Whether you work full time as a professional photographer, or practice photography as a hobby, there can be days when you feel stuck. You may enter a phase of creative block, or just generally start getting bored with photography. In either case, trying out some creative and fun photography ideas can help out a lot. […]
The possibilities with long exposure photography are only limited by your own creativity. Like a painter can paint almost anything with his brush, the light painting technique with long exposure opens up similar opportunities for a photographer. Just think of darkness as your canvas, and the light sources as your paint. Photographer Mikael Persson took […]
Creative block is something that almost everyone in the field of arts comes across. As a photographer, if you’re not able to overcome this block, it can have a severe impact in your career. However, overcoming such block is easier said than done. After all, it’s not an easy task to remain creative and inspired […]
With all the major camera brands jumping ship to mirrorless, the photography community really began to wonder if DSLR was indeed dead. As it turns out, that is not the case yet. After announcing their Z series of mirrorless cameras, Nikon surprised a lot of photographers by announcing a new DSLR: the Nikon D780. The […]
Looking back at the work that you’ve done in the past year is a good way to keep yourself inspired and motivated. If you tend to do it every year, it can be a good way to keep a track of how you are progressing as a photographer. But, if you have not done it […]
When we think of depth of field, we talk about a plane of focus. By definition, the plane is expected to be perpendicular to the sensor. However, if you take a deep dive, you’ll come to know that all the lenses exhibit field curvature. Hence, the plane of focus is not flat in all cases. […]
Photographing babies can be a real challenge. Be it the posing, retaining their attention, or the occasional crying and running around, it can get difficult. But, however challenging the task may be, the images captured in this genre carry an immense emotional value. Today we have The Try Guys have their try in baby photography […]
The year 2019 saw quite a good development in the mirrorless camera industry. Giants Canon and Nikon continued with the release of their new mirrorless cameras. This has unavoidably lead to the release of new lenses for those systems. If you’re in the market for a new lens, photographer Ted Forbes has compiled his set […]
Astro photography takes quite a bit of skill and patience, but also a bit of luck. Skill and patience is something that you’ll have to work with. But, you need to be really lucky to be around a place where the sky gets really dark. A pitch black sky means that the stars in your […]
Fashion photography does not always have to be only about the dress or the model. You can create interesting fashion photographs if you play around with lighting and use it to complement the dress itself. Photographer Daniel Norton from Adorama demonstrates how you can use gels with lights to create graphical interest in fashion photography: […]
