October's Cuppa Joe Contest Winners…
Congratulations to the winners of our first monthly photo contest. And thanks to everyone who submitted an entry. We received an excellent selection and were really impressed with the quality of the images. So keep up the good work! You can take a look at the winning photos, here: ** First Place goes to EP [...]
November's Photo Challenge Theme: Photos for All Seasons
November's theme is Photos for All Seasons and it includes images that depict the anticipation of new activities, holidays, and temperatures. This is a great theme to bring in the holiday season, with lots of opportunities for you to submit your best images…
Photo Composition Tip: How to Remove Clutter From Your Photographs
Dear Reader, For today's practical photo composition tip of the week, I'd like to offer you some advice you can use no matter what kind of picture you're taking - from family photos at a birthday party… to cityscapes… to pictures of your living room for use when you're selling your house. And that advice is: [...]
How to Fake Morning Light
By Michael Ray in Pittsburg, PA. In my opinion, one of the toughest things to do in food photography and professional photography is to translate the client's words into the photographic medium. For example, "I want this to look like it's 7:00AM on a Sunday morning in the month of April." Or a client might [...]
How to Add Action to Your Photographs
Dear Reader, It's my mission each week to offer you practical tips you can use to immediately improve your photos. To find ideas, I've been looking through the photo-contest entries (this month's theme is Cuppa Joe -- all things coffee-related), and I came across a wonderful image full of interest for the eye. How did [...]
An Easy Way to Add Interest to Your Photographs
Dear Reader, A typical problem with photos is that nothing in them grabs a viewer's eye. Take a look at this image submitted in October's photo contest: See how the colors in this shot are all basically a monochromatic blue? Technically, this photograph is exposed well and the water is crisp and clear. The coffee [...]
How To Improve Your Indoor Photographs
Dear Reader, A typical problem with photos shot indoors is often that you're shooting under artificial lighting. Take a look at this image that was submitted in this October's photo contest: See how yellow the light looks in this picture? This is from incandescent bulbs, which emit a low level of light; towards the [...]
October’s Theme is Cuppa Joe…
October’s theme is Cuppa Joe; it includes everything coffee… •Photos depicting our escalating appetite for all manners of coffee •Still life with coffee presses, beans, cups/mugs etc.… •Tantalizing photos of coffee-flavored desserts •Photos from the neighborhood café you frequent, or pictures of yourself indulging with coworkers in the coffee room •Travel to coffee growing countries [...]
Do You Have Fall Foliage Shots?
Do You Have Any Fall Foliage Shots, EIGHT TIPS FOR GETTING THE BEST FALL FOLIAGE SHOTS: HOW TO MAKE YOUR PHOTOS STAND OUT,
Five Ways to Take Salable Shots of Familiar (and Not-So-Familiar) Places
FIVE TIPS FOR MAKING YOUR PHOTOS DIFFERENT… AND EASIER TO SELL,
When you think of San Francisco -- which is where the group of us taking the Ultimate Photography Workshop currently find ourselves -- you think of the Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Golden Gate Park, and perhaps North Beach and Chinatown. Setting up a studio
