Working as a photography assistant is an exciting, varied, well paid and rewarding way to put your skills and experience to use. There’s a major shortage of talented photography assistants and so if you can demonstrate your worth you can earn a great salary while working on a wide range of projects and events. Many…
How To Make The Most Of Low Lighting In Photography
As a photographer your work revolves around using the light in the environment to take pictures and so when you find yourself faced with low lit conditions it can feel like there’s nothing you can do – however, nothing could be further from the truth! Many of the most beautiful scenes, portraits and views are…
Reasons Why Personal Expression Is Important In Photography
Photography is a highly refined artform that seeks to represent the world around us in new and surprising ways. Sometimes a photographer is tasked with creating accurate and documentary images that merely record an event but in most cases it is the personal expression of the camera person that makes a particular image stand out…
What Are the Best Practices For An Aspiring Videographer?
Every practicing videography must master the basic techniques and rules in order to learn how you can break them! As with any artform the rules are made to be broken but it is necessary to know and understand them first! Working in a coherent way with the basic rules in mind will allow you to…
How to be a Successful Fitness Photographer?
Fitness and gym photography is a specialised genre that seeks to represent the strength, healthy living and hard work that enthusiasts from all walks of life put into achieving the impressive results that they do! There are two main commercial aspects to gym photography; on the one hand it is used to promote the athletes…
Reasons Why I Decided to Become a YouTuber
From its humble beginnings as a quirky video sharing site that was mostly inhabited by cat videos, YouTube has grown to be the largest and most used video platform on the internet! Nearly 75% of American adults use the video sharing platform and now it contains videos that cover everything from ‘how do’ and ‘DIY,…
Great Advantages Of Being A Specialist Photographer
Photography is an extremely broad field in which professionals work in all walks of life; from real estate to portraiture, from wildlife photography to abstract minimalism. When you first start your journey in photography it’s generally a good idea to try out as many things as you can however as your skills develop and you…
Which Are The Best Courses On Videography For Beginners?
Videography is a highly desirable career that can land you a superb salary with plenty of exciting and varied opportunities within the many different aspects of the industry. In the USA, the average annual salary for a videographer is around the $40,000 mark although if you are working for exclusive clients or in the competitive…
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…
How To Achieve Simplicity in Your Photography
You’ve heard it said a thousand times, that sometimes ‘less is more’, but never is it truer than in the world of photography. In photography it is often the case that simplicity and exactness can be the key compositional elements that make an image stand out from the rest. Simplicity in photography does not refer…