There is no artistic vision you can’t bring to life when you have the right light. Sunlight is, of course, the preferred light source. Its naturalness, quality, and color are unbeatable. Even commercial photographers try to benefit from natural light as much as possible. However, most professional photographers have a few studio lights in their photo bags even when shooting …
How to Use Batch Processing when Editing Photos
Photo editing provides everything from minor photo retouches to outstanding effects. It helps you prepare photos for printing, sharing on social media, or submitting to photo contests. It also enables you to create a personal and cohesive artistic style. Although you can excessively edit your photos and ruin them, most of the time, your photos will benefit from post-processing. However, …
How to Prepare a Photo Session
Regardless of your preferred photographic genre, whether the subject is posing for you or you rely on candid snapshots, you need to prepare your photo sessions. Some sessions may be more complex than others and require more planning, but even the most straightforward and casual photo sessions require some thought. So here is how to prepare a photo session efficiently. …
Photography Mistakes to Avoid
You read so many photography books and articles teaching you how to master a particular technical or compositional aspect and follow them by heart. It seems you did everything right, and still, when you see your photographs on a big screen or printed, something is off. That’s because while focusing on what you need to do, you forget to consider …
Wedding Photography Mistakes
When weddings are in season, the lives of wedding photographers become hectic. To keep things under control, honor scheduled events, and deliver photographs and photo albums on time, many wedding photographers automate their tasks, skip any meeting they can skip, and use the same to-do list for all their events. The result is disappointing: similar photos with a commercial and …
Tips for a Perfect Photographer Vacation
We already showed you a few ideas to make the most of your vacation and enjoy some time off. But there is so much to discuss regarding vacations that we felt the need to return to the topic. Lately, a lot has been happening around photography vacations. There are specialized photographers one can hire to record their vacation memories. You …
Photo Editing Apps for iPad
Let’s face it: not all photographers need the advanced technology and outstanding features of complex photo editors, such as Capture One, Exposure, Luminar, and Photoshop. For most of us, photo editing is a 4-step process of applying a few simple and subtle adjustments. We want to retouch our photos. We don’t need image manipulation tools, complex masks and selections, and …
How to Capture Warm Weather in Your Photographs
It’s summer, it’s sunny, it’s warm. It’s the perfect weather for taking photographs. Nonetheless, your photos don’t seem to capture the warmth and look like they could be taken in any other season. The viewer should instantly know these are summer photos and immerse in the hot summer atmosphere. Whether you shoot indoors or outdoors, the following tips will help …
Tips to Build Confidence in Your Photography
Back in the day, it was easy to spot a photographer: they were the only ones who had cameras. Nowadays everyone has a camera and speaks proudly about their photographs. Furthermore, photography may be a full-time job or an artistic expression. Receiving money for your photos isn’t the only thing that makes one a professional photographer. While taking a photo …
HDR Photography Basics
HDR photography is popular among nature photographers and others who work with natural light, such as real estate photographers. That’s because sunlight can create a higher contrast between highlights and shadows than the camera can capture. Exposure compensation may help, but often it’s not enough. You need to expand the camera’s ability to capture dynamic range. And that’s exactly what …