Engagement Portrait Posing Tips

A Guest Post by Travis Hill from The Perfect Pose

In recent years photojournalism has been all the rage. Just capture the day or moment as it happens. Honestly that is wonderful style of photography that many people enjoy. The problem is, everyone’s doing it. With so many new photographers in the market today, it’s imperial that we set ourselves apart from the crowd. With that being said lets ask ourselves honestly. How many times have our wedding clients not wanted ..read more

How Would You Photograph a Birth Scene?

Image by Andrew®

Our last community workshop gave one of our readers some great tips on how to approach photographing a model so I’ve decided to post another reader question. This one is a question I get quite a bit – how do I photograph the birth of a baby?

Here’s the latest question from one of our readers – Drew.

“My wife and I are expecting the birth of our new baby daughter in two weeks time and I’m wondering if you ..read more

How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 2 – Getting Started

Image by Romain Guy

Getting started

Once you have the intention and the funds (see Part 1 of Becoming a Pro Photographer) in place it’s time to consider the legality, rules and regulations and all the red tape of what you need to do. In the UK the government provide a range of free half-day training sessions to help self-employed people get up to speed on everything from paying your taxes to health and safety (visit http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/bst/advice-team-events/work1.htm if you’re in the UK). ..read more

13 Fun Self Portrait Mirror Shots

It’s perhaps a little cliche – but we’ve all done it. A camera, a photographer in front of a mirror. Here’s 10 shots that caught our eye today with photographers, their cameras in front of mirrors (PS: this is the theme of the next weekly photography challenge – so get your thinking caps on and polish up those mirrros).

Image by G|o®g|O

Image by Chapendra

Image by Lawrence Whittemore

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Image by Janine

Image by Eugenia

Image by Josh Liba

Image by (davide)

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Buy Less Gear: Travel and Experience More

Sure as the sun will shine tomorrow, there is some photographer sitting at home right now reading reviews and looking at photos online from that new lens or camera body they just must have. Forget one, there are thousands doing it. Maybe even you just took a break from shopping gear to read this article now.

We live in an age of immediate gratification, where the things we can tangibly see and possess with greater speed grab our attention. For amateur ..read more

6 Tips for Budding Live Concert Photographers

A Guest Post by Viennese Concert Photographer Matthias Hombauer

Being a concert photographer can be very exciting. Imagine yourself standing 6 feet away in front of your beloved idol and taking portraits of them. Not only do you have the ability to shoot one image but can take hundreds of pictures that you can carry home. As a passionate music lover this seems to be heaven and indeed this is a close description how it can feel.

But how do you start ..read more

How to Be a Curious Photographer

Photo by -bwr-

A few months ago I wrote a post on how curiosity is a characteristic of great photographers.

I was rereading this post earlier this week and began to ask myself a few questions:

How do some people end up more curious than others? Is Curiosity a personality trait or can it be learned? How can I be more curious?

As I pondered these questions I thought of the images that I see each day on Flickr’s interestingness pages (the shots in this post ..read more

6 Tips for Setting your Photography Prices

Do you feel completely in the dark about setting your prices? Do you have a formal price structure or are you just coming up with numbers? Do you constantly change your price list? Then you’re just like me. Well…me a few months ago anyway. It’s funny – you can be the best photographer, but knowing what to charge can be an un-slayable dragon. And when you’re not quite sure why you charge what you charge, it’s hard to remain firm ..read more

How I spread my photography business for maximum profitability

Off the top of your head, what do you think photographers do? Take pictures? Yep. What else? So much more!

As a business woman, I soon learned that if I was going to be a photographer who eats, I had to branch out. I learned not to rely on my clients for all my income. I had to rely on ME. When I tell my friends that I work 40 hours a week, they’re baffled. I know they’re thinking ‘but we’ve ..read more

Rebellion: Three Successfully Broken Rules of Photographic Composition

Yesterday, I posted the four rules of composition I can’t live without. Rules are made to be broken, right?

Right. But you can’t break these rules until you can master them. So now that we’ve had a few days to contemplate these rules (or perhaps you’re already a photographer who harnesses the powers of composition with ease) I’d like to pose a few thoughts on the breaking of these rules. The only one I’m going to leave out is the ..read more

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