Within the halls of a school dedicated to the study of photography, you’ll be composing, snapping, and editing photographs in a blaze of artistic bliss. But as satisfying as this creative process can be for the budding photographer, it doesn’t allow you to get a sense of the full scope of activities that a professional photographer must engage in. Before you leave photography school, try to get some solid photography work experience under your belt, because chances are, it will be Readmore
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Light Keeps Me Company – A Poet of Light and Shadow – Rajiv Jain (Indian Cinematographer / Director of Photography / DOP)
Light Keeps Me Company – A Poet of Light and Shadow – Rajiv Jain (Indian Cinematographer / Director of Photography / DOP) Shooting Stars: Interview with the India’s Greatest Living Cinematographer Rajiv Jain The Complete Interviews, Vol. II Success story of a genius fascinated by light • Rajiv Jain • Award winning Indian Director of Photography • Cinematographer • DOP Exceptionally gifted in overcoming technical hurdles and shady atmospheres, in twenty five years Readmore
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From the first few days when humans watched birds fly, we have been in awe of their beauty and functionality. With effortless ease, they take a few steps, flap their mighty wings, and launch skyward in a full STOL takeoff that would make a Maule seem like a DC-10 cargo ship trying to plunder its way into the sky. While on a photo mission for my ad agency, I spent a weekend over on the Oregon coast at Lincoln City, which was getting pounded with gusts to 60 mph on it’s way to a walloping Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Lighting In Nature Photography
Lighting is one of the most important factors in taking photographs of natural subjects. Unlike with studio shots where you control the lights and the shadows, taking photos outside is a little bit more complicated. In addition to not being able to control your subject, you also have to take into consideration the elements especially the lighting. Of course for the seasoned photographer, natural light is no longer a hindrance. In fact, most photographers use light to create great effects and Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Photo Filters – 5 Major Types Of Photography Filters
In this modern age, people think of filters only as options on Adobe Photoshop. Many forget that filters were and still are glass rings that are screwed on to the front of your lens, to provide the special effects. It is true however that Photoshop can mimic the same on computer, so many photographers choose NOT to use the glass filters, and later edit the photographs on computer. It is good though, to have an idea of what filters really are, even if you are a great Photoshop user. 1. Blur Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Depth-of-field in Photography
Depth-of-Field in Photography by Robert Meeks One subject which can definitely engender any number of opinions in trying to present an appropriate definition is certainly depth-of-field. Whether defined as a zone where objects are in focus or a zone before objects fall out of focus, other than for the sake of argument, these variances in opinion do nothing to change the phenomenon itself. The objective of this article is to offer an understanding of depth-of-field, but certainly not the Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Study a Semester in Italy: Italian Language + Art Courses
The Italian language school Leonardo da Vinci and the New Academy of Fine Arts and Design NABA, offer to foreign students the opportunity to study a semester in Italy, having a specialised course in the field of Art, Italian fashion, Italian design, graphic and media design. You will attend a semester inside a recognized University of Arts, where you will learn theorical and practical aspects of the subject you will choose between: - design (Art and Design, Industrial Design, Interior Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Travel Photography: Covering Your Subject
Many different elements go into making up the character of a particular destination or location, whether it be a far flung exotic city or your home town. It is the travel photographer’s job to cover these elements in order to present that character to the viewer. This article looks into what goes into bringing the character of a subject to the audience. Essential Elements There are many separate “parts” that make a location what it is, but these generally boil down to Readmore
Read the rest of this entry »Photography – Understanding the Psychology of Effective Photographic Composition
In an age of digital photography, where the ability to set automatic exposure, automatic focusing, and automatic white balancing virtually ensures a sharp and technically pleasing image, the difference between a great shot and an unremarkable one often boils down to mere composition. Understanding this one concept can transform the quality of your photography overnight and reveal a whole new way of looking at the world. Perhaps the most widely quoted principle of effective composition Readmore
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