Your development as a photographer can be seen as progressing through three stages: initial interest in taking photographs, development of skill, and mastery of the medium. As part of the third stage, photographic projects build your portfolio because they make you think in bigger terms. They force you to create …
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Simplifying Manual Mode to Help You Take Control of Your Images
As the owner of a DSLR camera, you may have heard the pros encouraging you to graduate to Manual Mode or M on your camera’s dial. While there are different schools of thought on which mode to use, Manual Mode allows you the greatest control over your settings. So why …
Read More »3 Key Tips for Making More Dynamic Photos
Do you find it difficult to make photographs which stand out and truly resonate with the people who view them? Let me share with you three key ways you can practice that will change your photographic experience and will assist you in making more dynamic photos. 1. Know your subject …
Read More »How to Capture a Winter Wonderland – Essential Tips for Photographing Snow
There’s nothing quite like waking up to the winter’s first snow covering the landscape. It’s an amazing transformation that affects everything from light and sound to mood. Whether you’re interested in nature photography, abstract photography, or portraits, winter is a fantastic time to do something different! Snow offers a lot …
Read More »To Specialize or Not to Specialize with Your Photography – That is the Question
Photography is one of those careers where the industry is so broad that realistically you can select any field to focus on. Even if you define yourself as a particular type of photographer, you can further niche yourself into one of the many subcategories that are available in almost every …
Read More »How to Make Use of Foggy Surfaces for Abstract Photography
When I mention that one of my favourite subjects to photograph is foggy surfaces, I get a few weird looks. To the uninitiated, the subject is an unusual one and most likely a boring one too. Photographers in-the-know furrow their brow, recalling the dreaded lens fog plaguing important shoot days …
Read More »5 Reasons Why You Might want to Try Black and White Photography
There are different schools of thought when it comes to black and white photography. Some believe it was a technical limitation of the past that you need to get over and move on. While others see it as a creative choice, that needs to be explored in great depths. As camera …
Read More »5 Tricks to Make Your Landscape Photos Stand Out
Are you passionate about portrait photography? Do you love sharing images of your trips and landscape photos? Or maybe you spend your free time capturing the streets of your city? Let me tell you something you might not know about yourself. Every now and then you are a landscape photographer, …
Read More »5 Major Mistakes Made By Travel Photographers
Whether you are traveling abroad or within your own country, there are several mistakes that I’ve seen travel photographers make that hinder the process of making memorable photos. #1: Not being aware of cultural sensitivities and laws When you travel to another country it’s easy to forget that the people …
Read More »How to Show More with Your Photographs by Thinking Outside the Frame
In its simplest form, a photograph is a representation of a very limited part of space at a very limited point in time. This article is about choosing which tiny bit of reality to represent and how that choice can make a photograph into much more than just a record …
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