ShareOne of the best ways to improve yourself is by observing the habits of those you find to be inspirational and talented. In doing so, we hope to learn what it is they have done that helped them achieve success. Of course, there’s no set route to the top of the photography game, but if [...]

ShareOne of the key areas of control that a photographer has over an image is the background. Many like to experiment with backgrounds to get various effects for their images and one of the ways in which many experiment is with bokeh. Let’s dive into what you can do with bokeh in your images and [...]

ShareThere is a well known–and rather obvious–fact floating around that fashion photography is all about fashion. While that’s true, these types of photos should indeed focus on the style present within it, the process of actually conducting a fashion shoot isn’t quite as straight forward. There is a lot more to take into consideration beyond [...]

ShareThe thing about the internet is there will always be someone willing to critique your work whether you want them to or not. While a little constructive criticism can go a long way towards improving your photography, a lot of the ‘critics’ we come across on the internet are, well, let’s just say less than constructive with [...]

ShareAs our camera and software technology improve, the opportunities to push the limits of our creativity grows exponentially. Not that many of today’s techniques were not possible in days of film, but these advances make it less time consuming and more cost effective  to create photographs that are outside of the box. Such is the [...]

ShareWhen most people think of Hawaii they think of sunshine, surfing, and lazy afternoons spent on a beach. Ask any astrophotgrapher that has photographed the stars from Big Island’s Mauna Kea and you will hear quite a different story. The two-million year old volcano expands over 30,000 feet from the ocean floor to it’s peak, [...]

ShareBack in August, LightStalking shared a link on Twitter to some really incredible double exposures done by an artist named Dan Mountford. Admittedly, I’m a huge fan of double exposure photography–something I picked up in my forays into Lomography, but Mountford’s work took my appreciation of the art to an entirely different level. If you haven’t [...]

ShareNow that we’ve learned how to take photographs of smoke using incense sticks, it’s time to run the images through Photoshop to turn them into some great looking abstract art. Depending on how creative you want to get in the editing phase, it shouldn’t take longer than twenty five minutes to get a final image– [...]

SharePhotographing smoke is nothing new and isn’t a the most difficult task to take on, but it is one that will require some amount of preparation and practice to get just right. It’s also a great exercise for strobists or those without a bunch of expensive studio lighting and, camera aside, you can buy just [...]

ShareBefore you head out to your favorite concert hall with your intents set on shooting some pictures of your favorite band, make sure you have the proper permissions to do so. Ninety percent of all venues will require you to have proper press credentials and be on a list in order to bring in a [...]