to get offended if you shoot it [...]

Then there are special occasions that you just can’t miss to record like your wedding. It is vital that you hire a professional gold coast wedding video production so that he can capture all your important moments perfectly and bind them up for you in the form of a video. Gold coast wedding photography will [...]

Ever viewed your images after a shoot and wondered why the model looks too blue or red? Or the vibrant colors in a skyline aren’t quite what you remembered them to be? Chances are, the culprit is an incorrect white-balance setting. Just as you can change the lens aperture or camera shutter speed to affect [...]

Making The Most Of A Small Studio Space Small studio spaces can cause big headaches if you’re trying to squeeze too much gear into a tiny room. I know I was always tripping over cords, tip-toeing around light stands or crawling under soft boxes when I first began my photography business in a spare bedroom [...]

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