How to Use Pinterest to Improve Your Photography

How to Use Pinterest to Improve Your Photography

Please tell me you’ve discovered the beauty and thrill of Pinterest… a site created for creative and visually inspired people like you and me. I was introduced to it a few months via a twitter friend posting about how much she loved creating “boards” and finding new “pins.” I had no idea what she was [...]

Photographing a True Poser on White Seamless Background (D292)

Photographing a True Poser on White Seamless Background (D292)

I don’t know where he gets it. Maybe he was born with it, maybe it’s me… the photographer with a camera always ready to capture his faces and poses… maybe it’s his dad… the filmmaker with a pro camera out for every major family event… whatever the cause, we now have a true poser on [...]

The Most Important Message From WPPI For Photographers Is… (D194)

The Most Important Message From WPPI For Photographers Is… (D194)

FOLLOW YOUR PASSION. A close second is… JUST BE YOU. Among all the seminars, workshops and rockstar photographer presentations and events at WPPI 2010 in Las Vegas, the overriding messages I heard were the ones above. Yes, lighting, technical skills, framing, composing, marketing, and social media are all important pieces of the puzzle. But the [...]

Fix it in Post… or Not (D149)

Fix it in Post… or Not (D149)

The deeper I get into the photography world, the more I learn all the little sayings that photographers have adopted and said through the ages. One of the first that I heard was “Fix it in post.” This week I’m focusing on how not to have to fix it in post. The question I’m asking [...]