There are some photos that either surprise you with how well they came out or capture a special moment that you never want to forget. On other occasions, you might be putting together a photography exhibition or creating a poster, or larger scale prints, to hang on the walls of your home or workplace. In…
Photography Agent – Everything You Need To Know
As you develop your skills and techniques throughout your photography career and you start to enjoy more success and clients, you may start to consider working with a photography agent. A photography agent offers you professional representation through an agency and can be hugely advantageous for your further growth in the competitive photography industry. There…
Best Ways Of Creating A Great Photography Portfolio
Every photographer, whether you are a professional, an amateur hobbyist or a student at college, needs a portfolio of their work that represents the very best of their photography. This allows you to quickly send new clients, potential exhibitions and other contacts your work in a prepackaged form. Without a portfolio you’d have to search…
Reasons Why Photography Has A Negative Impact On The Environment
Photography and videography are amazing forces for good that help people to express their creativity, bring people together and are used to promote many fantastic products and services. However, despite this, photography and videography can have a negative impact on the environment and the natural world; in some cases, even putting fragile habitats and ecosystems…
Why Is Aperture Important In Photography?
When you take a photograph the lens of your camera has to open to allow the light to pass through it to be recorded as a photo. The aperture is the opening of the lens and is measured in terms of how much it does so. In a very practical sense you can think of…
Complete Guide To Disposable Cameras
Disposable cameras were all the rage in the 1990’s but since the introduction of the relatively low cost digital and mobile phone cameras they have taken something of a back seat in the world of photography. Nonetheless, they still maintain a strange kind of charm and have practical and artistic uses in many different situations….
What Are The Best Practices For Digital Photography Workflow
What is a a digital photography workflow? Your workflow is a system that you use to work and achieve consistent results in an effective manner. Workflows will vary immensely from one person to another but there are still some universal elements that you can learn from and adopt in your own process of creating great…
Complete Guide To Aspect Ratio And Image Size
What are the common aspect ratios, image sizes and photograph sizes? How are they related to each other? Using the right sizes and aspect ratios for your photography is important to help you create your next project in line with what you have envisioned. When you are posting on Instagram and other social media it’s…
What Is The Impact of Technology on Photography?
Technological advancements in the past few decades have revolutionized every aspect of our lives and photography is no exception. The incredible technological strides that have been made have had both positive and negative impacts on photography that have fundamentally changed our relationship with photography and even the way in which we live as a society….
Complete History Of Color Photography For Beginners
The first color photo was taken by Thomas Sutton in Edinburgh, Scotland. The photograph was taken in 1861. When photography was invented in the early 1800’s it was a difficult, expensive and complex process to create a permanent image. These limitations meant that it remained a pursuit that only wealthy inventors and those with significant…