For too long now, I’ve heard complaints from photographers that stock photography can be stifling and bland to shoot for. Truly, many believed that to shoot for stock you had to strip out all creativity and just capture isolated objects, [...]
As a photographer, I often find myself envious of those who can capture grand panoramic vistas or elegant city skylines. I’m talking about the types of photos that just make me wish that I was the one who was there [...]
Let’s say you’ve gotten over the hump of buying your first DSLR and now you’re wondering what lenses would round out your camera setup. Every photographer has a favorite for what they shoot and I’m no different. When it comes [...]
“DOF” stands for Depth of Field and refers to the amount of your composition that the camera has in focus. Narrow DOF means that a very small part of the image is in focus, anything closer or farther away from the [...]
September 2, 2012
Insight
Long have I heard photographers lament, “I can’t submit to micro-stock sites, they only want un-processed, clean images…” There may have been a time when that was true, but istock has been throwing off the shackles and restrictions for years, [...]
TTV: Through the Viewfinder Firstly, for those of you who aren’t familiar, TTV stands for “Through the Viewfinder,” meaning that your photographs are shot through the viewfinder of another camera. This method lends a certain dreaminess and distortion to your [...]