If you’re looking for inspiration, there are plenty of people who will tell you to visit 500px.com. It’s true, you can find plenty of inspiring photos there. You can also find yourself lost in the muck without any sense of direction. Here are my thoughts on how to use 500px to find the photos that…
I’m concentrating more on portrait photography these days. Like many other photographers without a dedicated space, I spend a fair amount of time finding photography locations. Fortunately, I have friends who are far better at it than I am. One possibility that I’d never considered suddenly opened up some interesting possibilities – AIRBNB. You may…
Despite hours of planning, everyone occasionally runs into problems finding the light. It happened to me this past weekend. We have a local community of photographers, models, and make-up artists who gather quarterly to meet up and do a little shooting. Saturday we met where it all began for this group, at the Maitland Art…
Portrait lighting doesn’t have to be complex. Sometimes you can get lovely results from very simple portrait lighting techniques. While it’s easy to get caught up with buying and using gear, sometimes you just don’t need it. We’ll take a look at three simple portrait lighting techniques. Here’s the really nice part. They’re inexpensive, or…
Just like last year, I joined a bunch of photographer’s to participate in Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photowalk 2014 at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. This year, I decided to change my approach. The World Wide Photowalk 2014 at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Some things never change.  Last year’s walk had a plethora of animal butts….
If you want people to see the beautiful photos on your blog, you need to write meaningful content to guide them to it. In other words, you need to know how to write for your readers. It’s the words in your post that search engines read, not your photos. You can be very descriptive with…