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Being a successful wedding photographer often requires more than just excellent photography skill. Business and networking techniques go a long way in this industry. Lara and Geoff White (widely published wedding photographers) have been running a thriving photography studio with the philosophy that their efforts are 80% business and 20% photography. They are now expanding into publishing and their first eBook is an in-depth playbook on techniques to grow a wedding photography business.
Drew Geraci and Drew Breese are photographers to the core. Every day they take photographs purely for the joy of it. When you spend seven months of your time shooting one project, as they did when making the timelapse video, Asylum, your dedication to photography becomes obvious. The two battled asbestos covered rooms, squatters, and […]
Taking photos of people when they have no idea that you’re doing it is called candid photography. One of the beauties of photography is being able to catch someone in the act. It adds life to your pictures. If you look at magazines, such as Time, you’ll see great examples of candid photography. For other […]
Some of you might have already thought of some potential items that can be effectively used for photography. Indeed, when you look around you, at home, your office, the attic, you will notice many useful objects. But, one simple item that I have found very handy is a basic white bed sheet: It all happened […]
When street artists JR and Liu Bolin teamed up in New York City they had their sights set on an amazing piece of graffiti art. The two had a model stand directly in front of the graffiti while he was painted from head to toe so that he would seamlessly blend into the background for a […]
As important as lighting is to a photograph, it’s an integral part of a photographer’s job to understand it. Using a light meter to gauge exposure settings can drastically improve your work. Since most in-camera meters monitor the overall lighting situation, a hand held meter allows you to meter the subject, the background, and ambient […]
In 1971, a 24-year old photographer by the name of David Hume Kennerly was sent to cover the Vietnam War by his then employer, United Press International. Over the course of the next year, the images Kennerly would take in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia would earn him a Pulitzer Prize and mark the beginning of an […]
What happens when you put a handful of master photographers in front of an audience and put them on the spot by asking them to do a self-portrait? You get some self-conscious and uneasy photographers, hilarity, and some insanely creative portraits. At the GPP2012 Shoot-out in Dubai, that’s just what happened. Take a look at the […]
During a photoshoot with Mexican soccer player, Rafael Marquez, photographer Jay P. Morgan took the opportunity to make a video tutorial covering the lighting setup required to freeze fast paced action when taking sports photography portraits. Morgan’s setup goes up rather quickly, as he says in the video, but it does include a good amount of […]
A new training eBook was released today. Professional photographer Ed Verosky created it to help beginners learn how to use their camera effectively. Many new DSLR owners are afraid to switch out of automatic mode and are at a disadvantage in certain lighting conditions. The information in this eBook can help you become more confident in variable lighting conditions and more. The special release price of this book is $9.95 found here.
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