So you want to get started with street photography huh? It seems to be quite popular lately. It is a quite exciting type of photography, as you can go around in public and take pictures of (gasp) strangers! It is also pretty awesome because you don’t need a Canon 1D Mark III with expensive L lenses to get good images. Hell—you can use any camera, your point-and-shoot, your … [Read more...]
Adding Winter with Photoshop
There is no debating the power of Photoshop when it comes to photo manipulation and enhancement. Many alterations to photos can be time consuming complicated and delicate work yet adding realistic snow to a landscape photography is actually particularly easy. This quick guide will take you through the steps of adding winter to any landscape photo, but please note the process … [Read more...]
A Complete Guide to Long Exposure Photography
Wow! That's so cool! How do you make the water look like milk? As photographers, we've all heard that question more than once and I would call it a safe bet that the vast majority of us have even asked it at some point in our lives. What I'm referring to of course is the motion blur effect that moving water takes on in a long exposure shot. "Time exposures" can produce … [Read more...]
8 Top Tips on making it as a Pro Photographer
For Rich Harley 6 years of studying photography the transition from hobbyist to professional was both simple, and very complicated. Suddenly, all the little things matter a lot more, and I quickly had to learn to run a business alongside just taking photographs. These tips are the most important things I've learned during my transition. They all seem simple on the surface, but … [Read more...]
Life as a Press Photographer : Simon Bennett
My name is Simon Bennett, (call me Si). I am a press photographer based in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. I guess you could say that I am pretty lucky to be in this situation. The answer is yes i am, but there was a lot of hard work that went into it as well. I have now been shooting professionally for the last 18 months. Everyday i pinch myself still to make … [Read more...]