Simply put, trick photography is a genre that utilizes special effects and tricks to elicit wide-eyed reactions of “What did I just see?!” from a great many people. To a trick photographer, one of the…
Growth in photography can be as painful an experience for both your wallet and your ego as any challenge you’ll ever take on in life. What is really galling is just when you think you’re…
In some respects, freelancing sounds like a great idea. The biggest selling point is that you get to choose whom you work for, what sort of projects and when you'd like to work. If you're…
The history of photography has a long and varied timeline. Throughout this course, though, there has been one constant: film. In spite of recent digital dominance, the original photographic medium is still being produced en…
When you look up at the clouds in the vastness that is the sky, you may see a couple of different things. You may observe fast-moving clouds or clouds that appear to have faces in…
Although it may look fairly easy, not everyone can take great portrait shots. Portrait photography involves more than just finding the right subject or model. Great portraits are the result of patience and good people…
Like many markets in photography, the market for real estate photography has declined over the years. Most of the shots in the regional Multiple Listing Services (MLS) are photos taken by real estate agents with…
Figosa is a fairly new Italian company that makes some cool leather vintage-style camera straps. They cater to the photography enthusiasts and mirrorless camera owners. The owners of Figosa, Laura & Andrea, were nice enough…
Whether you are a hobbyist or a professional photographer, joining a photography club is one of the best ways to improve your skills. The club can also be a good venue for meeting people who…
I recently came across a photographer that specializes in High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. Up to this point I had seen similar photographs where the detail was spectacular and the colors just popped, but had…
Described in simple terms, photojournalism is a branch of photography that uses photos or images to tell a story. A person who practices photojournalism is called a photojournalist. His photos come out in newspapers and…
One of the questions that comes up frequently in photography forums is what kind of lens to buy for street photography. That’s a harder question than most people realize because your lens selection will depend…