We often hear about flash sync speed and how we normally cannot use a flash to sync at extremely fast shutter speeds. A flash is an intensely powerful beam of light that is fired instantaneously. It can go as fast as 1/40000 sec. Shutter speeds on the other hand are also pretty fast, but not... Read more »
I love shooting with backlighting. Backlighting is one of those acquired tastes in photography that can give your work a completely new dimension. Reason? Because not too many photographers know how to use it, and certainly, not too many people know how to set it up correctly. Backlighting To begin using backlighting in your photography... Read more »
One of the challenges faced by photographers on a daily basis is adjusting white balance of their images. For those of you who don’t know what white balance adjustment is or how it can impact your photos read this next few paragraphs carefully. For those who already know that part and want to know how... Read more »
Whether you are doing street photography, reportage or documentary style photography there are far too many incidents of photographers getting stopped, coerced into handing over their cameras or having to delete their memory cards. One can understand that with the world slowly getting paranoid with each passing day, there are bound to be incidents like... Read more »
Leading lines are one of the most important aspects of photography. They have the power to draw a viewer’s eyes into a composition. Just like the rule of thirds or repeating patterns or even the Dutch tilt, leading lines tend to leave their undeniable impression on a photograph. They often are the difference between a bland snapshot and an excellent composition. Read more...
About a year and a half ago I read an eye-opening article by renowned wedding photographer Gary Fong. He got himself involved in defending a hapless wedding photographer who was threatened by a client for damages of $300,000, possibly even more. The client had claimed damages for lost memories, wherein he claimed that the images this photographer had taken were poor. In a letter He demanded that this wedding photographer refund the agreed contract price and threatened to ruin the photographer if he failed to pay up. There were reasons for this photographer to feel intimidated. The client / groom was an attorney and an influential one at that. Read more...
Today we are releasing new feature we've been working on lately. Say good-bye to the old scattered message boards and welcome to the new robust real-time messaging. Read more...
Lighting in wedding photography is a big thing. Regardless of your budget you have a responsibility to deliver good clean images to your clients. That responsibility does not diminish with a smaller contract price. Meaning, even if you are shooting your first wedding, or just because you are charging $500 it does not mean you can afford to take things easy. You still have to produce great images. Lighting, to a large extent, helps you to carry out that responsibility and deliver great images from a wedding event. Make no mistake. Almost all of the wedding photography lights and other accessories detailed here can be hired. Hiring gives you the opportunity to test out a product before deciding to make an investment. But just in case you are beyond that stage, here's what you are here for Read more...
Landscape photographers often use the terms focusing distance and hyperfocal distance in relation to depth of field and image sharpness. These two terms are important in the context of creating tack sharp images of landscapes. Landscape images and sweeping vistas require a large part of the frame to be in sharp focus. Read more...
You are out with your family on a bright sunlit day. The kind of day on which photographers prefer using the Sunny 16 Rule. In case you are not familiar with the Sunny 16 Rule, it is a simple age-old exposure guideline that helps you to set the correct exposure on a bright sunny day. But what is this Sunny 16 Rule? And how does one use this rule in photography? Let's look at a few ways on how to tweak the Sunny 16 Rule in photography. Read more...
We often hear about flash sync speed and how we normally cannot use a flash to sync at extremely fast shutter speeds. A flash is an intensely powerful beam of light that is fired instantaneously. It can go as fast as 1/40000 sec. Shutter speeds on the other hand are also pretty fast, but not... Read more » 
