The potential challenges associated with being a photographer are many; some of the obstacles one has to overcome are creative in nature, while others are related to finances. Yep, inspiration and money — or, a lack of either, to be more precise — conspire to make an artist’s life that much more difficult. Being good […]
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Learn essential photography skills.
“Practice makes perfect,” they say. It’s such a clichéd statement — most people probably roll their eyes when they hear it. Me too. But guess what? It’s true. Anytime you learn something new, your brain is rewired. No one can really expect their first attempts at a new activity to be an overwhelming success but, […]
When it comes to improving your photography, it’s hard to beat the tried-and-true method of learning by doing. Photography projects will give you focus, direction, and an end goal to work towards. Combine those three factors and you have an ideal setting in which you can improve you skills. Try out one or all of […]
In a lot of still life photography, you will see a cool effect where the object appears to be hovering in a sea of black. Sometimes this is called “drop out black” and it can be very effective if you want to focus a viewer’s attention on the object of the photograph and eliminate any […]
Photoshop can really be a photographer’s best friend or worst nightmare. It all depends on how comfortable you feel in the program and whether you know the simple tips and tricks to creating photo magic. Here are 12 video tutorials for improving your Photoshop skills quickly. Essential Resize and Color Photoshop Skills – A quick […]