A good, sturdy and reliable tripod is an excellent addition to your photography gear that can open up new avenues of creativity and possibilities for your work. A tripod keeps the camera dead still while you take a photo meaning that you will never have ‘shakes’ or blurs in your images giving you the ability…
What Time Is The Best Lighting For Photography?
‘Golden Hour’ photography, also known as the ‘magic hour’ in the movie industry, refers to specific times of the day when the natural light of the sun is softer and has more of a reddish hue than during the rest of the day. During the first hour of the morning light and in the hour…
Why Are Mirrorless Cameras Better?
A mirrorless camera is a type of camera that does not use a reflex mirror inside its body to direct the light onto the viewfinder and instead uses a high tech image sensor and an electronic LCD monitor to show the user a preview image. Unlike the DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera that uses…
Professional Tips For Photographing The City
Every city is a bustling hub of culture, art, business and the whole range of human activities that make up our shared experience of the world. This makes cities some of the most exciting places for photographers to work because they can really capture the heart of a civilization and the people who create it….
How To Use Positive and Negative Space in Photography
As you improve as a photographer and spend more time studying the methods, techniques and underlying principles, the more you also realise that the impact of great photos is largely based on the raw emotional and unspoken content of the image that speaks not only to the conscious mind but also the subconscious mind. Of…
Pursuing Your Passion For Photography When You Commute
Do you have a long commute? I did at one point. I used to commute from Exton (Pennsylvania) to Center City Philadelphia. This commute used to take me about an hour by train (Driving is pointless considering the traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76 East)). Now my commute is a 10 minute walk!! In the…
Great Advantages Cameras Have Over Phones For Photography
The introduction of the Smartphone has absolutely revolutionized photography and brought it to a wider audience than in past decades. More than ever before people are able to snap quick pictures of the world around them and the things that matter most to them. Smartphones are versatile, small and, as a general rule, you’ve always…
Best Things to do in Madrid During The Summer
Where is Madrid? Madrid is the capital of Spain. Spain is a country that is in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal are the two major countries in the Iberian Peninsula). Andorra, Gibraltar and a small part of France are also in the Iberian Peninsula. I have traveled to Spain a few times and have…
Great Ideas For Photographing The Summer Season
When the weather starts to improve and you start looking ahead to warm days with your friends at the beach, sitting outside your favorite restaurant enjoying dinner and endless adventures in the great outdoors, have you also thought about the endless possibilities for your photography during the summer season? In Philadelphia for 3 or 4…
How To Travel From Madrid to Barcelona by Train
I have visited Spain a few times. It is a beautiful country with a very rich culture and traditions. Spain is easy to get to from the East Coast of the United States, particularly from cities like New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. American Airlines has a direct flight from Philadelphia to Madrid. There are…