Photography is all about creativity and… well, sometimes I get stuck because my creativity just isn’t flowing. Inspiration comes in many forms. This time, for me, it was in the free photo toolbox from Photofocus. Take a look at what the toolbox’s camera profiles can do. Camera profiles are custom
Let’s take a look at what the difference between Lightroom (and Camera Raw) Presets and Profiles are. They each have their place for your photography workflow. Preset or profile? While, on the surface, it can seem like they do the same things, they actually work very differently — and we
Anytime your subject is not facing directly into the camera you need to pay attention to where their eyes are looking and how they are framed in the eye sockets. Face over there, eyes over here Photographing a person’s profile or making a no-look portrait adds variety to your shoot
As some of you might now know, I am the kind of person that can be a perfectionist, but sometimes I also can be lazy. Reaaaaaaally lazy. Perhaps you can relate, you know, when you just don’t want to do anything complicated, you just want to have fun! That’s exactly how
As photographers, we often put the focus on our client’s image, rather than our own. But having something as simple as a professional headshot shouldn’t be something we only recommend for clients — after all, we’re professionals too. A headshot is often the first impression someone has of you, so
Last week, Facebook announced plans to change its News Feed algorithm. As with any change that Facebook makes, this was met with some backlash from its users — even before it’s been initiated. Usually, I’m one to wait things out, but with Facebook promising to make personal content more important
A classic pose you can use to add variety to every shoot is a profile. This is done with the person’s face looking 90 degrees to the side of the camera so that you see only the outline of the face. It’s a striking picture, and you’ll see that some
Anytime you turn your subject’s face away from the camera, you run the risk of emphasizing the size of her nose, and in all the pictures I’ve ever made, no one has ever said, “I wish you’d made my nose look bigger.” The most important thing in a portrait is
I started photography by shooting film in high school just before the turn of the century, and I don’t miss film one bit. Its so wonderful to see a photograph on the back of the camera and see how the composition and the highlights are working, and then make changes.
I wanted to give you a little perspective on today’s quote. Be sure to read Scott’s article on her. Here’s an excerpt from a documentary about her work. Thanks to the Getty museum for posting :http://bit.ly/gettygoogleplus [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQPS3KI5-yM -A] Dorothea Lange’s stirring images of migrant farmers and the unemployed have become
