Portraits are one of the most powerful and impactful genres of photography but taking the perfect shot is not always as easy as it might first appear! It’s essential to practise your portrait photography to get the best results but there are also practical, tried and tested tips and advice that you can start putting…
Great Ways In Which You Can Photograph Graduations
Graduations are a hugely significant moment in the life of the students who have worked hard and passed their exams to reach another coming of age milestone in the course of their life. Graduation photographers work to capture the magic moments that make up this memorable day but because of the environment, atmosphere and number…
What You Need To Know About Minimalism In Landscape Photography
Minimalist photography is a highly effective, and often emotive, way of representing the world that we live in. It focuses on simplifying the composition of the image in order to focus the viewer’s attention on the fewest number of subjects as possible in one frame. Photographic minimalism originally evolved out of the 1950s avant garde…
Great Ways Of Creating Dramatic Lighting For Photography
Portraits are one of the most powerfully emotive forms of photography that can tell the viewer so much about the subject. To really bring out the personality of your subject you can use dramatic lighting to create strong contrasts, highlight details and bring out various aspects of their face. The way you light your photograph…
Ways In Which You Can Photograph Yourself Like A Professional
Selfies have flooded the internet in recent years but, as a general rule, they are low quality and limited by the length of people’s arms! Using your phone is a convenient way to quickly snap a picture of yourself in a memorable location but you can get much better results if you use a professional…
Guide To The New Trends In Wedding Videography
Wedding videography is one of the fastest growing genres in the industry and as the quality of content increases and prices come down, people everywhere are now adding a videographer to their list of wedding must haves! Photography has been a part of the wedding industry for a long time however in recent years videography…
How to Select the Right Location for a Photoshoot
Every photo has a background and more often than not this is largely dictated by the location that the photo is shot in; and so selecting a good location for your photo shoot is fundamental to achieving the results you envisioned. The location of a photo will inevitably form an integral part of the narrative…
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…
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…
Great Ways To Improve The Backgrounds Of Your Photographs
It’s only natural that when we take photos that our main focus is on the subject of the image however, whether we realize it or not, the background is incredibly important as well. The overall success of the composition of the photo is heavily dependent on the background. If the background is too distracting then…