Pricing… you can’t work as a professional photographer for long without getting caught up in the subject of pricing your work (well, you could, perhaps, but you would never make any money). Then there’s the question of not only what prices to charge, but also how to educate your clients about your price list without […]
Celebrating New Year’s Eve at Times Square in New York City is on many a bucket list. It is one of the largest celebrations of its type–an estimated 1,000,000 people attend the event in person with another 1,000,000,000 (yes, that’s right, one billion) people tuning in worldwide via TV and Internet. The following timelapse video […]
“Bokeh” is a beautiful soft effect in which the background of a photograph becomes like circles of blurred, translucent light. As a professional photographer, my lifelong quest has been to consistently capture images of a child’s face in which everything in front of and behind the eye gradually falls out of focus and the background […]
During celebration periods, such as Independence Day, Christmas and New Year’s, there are many firework shows in many places. Therefore, there are a lot of opportunities to photograph fireworks. What do you need for taking fireworks photos? Camera: One that has “Bulb” shutter speed is preferable. Wide and normal zoom lens: 10-22 mm, 16-35 mm, […]
After spending the last four years getting more and more into photography, it has only been recently that I’ve felt I have really become confident in my abilities to make use of perspective to get shots that I’m truly proud of. That may seem like a long time. But I guess you could say I’m […]
When it comes to taking a great winter photograph, keep these helpful tips in mind. 1. Planning All too often the amateur photographer wakes up on a chill winter morning and decides to brave the elements and take some winter landscape photos. The first mistake is the spontaneity. Preparation is key to a good winter […]
During the pandemic I have taken the downtime to review hundreds of articles and video about how to improve my photography. I can say that in general, I learned something from each article but one thing I did not see was an article talking about finding new photography sites. In the pandemic world or even […]
The holiday season is upon us! For any of you photography enthusiasts out there, this is the perfect time to put those cameras to good use. Use photos to show and tell people about your holiday traditions, whatever you celebrate this time of year. It’s the perfect time to take advantage of the free on-camera […]
Self portrait photos are becoming increasingly necessary in the modern world. Think about social media. Whatever platform you sign up for requires you to upload an avatar of some kind. Whenever you go online and look at photos of your friends on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, or other social network, you see poor quality shots that […]
On his way to snowy St. Anne’s mountain for a winter shooting adventure, romanian photographer Dan Dinu had a lovely surprise, as he was presented with the chance to properly meet and photograph a posing wild fox. Indeed, it doesn’t sound quite true, but the following picture leaves no doubts about this uncommon and potentially […]
