March 2010

How to Take Great Photos during a Family Sailing Vacation

One of the most important things in a sailing vacation is the photos. After all, how else can you capture the moment and freeze it forever than record your experiences through photographs? Although there are video cameras that may record every scene and even every word that is spoken, there is still magic in photographs. [...]

Photography Through the Ages

When you see videos of the early developers of photography, it’s pretty funny especially in light of photography today. In those old movies, to get a picture, the camera was as big as a computer is today. The photographer had to put his head under a sheet and hold up a huge tripod which exploded [...]

A Career In Fashion Photography

We see them everywhere, in Magazines, on the Run Way, in advertisements on TV. They are the slender women strutting their stuff or extra ordinary Beauties with their sultry looks flashing their pearly whites while wearing the newest Styles from the hottest Designers. We are talking about the fashion models of today, yesterday and tomorrow. [...]

Videography Tips from the Pros

Making videos or “videography” is a different animal from photography. When you are trying to capture great pictures for a portrait or an event, you think in terms of still shots. In your mind the objective is “what will make a great picture.” Video opens up whole scenes to be captured on film, for better [...]

Photo Editing the News

With the advent of digital photography, news has become closer and more immediate. A combat photographer embedded with troops in Iraq can shoot a hundred pictures while out with the soldiers, and have them on his editor’s server minutes after he gets back, thanks to the magic of the Internet. However, with digital photography comes [...]