Flash Tricks for Professional-Looking Pictures
This article includes some tips and tricks for using flash in your photos.
Get 3 Fun Ways to Get Paid to Travel
Shelly Perry, from Portland, Oregon, left a decade-long career working with children in a social services capacity to pursue her life-long love of photography in 2003. Now an established professional, her images have been seen all over the globe on album covers, books, magazines, catalogues, websites, ad campaigns, and even on TV. Her work has also appeared in several local exhibits and gallery shows.
While she makes most of her photography income through stock, her real photography love is documentary and creative fine art. An excellent presenter, Shelly has joined numerous Great Escape workshops to share her experiences and help our readers to follow in her footsteps. Shelly’s specialty is people photography - what she calls documentary or lifestyle portraits.
In her own words:
Today: I can't imagine ever having a "regular job" again.
Best adventure: I have had so many epic moments, but these are a few standouts: swimming with the giant sea turtles in the Galapagos, walking the Great Wall of China, riding an elephant in Thailand (way better than riding a camel in Egypt), flying in a tiny piper plane over the wilds of Alaska, being at the Lantern Festival in Thailand, seeing the Shaman in Ecuador, meeting and making friends all over the world.
Favorite Photographer: Gregory Colbert
People don’t know: I’m scared of heights!
How to Shoot the #1 Photo Gift
Framed photographs make great gifts for family, friends, and coworkers (just about anyone on your list). They don’t have to take much time to create and they’re a wonderful expression of your love and creativity. Today, I’ll focus on the most popular one — the kind of photo people like most to receive… Pictures of […]
Photo Tip: Adjusting Camera Settings for the Best Light in Photos
This article discusses the middle gray setting on your camera, how it affects the light in your photos, and how you can adjust the settings on your camera to fix any over/under-exposure of the subjects of your images.
Photo Tip: Paint With Your Camera
Since this is the first month of our “new year” for the photo challenge, I want to quickly recap a few fundamentals — basics you should be thinking about every time you snap a photo. First, get in close. Literally. Get closer to your subject. Fill the frame corner to corner and edge to edge […]
Drum Roll for Our Photo Challenge Winner
AND THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS… The grand prize goes to [insert drum roll here] THE SAINT’S RED by Cam2Yogi (See it here: http://tinyurl.com/326uww) I am so pleased to present to you this year’s grand prize winner, The Saint’s Red. I asked all the staff for their thoughts and comments on those photos that were […]
Rule of Thirds: Advanced Thirds
The rule of thirds entails dividing your photos into three equal sections, placing the photo’s subject on one of these three lines to create a more powerful focal point in your photo. Taking this technique a step further, "Advanced Thirds" also takes into account the motion of the subject in the photo; creating a stronger shot when the subject is moving toward the center of the opposite third.
September Winners: Fins, Fangs, Feathers and Fur
This article announces the September winners of the photo challenge.
Stock Photography Tip: Saleable Stock Photos
What do saleable stock photos look like? This article discusses the difference between saleable and non-saleable stock pet photos.
September’s Photo Challenge: Fins, Fangs, Feathers and Fur
Since we’re heading to Hershey, PA this month for AWAI’s first-ever pet photography workshop, I thought to name this month’s photo challenge theme “Fins, Fangs, Feathers, and Fur.” If you’ve got a picture of Fido or Fluffy, I want to see it. Submissions can include: ** farm animals ** pets ** exotic birds ** zoo […]
September’s Photo Challenge Theme: Fins, Fangs, Feathers and Fur
Since we’re heading to Hershey, PA this month for AWAI’s first-ever pet photography workshop, I thought to name this month’s photo challenge theme “Fins, Fangs, Feathers, and Fur.” If you’ve got a picture of Fido or Fluffy, I want to see it. Submissions can include: ** farm animals ** pets ** exotic birds ** zoo […]