Looking for Newborn Photography Tips? You’re in the right place. Newborn Photographers fall somewhere on a spectrum between producing posed, styled imagery and natural, lifestyle imagery. While I enjoy looking at styled images of sleeping newborns in costume or appearing as though they are h

Get out there and create! Do a photography project for yourself As photographers, it’s natural we all reach that point where we become a bit bored with our work, especially if you work on the same type of photography everyday. After thousands of landscapes and flower photos, you can start fee

‘Condensation’ By Gavin Hardcastle – Location, Gastown, Vancouver, BC Adapt or die. It’s the way of the world, and with the ever changing rhythms of the digital age, you’ve got to be light on your feet in order to survive. I’m no oracle, but I direct these words o

Many crafters, cooks, and artists want to take high quality photographs of their own creations, whether to feature them in a blog post, offer them for sale online, or just share them with friends. The trick to getting these kinds of product shots easily and reliably is to use a light tent. This arti

If you are anything like me, then you are always looking for ways to create something original in your photography – images that have not been taken and presented a thousand times before. But being truly original and creating photos that have real impact is the hardest thing of all. It seems t

How to Build Relationships to Get More Photography Clients So you’re trying to make a go of it as a freelance photographer. Maybe you are just looking for a few paid gigs on the side, or perhaps you really want to go pro. But the problem is actual paying gigs are still few and far between, eve

Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Ed presents his recommended path to learning photography. If you’ve ever wanted a little guidance when it comes to learning photography from top to bottom, this DPS post is for you! There’s a lot of

Photography is a fantastic tool to explore the world around you, especially in ways normally invisible to our eyes. Landscapes at night often reveal untold treasures in the sky, and the stars can be made to swirl around like a dream. The process for photographing the movement of the stars isn’

Last week I talked about Five Bad Photography Habits to Quit! Today, I want to talk about five good photography habits you want to start today. 1. Shoot every day Those 365 projects are magical. They encourage participators to take at least one shot every single day. Shooting every day is a really

Macro photography is like a secret world. You can capture ordinary objects in a way that the human eye cannot see them, and create captivating images. Many people immediately think flowers and bugs at the mention of the word macro, but there are so many other great options. This is meant to inspire

If you’re anything like me, you made the investment in a DSLR camera to take beautiful professional quality photos of your kids. You want to document their childhood so the moments they may not remember on their own, they’ll have at their fingertips down the road. Your camera has opened

It takes a lot to hold my interest.  Scratch that—it takes a lot to get my interest, then hold it, and finally (and especially) to keep it.  This makes my dating life quite hard.  And sometimes my relationship with photography even harder.  And with less Happy Hours and cof

A Guest Post by David Powell from Shoot Tokyo  Here are a few lessons I have learnt from daily shooting… I hope you enjoy. 1. “Do or Do Not…. There is no Try” A lot of people shoot daily as they are lucky enough to have a career in photography. Others embark on a 365 p

Step one: surround them with kids or puppies or something so they relax and act normal.   Okay, fine.  That’s not always possible.  It’s hard to get your hands on a bunch of puppies for one.  It’s a little easier to find a bunch of children, but then there you a

Great tips and tricks on overcoming the harsh mid-day sun to create beautiful portraits on either side of the “golden hours” The Golden Time The best time to take almost any kind of picture, is in the “golden hours”: around one hour before sun down and one hour after sunrise,

Sometimes you need more than a guide to specifics in using a digital camera for ambitious image making. It is possible to overload your brain with info on lenses, lighting, camera controls and the rest of the tech jungle. Sometimes it’s better to just look behind the curtain and pick up some t

One of the simplest ways to capture great photographs is to prepare yourself for success before you head out the door. I’ve used this process of preparing for shoots for the last few years and it’s worked great for me – I’d love to hear what else people are doing to prepare f

I teach a night photography class and I find that many people who’ve never tried it imagine it to be a lot harder than it really is to get spectacular results. In this two part series I’m going to take you through step by step how I created the image above using light painting technique

In my experience, personal printing is a declining art. Walk through any retail photo dept and you’ll see hordes of people sitting at digital print stations pumping out bundles of 6×4 inch prints from their precious memory sticks and CDs. Many of these keen printers will be women, turni

By Hélio Dias. I have lost count of how many times I’ve came home and regretted not having done something to get better pictures when I was traveling. Luckily, each time that happened I learned from my mistakes. Now I want to share them with you so you don’t need to learn the wor