PHOTOGRAPHY – An Amateur’s Perspective(Abhishek Uppal) I consider myself a pretty good amateur photographer. I’ve taken a couple of classes, I have a nice Canon and, if you didn’t budget for a professional photographer at your wedding, I’m the friend you might call to take pictures. So when SF Chronicle sent me to the late-winter wedding of Vicky Wu and Chris Nicoll to shoot alongside Joey Hong, a local award-winning team of two brothers who have been shooting Readmore
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Best elite photography Classes in the world
Whether you are looking to become a professional photographer elite photography or you have latterly picked up this popular past-time and you want to improve your current elite photographyabilities by learning a new trick or two, you are more than likely going to need to take some classes. When it comes to finding photography classes in the Chicago area, you will find that there are many different options to make a choice from, depending on the kind of setting you are looking for, as well as Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Types Of Paper In Catalog Printing
There are many things that are important to catalog design. Your images must be sharp and appealing. Your text and even the font you use for the text is important. The cover page design and the design of your catalog’s product pages all play important roles in designing a catalog that will bring in new customers and sales. However none of the things mentioned above are more important than the type of paper you will choose to print your catalog on. The “feel” of your catalog Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Digital Photography Tricks – Closing In On The Magic Of Macro!
Dive into the incredible world of macro photography, and with the aid of a few digital photography tricks you can take photographs of insects that will astound you. A normal housefly may be a pest, but once you get up close and personal, a macro image will reveal the millions of tiny dots that make up its eyes and every single hair on its body. You see an explosion of colour that you cannot with just the naked eye. Once you experience macro photography, you will never see nature’s Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Vacation Photo Tips
Taking a vacation is a wonderful experience, whether you go to a beach location, a theme park, have a camping holiday, or travel to Europe on a sightseeing tour. But when you return home, the pictures you took on your trip are a large part of the memory experience. These pictures are priceless and it is worth learning a few tips to make your picture-taking memories more rewarding. When packing for your memorable vacation, keep in mind these things: • Camera, batteries + extras, memory Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Advertising Photography: Where's the Difference?
The rising sun, the prowling tigress, the chubby baby exploring a new found object with his mouth, the moonlight shimmering on the surging waves… are some of the best moments in life that almost all photographers have captured at some point of their lives. But all this is not advertising photography. Advertising photography is different from other forms of photography by a huge margin. And the main reason for such a difference is the presence of a huge group of people, to whom every Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Stage yourself to Sell: Image is Everything
When you’re in the business of turning drab and cluttered interiors into beautifully polished spaces, it’s important you look the part of someone that can successfully do that. In other words, when you’re staging homes to sell, you should stage yourself to sell. One of the easiest ways to catapult your business to success is to act as though you are already successful. Do you play the part of a very successful home stager? I’d like you to keep this in mind as you read through this Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »How to Achieve Picture Perfect Shots via Digital Photography
Gone are the times when photographers had to take several shots of an image and develop them to find out if a fine or even perfect image was taken. Several photographers of this art form refer to this technique as “trial and error”. Nowadays, there are a numbers of photographers who have decided to shift from regular point and shoot and old SLR models to digital ones. Through DSLRs, they can get more time to concentrate in taking those great pictures since images that are not par Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Hello From Ottawa – Part 11- The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography Featuring Sunil Gupta And The Challenges Of Immigration
My schedule in Ottawa this past weekend was extremely compressed, but there was one place I wasn’t going to miss: the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. As a person with no formal background, yet a keen interest in the visual arts and photography, I have been wanting to visit this museum for a long time. And my Internet research revealed that the Museum is featuring a very special exhibition right now: two photographic series by Sunil Gupta, an Indian-born Canadian citizen, Readmore
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