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The Heaven Sent Digital Photography

What do you do with your photographs once they are considered good? You know the ones, the one you are proud of, the ones you like to show to other people, the ones you just know are good, knowing you were fortunate to be there at the right time with your camera on hand. So what do you do with such photographs? Well I will assume that they are snap shot photographs, but I will show you how you can maximize them to your advantage. I define snap shot photographs by the way as those photographs Readmore

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The Importance of Photography

What kinds of photographs draw you into a website or photo gallery?As a website owner I have come to realize that change and updating are essential to good traffic.  So photographs are a major investment for me because there are so many things I can do with them. But how many dancers understand this investment and address the issue of spending money on photographs as necessary?  As a professional dancer it is so important to upgrade your portfolio with yearly photographs. Photographs are a Readmore

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How I Advertised My Company

Since I’m new to the wedding photography business, I needed to turn to some people to help with my advertising.  I have no idea how to do any web design and I don’t have the time to read books on how to design my website.  If I could design my website, it would take years before I could come up with a design that looks professional. I can’t afford to pay somebody thousands of dollars on a custom built website yet, so I decided to use a template based website called Biz Photo.  Readmore

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Food Photography – a Professional Photographer’s Tips on Photographing Food – Part 2

The photography area should be large enough to accommodate the lighting, the main table that the food items and accessories will be placed on, and possibly a background. A second table or surface will be handy for prepping and assembling the food items. Cooking, if needed, can be done on the second table, with a portable burner, but a separate kitchen area for cooking and washing is ideal. Having the proper tools to prepare the food is essential, and everything that would be found in a Readmore

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Home Based Photography Business – How To Get Paid Taking Pictures

Home based photography business can be a lucrative business. You can earn as much as $40,000 per year or even more. The best thing is you don’t need fancy stuffs to get started. All you need is just a simple digital camera preferably 8 megapixels and above, adobe photoshop software, computer and an internet connection. 1. Start Taking Pictures The first thing you need to of course start taking pictures. You can take any picture but make sure the picture that you take is professionally Readmore

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Food Photography – a Professional Photographer’s Tips on Preparing for the Shoot – Part 1

Food is a fascinating and challenging subject to photograph, and done properly can evoke both an appealing and emotional response. The art of photographing food requires a vision of how the item should be depicted in an appetizing and appealing manner. Lighting, surrounding props, and background all add to the success of a winning image. Most importantly, however, is the display of the food item itself. How fresh does the product appear, does it look juicy, is it hot or chilled, does it seem Readmore

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Using Spare Camera, Pare Time to Make Extra Cash -my Experience of Photography Making Money

USING SPARE CAMERA, PARE TIME TO MAKE EXTRA CASH MY EXPERIENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY MAKING MONEY There are a lot of articles which are talking about how to make money from your photograph and camera. The reason I am writing here is to give out my true experience of using photograph to make money. I hope this article has some practical help to those people who have interests to use their spare time and spare resource to generate some extra income. This article is not a sort of advertisement or Readmore

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Having Fun With Food Photography

Imagine that you are looking at picture of a scrumptious pork fillet, mouth watering steak and a glass of iced cold grape juice. How do you feel? Hungry? That is what successful food photographers can do. They can trigger your hunger by just looking at their pictures. Isn’t it amazing when you can do the same? Let’s start by looking at the tips below: 1. Lighting Lighting is very important in food photography. When you have the right lighting, it will seem like the dish is asking Readmore

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Some Men and Minds in Photography

  Tiphaigne de la Roche, Charles- François is a medical doctor and a French author whose novel “Giphantie” published in 1760 is considered to have given the prediction on photography. Hershell, Sir John Frederick William, a well known astronomer and a publisher of influential books on astronomy is the first to quote the word “photography” in his “Note on the art of Photography, or The Application of the Chemical Rays of Light to the Purpose of Pictorial Readmore

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