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Find Beauty Everywhere
I don't have a great camera or even a great eye. So I try to look closely at things. Take the background away or the foreground and see what I want to see. Sometimes it isn't easy but when the mood strikes me I have always been able to get a great shot close to where I am. Even a poor subject can reward the photographer if you take it from various angles or lights.
By Richard Rockell6 years ago in Photography
How to Set Up Your Own Photo Studio
If a person has an interest in photography, and they want to make a job out of it, they can start their own photography business. There are some things that a person can do to have their own business and start a career as a photographer.
By Mia Morales6 years ago in Photography
My Ten Dollar Camera. Top Story - September 2019.
Taking photographs has been a hobby of mine for over a decade and I am only 18. Clearly photography has evolved from a hobby of mine to a passion in that time. I began shooting with anything that had a camera whether that be my parents' cell phones or even my Nintendo DS. I moved onto taking photos with my iPod Touch when I wanted an upgrade. Within a few years I had a Sony Cybershot because it was my chance to take photographs on a device meant to take photographs. When I saved enough money, I then purchased a Nikon D3200 and thought I was a professional all of a sudden. Around this time I was also beginning to take photos on my first iPhone. By the time I was 16 my Nikon broke where the lens attaches to the body, so I had to save for and purchase a new one. This time I switched to Canon, and purchased a Rebel T6i. Since then, I have not purchased another digital camera, unless you consider iPhone upgrades.
By Mark Sorace6 years ago in Photography
Capturing Loneliness
I've always been a big fan of street photography, from those candid shots of unsuspecting people, to interesting framing of widely-known landmarks. But there is one specific type of shot that has always perplexed me: those shots that seem to drag into infinity, with almost no one in them. Long, deserted avenues, bridges, and tunnels. Pictures that, the more you look, the more you fall into.
By Tomás Brandão6 years ago in Photography
What's in a Face? The Best Advice for Taking Killer Portraits
What's in a face? In short—everything. Here is my best tried-and-tested advice for taking killer portraits I met her while traveling through Mexico. I saw her coming down the street with a basket full of artisan dolls she had made. Her face was beautiful, and framed with such character by the round straw hat she wore.
By Gillian May6 years ago in Photography
How to Shoot the Milky Way
You got to have a sense of humor especially, when you're reading my articles. You'll never know what you're going to get, but you can be guaranteed that you will be entertained, while learning some fantastic things about photography and being pulled in to my articles, like being sucked through a black hole.
By Casey Keller6 years ago in Photography
LJ: The Aperture Amateur. Top Story - September 2019.
Everybody has a passion in life that brings them copious amounts of joy. We all seek to have an aesthetic that we'd love to develop and mould in order to create something beautiful on a daily basis. For me, especially as of late, has been photography. Having a best friend who lives and breathes her photography inspired me to pursue and nurture my love for it.
By LJ Chaplin6 years ago in Photography
Project 1.6, Part One: What I’ve Learned so Far
Project 1.6 is a bulk-film-long undertaking to shoot 100ft/30m of Kodak 2254 Super Low ISO/ASA (1.6) 35mm colour film. It started when I was fascinated both by the concept of bulk film (which looks cheaper but probably isn’t, in the grand scheme of things), and the existence of such a low ISO film in this day and age. My wife’s great uncle, Ted, told me recently that when he owned a shop many moons ago, Kodak sent him some ISO 64 Kodachrome, which everyone thought was “fast," but ISO 1.6 was slow, even for his day (the usual speeds at the time were ASA 12 and 25).
By David Romanis6 years ago in Photography
