Photo sharing site 500px started a Chinese sister site and the service users were not happy. What started as a small snowball has evolved into a full avalanche, with many users taking their profiles off (or at least threatening to do so if action is not taken). 500px tried several steps to remedy this PR [...]
Beating 42,000 entries from 96 countries, amateur photographer Don Gutoski won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 grand prize, over $15,000 and crazy field cred for his image Tale of two foxes. Other winning photos include falcons, a whale, a liger with tigers and another fox. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed [...]
Getting to know when is the best time of the day, or the best lighting conditions in specific locations, is key for the outdoor photographer. Whether you are shooting landscapes or portraits outside, it is always good to know in advance what to expect in terms of lighting at your desired location. Of course, as the old saying goes, theres an app for that.
While there is no shortage of similar applications, I find LightTrac easy to use... more
Asking me which lens is my favorite is somewhat akin to asking me which one of my two children I love the most. The simple answer is, “the one that will get me the shot I want!” I will also tell you, it depends on the subject I’m shooting. If I’m photographing a portrait, I’m more likely to choose my 85mm f/1.4. But primarily, I am a landscape photographer, so as I look back at some of my... more
David Updike fromCambridge, Massachusetts was ‘detained’ by six policeman after a woman reported him to the cops for taking photos of children in a local park in His open letter just goes to show that not everyone who is sitting on a bench in a park with a camera is a ‘creep’ Dear Neighbor, Yesterday [...]
Here is a quick tip that may hopefully save you some time when you are using Photoshop. Selecting objects has always been one of photoshop’s most intricate features. On one hand, how hard should it be to select something, but then on the other hands, doing a good selection of an object is not a [...]
As expected, the rumors about the 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens turned out to be true and Sigma announced the worlds first full frame lens of this focal length and aperture. Quality wise the lens seems to fit in perfectly with the rest of the companys excellent line of Art primes, and it will [...]
Composition is one of the keys to creating a strong and effective image. One compositional element you can use is negative space. Basically simplification to the highest level, and making the subject isolated with lots of empty space around it. Here are a few examples.
I tell my students all the time – get closer, simplify!
If you want to try something different this Halloween, how about trying some light painting portraits with your kids? Its easier than you think, and I’ll show you how its done in this article. Each photo in this article includes the before and after of each image. Click the slider in the middle and drag [...]
