Signing a print is like putting a cherry on an ice cream sundae. A professionally shot, edited, printed, and produced photograph doesn’t feel quite right without the photographer’s signature on it. Some photographers prefer not to sign their prints for various reasons. The two most common reasons I’ve heard are because they are afraid their …
How Photographers Afford Their Equipment While Building Up A Business
Any aspiring professional photographer who has thought about starting their own business has probably wondered how photographers afford their equipment while building up a business. I wondered that exact same thing when I decided to begin my photography business just a few short years ago. The most important thing is to not let the lack …
BlackRapid Classic Retro RS-4: My Favorite Sling Strap
A while back, I reviewed 17 camera straps to try and find the best camera strap out there. Now, there are hundreds of camera straps so my review was definitely incomplete, and the readers were sure to let me know of all the straps I failed to review. The one missing strap that got the …
9 Tips to take your landscape photography to the next level
Landscape photography has always been my favorite shooting genre. There’s something intriguing about being outside, soaking up the sights and sounds all around, and basking in the wonderment of our natural world. The ability to capture moments in time makes it all more interesting. Capturing amazing landscape images, whether they are in some epic location …
Latitude: THE Travel Photography Podcast
View PostTips for the Non-Traveling Photographer
So you’re looking over more photos from someone who’s just returned from a trip to an exotic international photo hotspot. You think…”Wow, I could be making great photos too if only I could go there.” Yes, there’s probably some truth in the quote from National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson – “If you want to be …
Teaching Photography: 5 Things You Must Consider
So, you think you can teach photography? You have all the gear. You’ve been taking pictures for a while. People like your work. Maybe you’ve even sold some photos or had some paid gigs. Perhaps you could share your passion for photography with others and make some money in the process. Like most things in …
Getting Started in Infrared Photography
If you’re looking for something completely new to add to your photographic endeavors, this guide to getting started in infrared photography is exactly what you need. Perhaps you’re in a rut or perhaps you just want to try something new or do something that not a lot of other people are doing (yet). The ethereal …
7 Podcasts To Improve Your Photography Business
Since almost everyone out there who reads this forum does not know me, let me say a few things about myself. I for one love hiking and two I love podcasts. I listen to a swath of podcasts that include photography, economics, science, and an occasional scary story or two. But this article is not …
SEO for photographers websites – 10 things to think about
In this article I will tell you about the things that I have learnt over the 10 years of having my own website, which I hope will help you get your own photography websites viewed by more of the people you want, more often. I am a photographer based in Dorset in England specialising in …
Which Room Should Your Home Studio Go in?
If your photography hobby gets serious enough, you are going to have to have some place to store your gear. If you do any post-processing, you’re going to want a quiet place to march through your workflow efficiently. But for many photographers, it doesn’t stop with gear storage and a quite place to use your …