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If you've just started using a digital SLR or compact system camera and want to learn more about how to pick out the right lens to pair it with, the following how-to video tutorial is a good starting place. It's led by professional travel photographer Kerrick James and focuses on Pentax lenses but the information could...
Our friend Jeff Cable is featured in an interesting new educational video shot at the B&H Photo and Video Store in New York City. Jeff, who we know mainly as a sports photographer who wrote about how to pack a gear bag for the Olympics, discusses his passion for night photography in this seminar entitled: "Pixels After...
What's the best type of photography? Beer photography. Or at least that's how photographer Aaron Nace of Phlearn sees it in this photo tutorial on how to shoot a Heineken beer ad.
Though it may seem easy, Nace walks you through some of the tricky lighting set-ups you'll need to capture a thirst-enducing beer bottle...
It really was “a dark and a stormy night” as we drove through the English Midlands, in a cold, autumn rain. It was my first trip to the UK and I was loaded for photographs. However, with the morning, I could only stare at the BBC weather lady talking about at least a week of lousy weather.
My expectations for picture...
What separates great pictures from ordinary ones? It is the use of ambient light. Despite that, many people continue to shoot all their photos with their camera flashes blazing away.
Most of the time, that built-in flash in your phone or camera kills the natural light and is the ruin of otherwise decent photos. Certainly flash has its uses but it was never meant for every...
"Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat." — Fran Lebowitz
Great photos are often found in unusual of places and that was the experience of Life magazine photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt. For nearly 36 years, "Eisie" was for one of Life’s staff photographers. In 1938, he was sent to a West Virginia County Fair to...
I think the reasons we take travel photos are to remember where we were and to share those places with others. When we upload images to the web or make prints when we return home, we want our friends and families to see and enjoy the things we encountered.
However, just as there is a difference between tourists and travelers, the former flitting like bugs on the surface of...
Everyone loves taking pictures of their kids but, most of the time, child photos are pretty much the same types of snapshots again and again.
Have you ever wanted to be better at child photography and capture some cherished memories of your kids? While learning proper photo technique is part of the battle, much of it is just knowing when to shoot.
Of course, with everyone's...
Food makes us crazy and we love it. It even makes us crazier than photography.
The proof is that they are dozens of food channels and not one photography channel, not even on cable. If you carry a camera or a smartphone, when that plate of mouthwatering, super-sized food arrives in front of you, you are going to want to take a shot of it.
Thanks to the modern digital camera,...
What makes the difference between a so-so travel photo and a great image? Composition, that’s what.
Here are a few compositional tips to pump up your photography and help you to produce eye-popping scenic images and stunning travel shots.
Previously, I suggested four compositional tips about placing the horizon line in the frame to add interest to your photos. Choosing a...
We've shared photography tutorial videos with you recently on how to photograph a hamburger and how to shoot a steaming hot cup of coffee in the studio. Now, here's a how-to discussion on a completely different topic: The Basics of Nature Photography by National Geographic photographer Michael Melford.
In this seminar-style video, which was shot for the B&H Photo and Video...
On Friday, we shared a video on how to photograph a hot cup of coffee and now here are some great tips on how to photograph a hamburger courtesy of -- who else? -- McDonald's.
Though this video is more about food styling and Photoshopping than it is about photographic technique, it does give some good insight into what goes into making food more appetizing in photographs than...
If you visit any of the photo sharing sites such as Instagram or Flickr, you may find that eager photographers seem obsessed with one thing. No, not THAT thing; another more highly caffinated thing. Coffee, that is: blogging and tweeting about it and, above all, sharing photos of it.
Honestly, if we have to see one more close-up photo of the foam on top of a freshly brewed...
Rich Harrington and I discussed this the other day and I thought it would make a good post. There are many things that I learned about black & white photography back in the day when we used film: black-and-white film, that is. Some of them translate to digital and some don’t.
For those of you who want to work in black & white, here are a few tips.
1. Capture as much data as...
With summer upon us, it's time to head out and photograph the world. With blue skies and plenty of sunshine, millions of us will go out and start taking scenic, travel photographs while on vacation.
Yet, despite the immobility of the subject, taking really good landscape shots can be a challenge. In part, the difficulty is that we are overwhelmed by the scene’s beauty and in...
Growing up a rangefinder camera user, I have been using optical viewfinders (OVF) since an early age. They were, metaphorically speaking, my eyes. This is an idea powerfully visualized in Andreas Feininger’s portrait of recently deceased, Magnum photographer Dennis Stock. The portrait is shown to the right with Stock holding his Leica with optical viewfinder.
Today, although I...
Are you frustrated with your images? Do you feel like your images have gotten repetitive? Are you visually tongue-tied? If you answer yes, then let me offer five keywords that can improve your photography.
Despite protests to the contrary, all photography is about communicating something to someone. Whether it is a proud mom photographing her daughter’s first dance class or a...
We've shared a couple of video tutorials recently on how to take photos of complete strangers and how to capture the perfect headshot, now here's a free e-book in a somewhat similar vein. Called "31 Days to Overcome Your Fear of Shooting Street Photography," the free book is by noted street photographer Eric Kim and is available on his blog (scroll down a bit) as either a...
Yesterday, we shared a great educational video with you on how to photograph complete strangers. Now, here's celebrity photographer Peter Hurley talking about how to capture fabulous headshots.
The video is Hurley's keynote address at the Google+ Photographer's Conference in California in May. In it, he breaks down his approach to making subjects comfortable and then outlines...
I occasionally write posts like this because my main goal is to get people up and off the couch so they can go make pictures. It mostly applies to beginners but even pros can use a refresher once in a while. There’s always an excuse NOT to shoot but if you have something new to think about or try, maybe that will become an excuse TO shoot. So without further introduction, here...
