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 + Readmore

Good Looking Photo Cubes The tactile fabric also gives the added benefit that it gives the greatest effects for printing photos. Cityscapes and horizons make an ideal setting and if you opt for several photo cubes you can build your own montage or even let the kids play around with them. The soft cushion material lends itself perfectly to using photo cubes in the kid’s bedroom or any room in the house. Personalised Gifts The smaller form photo cubes make the ideal personalised gift Readmore

Don’t do this! Over the years I have had my share of near disasters, mistakes and lessons learned (or not).  I guess it all started back in the early seventies when the train hit my camera.  I was just starting out at the time and wanted to shoot a dramatic shot of a speeding train for my portfolio.  I went to the local camera store and talked them into loaning me a 20mm Nikkor wide-angle lens.  I set my camera up on a tripod near the tracks, real near the tracks.  As the train Readmore

Maybe you have seen photographs in magazines and on the net that look surrealistic or unreal. Most of them have no doubt been edited on computer, but some have been affected during the shooting process. This can be achieved with the use of glass rings called filters. They fit on to the front of your lens. Filters are available in a variety of categories and effects, and let us discuss some of them. Black and white filters Black and white filters are in fact made of colored glass! Their Readmore

I am always on the look out for source material.  While walking along a pedestrian path along the shore of San Francisco bay I encountered a sailboat that had broken loose from its mooring and was beached while the tide was out.  I didn’t know how I was going to use it, but I photographed the boat any way, and from a variety of angles. About six months later I was photographing rough seas off the Coast of Marin County (at Rodeo Beach) when it occurred to me I could composite the Readmore

At one time or another all of us have been behind a camera. This is mainly to keep a record of family events or friendly get-togethers. One way or the other we have had to compose a photograph and while some of us are good at it others have missing heads or too much sky in the photo. It is not difficult to learn how to take a good photograph. But the artistry that goes into a well composed photograph has to come from within the photographer and is not something that can be learned from a book Readmore

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

So you want to make a living from your freelance digital photography. A way to earn extra income that has been showing a lot of promise is selling your freelance photos to stock photography sites like Fotolia. Say you love shooting pictures with your digital camera but never considered making a good amount of money from it. You couldn’t describe this as a job quiting opportunity just yet, but if you dedicate enough time who knows. Doesn’t matter what age you are just as long Readmore

Stock photography refers to photographs taken by groups of people that are licensed and grouped for selling. Every time a need for a photograph arises, instead of taking a new one, people resort to stock photography. People working for magazines, in advertising agencies, and as graphic artists often use public pictures in place of photographs taken by hired photographers for projects. Stock photography is also known as photo archives, image banks or picture libraries. There is usually a Readmore