Understanding White Balance

White balance is something many beginners struggle with. The main problem with understanding white balance is that the goal is always moving – making it hard for us to realize what’s going on. This article explains white balance in photography simply, by starting at the beginning. Automatic White Balance Most modern digital cameras come shipped … Read more

How to Shoot Bright, Beautiful Photos of Snow – Top Tip Explained

A well exposed photo of snow showing detail in the shadow areas and no burn out in the highlights

Are your photos of snow gray and lifeless? Do your skiing pictures turn out dull? Learn how to make them look beautiful using this rarely used camera setting. Take a look at this photo of a snow covered path: Notice how the snow is dark and dull. But snow isn’t like that. Fresh snow is … Read more

Best Lens for Street Photography

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Typically in the fashion style of street photography models are posed on sidewalks and in other public places. Most street photographers wouldn’t recognize this as their art. More commonly labeled street photography is the more covert, reportage style which records contemporary society. It captures single moments in time and records a diary of sorts for … Read more

Urban Fashion Photography Tips

Experienced photographers know that urban areas offer tremendous avenues for expressing their fashion photography ideas. In addition to offering more convenient and easily accessible locales for their shoots, taking advantage of urban landscapes often presents opportunities to display new fashion ideas against a backdrop of cultural relevance that really scores with the intended viewing audience. … Read more

Amazing Iceberg Photography

Icebergs are beautiful, stunning and powerful. Camille Seaman has taken some amazing photographs of icebergs and, in this video, shows us some of them and talks about her work. After you’ve watched the video, scroll down the page to the links to other amazing iceberg photographs. Impressive Iceberg Photography In the video Camille Seaman describes … Read more