Posts under ‘Photography’

In the voting for top honors in famous photography, a lot of votes would surely go to “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. There have even been reenactments of this most unique of famous photography, as well as a Clint Eastwood movie, “Flags of Our Fathers” (2006). It was not exactly your regular travel photography assignment. read more..

Digital photography has become a popular hobby as more and more people want to know what digital photography is. Everyone is pretty familiar with older, standard cameras such as Polaroids, cameras that use film and disposable cameras. But when it comes to what digital photography is, it may be a little unclear. Just a few basic pieces of information will get you up and running, ready to take some of the best pictures you’ve ever taken! ADVANTAGES OF USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY read more..

The Center for Creative Photography is in the prestigious University of Arizona Libraries in the United States of America. Although some art historians would argue that a museum devoted to creative photography should really be in Europe, where photography originated, the University of Arizona beat them to it. However, the Center for Creative Photography is devoted to works of twentieth century North American photographers. So, that should keep the Europeans happy. read more..

Whether you are a professional looking to perfect your craft or an average Joe looking to brush up on your basic camera skills, tips for taking digital photographs could be helpful to you. Many professional photographers actively seek out tricks of the trade, but because just about everyone these days owns a digital camera, basic tips are often sought out as well. read more..

Although there will probably always be a need for bricks and mortar photography studios, the savvy photographer is going mobile. It can be too much of a hassle in time and gas money to bring yourself to a photography studio, so you need to go to the customers, instead. When the customers don’t have to pay for travel, they tend to spend on extra prints. Even premier professional portrait photographer Annie Liebovitz went to the Queen of England instead of the other way around. read more..

Anyone interested in learning about digital photography should know that the Internet is going to be one of the best resources that they have available to them. On the Internet you can find an array of different online digital photography tutorials, which will help you to learn more about the field of digital photography and on how to get started. read more..

There are about as many varieties of art photography as there are photographers. Although you could probably argue that your beach vacation snapshots could be called art, you won’t find a gallery to hang them. But if you did something extremely different and interesting with your beach photograph, such as go to a beach entirely made up of different colored beach balls rather than a real beach, then that might qualify as art photography. Let’s look at some of the varieties seen in galleries today. read more..

Taking photos is great fun, but we all know the perils of chopping heads off, giving people red eyes and missing half the people out of the photo altogether. That’s why it can be a good idea to get some professional instruction, so that we can get the best out of the photos we take – even if we only take our cameras on vacation with us every year and they seldom come out otherwise. read more..

Most people’s photographs will never be mistaken for art photography. Because cameras are available to most people, they might not consider photography worth of being hung up in a museum. All you have to do is point and shoot, right? Not exactly. Walking through a photography gallery or wing at your local museum is nothing like having to endure your friend’s slides of Bermuda. read more..

There are millions of things that people want to photograph at night. Most camera enthusiast pull out their camera and snap on or two low light digital photographs and give up. The photos are normally to gull of flecks and appear so grainy that the person becomes discouraged and stops playing with low light digital photography. read more..