Photography News November 8, 2021 Quote: “Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.” – Ansel Adams Articles: 7 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS guaranteed to help you improve! – Gary Gough 19m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHl2tT5i6M Understanding [...]
Photography News November 1, 2021 Quote: “The negative is the score, and the print is the performance.” – Ansel Adams Articles: Major New Feature in Lightroom Classic ver 11 – 9m 39s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSiGfMty73Q How Botticelli revolutionized portraits – Art history in 10 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcjeSMICLz0 Lightroom Classic v11 – The New Masking Tools – Julieanne Most, [...]
Photography News October 20, 2021 Quote: “Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” – Edward Weston Articles: Bokeh Background Using Water – 8m 15s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gShr3ZWwroQ Shooting on Black instead of White – 10m 21s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSUPmEoQBgg [...]
Photography News October 13, 2021 Quote: “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” — Ansel Adams Articles: Photo Tip: Why Drama Matters with Lindsay Adler – 1m 54s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dpn80WdowY Mixing Flash With Candle Light – 8m 2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyBygiEzuuw How to Easily Fix Blue Sky Gradients in Photoshop Imaging before [...]
Photography News September 6, 2021 Quote: “I try to make a connection with the people I’m photographing and then I try to disappear” – Deanne Fitzmaurice Articles: Master Curves from Start to Finish in Photoshop – 23m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvyiydd2dMc Visual Design Of A Photograph – 1h 40m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RQ6YPVWhA Better Photographic Composition – Beyond the Rule of [...]
Photography News August 30, 2021 Quote: “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.” — Edward Steichen Articles: How to See a Photograph and Mentally Frame It As You Shoot – 1h 12m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy9Y5OWj_Jc An Intro to Photographing the Planets How to Create Artistic, Dreamy, Soft Focus Flower [...]
Photography News August 16, 2021 Quote: “All I have done before the age of 70 is not worth bothering about” – Hokusai Articles: Is Ansel Adams Still Relevant? Promoting Passion: Speed Edit – Brooke Shaden – 2m 23s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv924-xcLj0 Scott Kelby’s 10 Amazing Landscape Editing Tips – 25m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW23oYjmlgQ How to Create [...]
Photography News August 9, 2021 Quote: “The three elements I look for to make a photo: Light, Layers, Subject” – Deanne Fitzmaurice Articles: Symbolism in Fine Art – Brooke Shaden – 9m 14s Creating Artist Books and Portfolios – Harold Davis – 1h 18m How to Make the Best of a Bad Location 'My Camera's Not Good Enough' and 7 [...]
Photography News August 2, 2021 Quote: “There should be nothing in the image that isn’t helping the story” – Deanne Fitzmaurice Articles: The Black & White Still Life, Part 2 - Harold Davis – 1h 2m How to use textures in Photoshop – 14m 25s Shoot and Edit Otherworldly Photos in Night Mode with Maria Lax – Apple, 8m 15s Landscape Photography [...]
Photography News July 26, 2021 Quote: “There use to be a joke among ‘serious’ photographers that in order to get into the Sierra Club calendar you had to have blurry water” – Stephen Johnson Articles: The Use of Reflections in Your Photography The Window Seat: 36 Tips for Taking Amazing Photos from Airplane Windows Landscape Photography in the World's [...]
Photography News July 19, 2021 Quote: “However, once you've satisfied your index finger's first impulse, you need to step back, think, observe, and analyze. There's almost always a better shot lurking, but to get it requires your brain to be fully functioning, not just reacting.” – Thom Hogan Articles: How the Light Placement Alters Your Subjects 8 [...]
Photography News July 12, 2021 Quote: “…above all else, take the shot.” – Thom Hogan Articles: All the Ways to Get to Black and White from Raw – Thom Hogan B&H Photo class (2 hours) The Perils of Certainty – Thom Hogan What is duotone? Artistic v Technical Balance in Photography – John Greengo The 2021 Audubon Photography Awards: Winners [...]
Photography News 6 July 2021 Quote: “If everyone loves your work you are playing it much too safe.” – David Carson and many more Articles: Colour Theory for Black and White Photography Part 1 – long, useful A Photographer's Guide to Color – Master Colors Part 1 – 7m What is a Corner? – on reviewing and testing lenses, or [...]
Photography News 28 June 2021 Quote: “It is better to have soft images (due to high f-stop of 16 or 22) than out of focus images” – Jeff Schewe Articles: Photography in the Rain - Bright Ideas for Dull Conditions – 15m A Beginner's Guide to Fixing an Underexposed Photo in Lightroom The 2021 International Portrait Photographer of [...]
Photography News June 21, 2021 Quote: "We can't waste a sunset, we only get a finite number of them.” – Galen Rowell to Thom Hogan Articles: What Is an 'Art Photographer’? Are You Losing Interest? – Thom Hogan (poor title, material is important) Wrong Shutter Speeds in Landscape Photography – Mads Peter Iversen 19m Planning, Scouting, and Revisiting: The [...]
Photography News June 7, 2021 Quote: “If you will just give me two minutes, fully committed, we can get a great photo.” - Paul Elledge talking to Willie Nelson Articles: D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time 7 Steps to Master Forest Photography - Mads Peter Iversen 22m Sunset Photography Tips - Digital Photo Magazine [...]
Photography News June 1, 2021 Quote: “Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” — Don McCullin Articles: Everything You Wanted To Know About Contrast (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) Digitizing Your Photos [...]
Photography News May 24, 2021 Quote: “We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.” — Ralph Hattersley Articles: Total Lunar Eclipse early on 26 May 2021 – PhotoPills Things You "Can't" Shoot From Behind – Thom Hogan How to add an Etherial Glow to Landscape Photos – 16m Vintage lenses on digital cameras. How good are they in [...]
Photography News May 17, 2021 Quote: "Screw out the bolts of your life, examine and work on yourself, fix your life again and get going." – Israelmore Ayivor Articles: Orton Effect Tutorial – 7m How To Create the Dragon effect in Photoshop 7m 22s (Suggested use: Older men) Tips for Photography in Harsh Light – 21m When to Use (and [...]
Photography News May 10, 2021 Quote: “If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.” — Eve Arnold Articles: Photography Composition Tips: The One About Interesting Point of View – 18m How To Blur Backgrounds in [...]