When images are uploaded to the internet or being stored to a hard drive then the size of the files can quickly become an issue. To overcome this and make storage more efficient the photo can be compressed using a variety of different dedicated software. Image compression literally reduces the total number of bytes in…
Which Camera Is The Best For Landscape Photography?
Landscape photography is one of the oldest and most popular genres of photography that allows viewers to experience the magnificence of the world they live in. Choosing the right camera for landscape photography is a difficult task, in large part because of the huge list of features that every modern camera’s marketing pitch promotes. When…
How To Calculate The Cost Of Wedding Photography
When you’re planning your wedding then you want everything to be absolutely perfect and that includes your memories of the big day. Of course you want to make sure the menu and the food is fantastic and that the ceremony goes smoothly but when it comes to the photography it’s always best to take on…
Easy Guide To Videography For Beginners
Videography plays an incredibly important role in marketing, real estate, entertainment and informational pieces, with the average person online spending almost 3 times longer on a page with a video than one without! When a company or website includes video in their promotional or explanatory materials they can massively increase their audience engagement, and so,…
Why Is Self Editing Important In Photography?
The art of self-editing takes discipline and an objective eye. Self-editing is when you select from a whole series of pictures to keep the best and ditch the rest! This type of ‘editing’ does not refer to post production work where you touch up and improve photos; self-editing is the practise of deleting photos that…
Great Signs That You Are A Photophile
The word photography comes from the Greek root words of ‘photos’, which means ‘light’, and ‘graphe’ which means a ‘representation’ of something, usually using lines or by drawing. Together, the words ‘photos’ and ‘graphe’ roughly mean ‘drawing with light’. This is a quite an elegant way of describing the art of photography since the practise…
How to Create Great Edges and Borders in Photography
Just as paintings and other forms of artwork are presented in carefully selected frames there is a great deal of merit in including appropriate edges or borders with your photography. The potential impact that an edge or border can have on the image is immense. The bordering of the photo can change the entire feel…
Why Is Pre-visualization Important In Photography?
Pre-visualization, or Previz for short, is a fundamental technique that is used by photographers everywhere to help them improve the final results of their work. Pre-visualization is the act of imagining, or ‘seeing’ the finished photo before the shot is even taken. This takes practice and mental focus but as you become better at the…
How To Make A Photography Zine
A Zine is a self published piece of work that is produced in a magazine format. Zines enjoyed a huge wave of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s however since the introduction of the internet they have somewhat faded into the background. In the early days of the internet platforms such as MySpace and Blogspot…
Great Ways To Grow And Diversify Your Photography Business
Working as a professional photographer is an exciting, fast paced and competitive job and if you’re struggling to make ends meet or just want to increase your income, then diversifying your business is a reliable strategy to achieve this. The economy has been going through some ups and downs recently and one of the ways…