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I was recently in Venice during the Carnival celebrations, leading a workshop there. One of the things we wanted to teach our attendees was an introductory lesson on off-camera flash photography. This is kind of a necessity during the heyday of Carnevale di Venezia, which can be pretty crowded and chaotic. Forget about taking photos of the most extravagant costumes …
I was recently in Venice during the Carnival celebrations, leading a workshop there. One of the things we wanted to teach our attendees was an introductory lesson on off-camera flash photography. This is kind of a necessity during the heyday of Carnevale di Venezia, which can be pretty crowded and chaotic. Forget about taking photos of the most extravagant costumes …
by Claire Binder How do I take better action pictures? As a sports photographer I get this asked a lot. If you take blurry, low quality or more generally boring pictures, sometimes it’s because you trusted the auto mode of your camera. Here are a few hints to get better ones. Gear Does Matter Let’s get the obvious out of …
by Andrew S. Gibson Photoshop CC, Silver Efex Pro 2, Aurora HDR, ON1 Photo 10 – the list of software available to process landscape photos seems to get longer every year. With so many companies competing for your attention it can be hard to know which software you should use to process your images. Then there’s the fear of missing …
by Doug Kaye Some time ago I spoke with Doug Kaye about visiting Cuba, what restrictions are still in place, especially for US citizens, and how things are changing. That conversation is available at TTIM 24 – Cuba With Doug Kaye. The situation is changing rapidly, however, and things are not the same as they were six months ago. Doug has …
by Brent Mail. When I first started in my photography business, I made a number of big mistakes. And they cost me a lot of time and money. I’ve written this for you – so that you do not make the same mistakes I made, and waste all that time and money too. 1. Focusing too much on photography skills Probably the biggest …
If you could read the exposure data of the photos taken by pros when they are using flash as the main source of illumination, you would notice that, in most cases, the smallest aperture used would be f/8. They would rarely go down to f/11 and never ever to f/16 or f/22 (*). Why this? To understand why this is …
Some time ago spent a few days in the beautiful country of Morocco, mostly practicing street photography in the medinas (old cities) of Fès, Meknès, Rabat, and Chefchaouen. Compared to Europe or the US, I found that Moroccans are much less enthusiastic about being photographed and I got lots of refusals when I asked for permission and angry looks when I …
Whether you are a professional photographer or you just have a great passion for photography, you will be certainly interested in finding some beautiful places in Italy where photographers go to get the most stunning views of the Italian boot. Here are some interesting spots where you can get gorgeous views from above. Just keep in mind two important rules: choose the moments of …
I hope the heirs of Stephen R. Covey will not sue me for appropriating the title of his book. There are many books and websites that tell you everything about how to create great images. There are also some great workshops led by amazing photographers. Myself, I have created a number of blog posts and videos about technique and composition and …
