You have the opportunity to go to one of those photo “hotspots,” a place you’ve always dreamed of shooting. You’ve seen some photos, heard about some locations, but you’ve never been there. Like most photo trips, your time is limited and you want to maximize it, getting to the best spots at the best times. …
Why I Won’t be Going Back to Film
It had been almost 20 years since I took a shot with my last film camera, a Pentax ME Super. It has sat on a shelf with some other relic cameras, decorations and dust-collectors as much as anything. But when Russ Butler, a camera club buddy, recently handed me a 36-roll of Fujicolor 200 I …
9 time saving tips for photographers
In this article I am going to tell you about 9 things that I have been wasting time doing. Bad habits, things that eat away at my time with little or no benefit. I should have called this post “Mistakes I keep on making” but I have already done that! (5 Photography Mistakes I Keep …
Change Your Perspective – Change Your Photography
The eye level of most photographers is between five and six feet from the ground. Most tripods will support a camera at this height. But if all your photos are taken at eye level, (the same as most other photographers), what will be different about your photo? The objective of a good photographer should be …
Why you should shoot in RAW and convert to Jpeg
In this article I will explain what RAW and JPEG formats are, what the differences are and when you should use each format. And why I only ever use RAW to take photos, and always convert photos to Jpeg before issuing out to a client. If you are in a hurry Basically images captured in …
High Key Photography: What Is It and How to Get Started
If you’ve been around Improve Photography, or photography in general, for some time, you may have heard the term “high key” thrown around in reference to photographs. This article is an attempt to clarify this term, as well as hopefully provide some useful examples and suggestions to start attempting your own high key imagery. You …
Why You Should Give Abstract Photography a Try
“One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.” – Minor White “I like it, but what IS it?” That might be the kind of response you’d get from many people when you show them an abstract photograph. Perhaps it’s like jazz music, it has its true fans, others …
7 Unethical and Illegal Things Photographers Do
There aren’t a ton of things that scare me. One of them, as I mentioned in my last article, is getting sued. People are crazy and can sue you (and win) over nothing. Another thing that makes me shiver is the thought of people thinking I’m a bad person or even worse, getting in trouble …
Tips for Shooting at Mid-Day
Name the best time of day to shoot photos. Most photographers, particularly those specializing in landscapes, are apt to say “The Golden Hour,” that time within an hour of sunrise or sunset when the light is warm, low, and generally softer. Cinematographers have a similar term, “The Magic Hour,” which is the hour before …
Setting Up Epic Vehicle Shoot in Two Hours
In this article I want to show how you can make epic photos within two hours from the shooting to the final picture. This is a good project for photography beginners to learn about the exposure triangle and editing. It is also a possible income source for photographers. There are a lot people who like …
How to Split Underwater Photos
Underwater pictures are always fascinating and open the eyes for a new unknown world. But sometimes you have beside the great underwater world also a great overwater world. With split underwater shots you can combine these two worlds in one photo. But how can you make them? The easy answer is: Get an underwater case …
Conquering the Circle of Confusion for Photography
It is likely that there has never been a term that is more aptly named than the circle of confusion. Through an understanding of the Circle of Confusion will come a mastery of depth of field. A mastery of depth of field will dramatically enhance every photo you take. If you’re like most people, when …