What is your initial reaction when you hear the word “Instagram”? Revulsion? Joy? Annoyance? Excitement? All of the above? For many people I know, the Instagram experience is a mixed bag. It’s great to have an easy to use social platform where photos are ostensibly the stars of the show. This used to be Flickr’s […]
Photography Opinion Pieces Articles
Photographer Olivia Bee contends that “it’s way more important to know how to take a picture than use a camera.” I tend to agree. Here’s why. Using A Camera Obviously, one does have to know how to use a camera. I’ve said on numerous occasions that one of the pitfalls of frequently upgrading camera bodies […]
Lenses couldn’t be complete without one particularly good looking device. This is a little yet important piece of plastic or metal that attaches in front of the lens. This is called “the lens hood”, and honestly, each single lens should come with these pieces included instead of buying them separately. Some brands such as Sigma […]
People have all sorts of different reasons as to why they first picked up a camera. Some do it out of curiosity, wondering what the hype is all about and. Some do it to earn what they presume to be an easy credit in school. Others do it as a means of self-expression. One thing […]
There are a couple of things that new photographers have in common. First is the desire to learn as much as possible about your chosen pastime. The second is to expand your range of hardware and software to help you on your photographic journey. This thirst for knowledge can lead to newcomers being taken advantage […]
It will come as a surprise to no one who is at least casually acquainted with me that I have a love-hate relationship with Instagram, as I’m sure many others do also. There’s the whole “follow-for-follow” game that seems to pervade Instagram and the indecipherable algorithm that keeps influencer content at the top of the […]