If you have a passion for photography and are considering turning your pastime into a career, then photography school is an excellent, tried and tested route to achieve your dreams. Whether you’re completely new to photography or slightly more experienced, then photography school could be the ingredient which sets you on the right path to…
Photography Workshops – Everything You Need To Know
Photography workshops are a wonderful way to improve your skills, expand your knowledge base and meet interesting new people. Photography is a lifelong learning adventure and so even if you feel as though you’re on top of your game there’s still plenty of good reasons to continue attending workshops, courses and classes. Photography is a…
History of Self Portraiture And Great Ways To Do It
In the modern world all of the major social media platforms are swamped with ‘selfies’ but it might surprise you to realize that this is nothing new; and the main difference between the present day and the past is the ease of creating self portraits rather than the desire to do so. With a smartphone…
Best Free Ways Of Promoting Your Photography Business
One of the most important aspects of running a successful photography business is creating an impactful marketing strategy that will help you to thrive and grow. It can be a dizzying prospect to try to design an effective marketing strategy but if you hire outside professionals the costs can soon spiral and will, in many…
All You Need To Know About Open And Closed Composition
Composition is one of the most important aspects of photography that sets the scene for the interplay between the subject, the background and the viewer of the image. The way that a photograph is composed entirely changes the impact that it has on audiences and even the most subtle differences can have a huge impact!…
All You Need To Know About Silhouette Photography
Silhouette photography is a unique artform which can capture the dramatic nature of shape and form in a clear and visually stunning way. A fantastic silhouette photograph will jump right off the page and fully engage the viewer in the scene. There are, however, several technical and practical pieces of knowledge that you’ll have to…
Everything You Need To Know About Family Photography
Family portraits are one of the best ways to treasure the shared memories and experiences that have been built up together but taking the perfect portrait isn’t just a matter of pointing and shooting. As a photographer, working with families to take their portraits is a satisfying, reliable and fairly profitable genre to specialize in….
Great Ways In Which You Can Monetize Your Photography Website
Running a photography website is one of the best ways to get your photography in front of a large worldwide audience. It’s exciting, fun and rewarding to get feedback and to put your work in online galleries that can lead to unexpected job offers and opportunities in the future. However, it’s also hard work and…
Ways In Which You Can Photograph Yourself Like A Professional
Selfies have flooded the internet in recent years but, as a general rule, they are low quality and limited by the length of people’s arms! Using your phone is a convenient way to quickly snap a picture of yourself in a memorable location but you can get much better results if you use a professional…
All You Need To Know About Selecting A Lens For Videography
When you’re choosing what lens to use in your own videography it’s important to understand the range of options that are available to you and how the lens that you are using can impact on every aspect of your work. When selecting a lens you need to adapt to the situation and the scenario that…