To Learn To Work You Camera, Learn To Work Your Owners Manual
The following video tutorial offers some suggestion on how I think that the owners manual should be used so it doesn’t seem so overwhelming. In order for you to improve your photography, you need to learn how to operate your camera effectively.
The Domino’s Effect
Domino’s Pizza is holding a photography contest. http://www.showusyourpizza.com/. Good for Domino’s, bad for photographers who enter the contest. Why is this bad for photographers?
Show Your Photographs (and maybe earn some money) Online
Are you showing your photography online? You could show your work online for business, pleasure or both. If you’re looking for a place to show your photographs online there are plenty of places to pick from. Below you’ll find some suggestions.
Photographers, Choose Your Words Carefully
I think we’ve all familiar with the above expression but this morning, while making a blog entry, that expression became a lesson in blogging with SEO (search engine optimization) in mind. That expression will now be my mantra when key-wording and blogging. As a photographer, if you’re trying to get your work found on the [...]
Get In Crash Position
It’s going to happen. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. Your computer, and any other hard drive or storage media that you use is going to fail. Yup, it’s going to happen. Join the forum discussion on this post
Introduction To Photography
Introduction To Photography Course Fee: $235.00 (Limited to 8 participants) By working your camera in fully manual mode throughout the class, you will become thoroughly familiar with basic SLR operation and will learn to use your camera settings and features as elements of effective photographic composition.
Photographers, Do Not Be Taken Advantage Of !
There are plenty of ways that unwitting photographers get taken advantage of. I’d like to address two of those ways; bad photography contests and commercial interests who know the value of photography but don’t want to pay you for it. Join the forum discussion on this post
Business Of Photography Learning Pod Study Guide
A study guide to be use with the Business of Photography Online learning Pod. The completion of the questions is mandatory for WSP students.
The Camera – It’s Only A Tool.
During the first meeting of the Introduction to photography course I put the camera into the perspective of a light recording tool. The first thing that I think we need to do is to learn how the tool works.
Make Better Photographs
There is still space available in the Introduction To Photography class that starts on Wednesday, May 5. You’ll learn to thoroughly work your camera while getting a strong foundation in the basics of photography. Click here for a class description and registration information.
Street Photography And Modern Times
Good article from the The Observer about street photography. Among others, some of the photographers who influenced me are mentioned. Lee Friedlander, André Kertéz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand and Helen Levitt. http://ow.ly/1A4kK
Flash Photography And The Law
Did you know that there is a law that we should be aware of when we use our flash? This law applies to ALL flashes; the pop up flash on your camera and the, usually more powerful, separate flash unit that works off of your hot-shoe. If you don’t know about this law, it could [...]
Business Of Photography Online Learning Pod
“Amateurs speak in terms of the art of something but artists speak in terms of money.” -Oscar Wilde Have you thought about photography as a career or at least using your pictures or photography skills to earn some extra income? If you answered yes, then this learning pod will introduce you to the business side [...]
The Worth of Your Work, aka “Content”, In The Digital Age.
The hypocrisy and greed of these corporations is astounding.
A Case Study About The Business Of Art From The Harvard Business School
Why would someone pay $500.00 for a trash-bin or $200.00 for a toilet brush ? Believe it or not, for those of us in the creative industries, there’s a lesson in the answer.
The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations
You know the sad thing is that, at least in photography, there are plenty of photographers who cave in to this crap.
Aperture
Beyond adding more or less light, aperture is an important element in our compositions because it allows us to control something called depth of field.