The 7 Essential Rules of Street Photography

The 7 Essential Rules of Street Photography At one point, street photography looked like it wasn’t going to be around as a mainstream genre for a long time, but in the past few years, things have changed dramatically. More than ever before, people are taking street photos with just about every kind of camera they can get their hands...

Easy Portrait Lighting Tips for Beginner Photographers

Easy Portrait Lighting Tips for Beginner Photographers If you ask me, one of the toughest parts of being a beginning photographer is lighting. And I'm not just talking about using complex artificial lighting setups either... Even just using simple natural lighting can be a daunting task, too. The task then, is to figure out how to use light to...

Maternity Photography Tips for Absolute Beginners

Maternity Photography Tips for Absolute Beginners Photo by Rachel Higgins Whether you just want to take better photos of your pregnant wife or you're an experienced photographer trying to make it in the maternity photography industry, you have to start somewhere with learning how to make better maternity portraits. In many cases, traditional...

How to Take Better Portraits in Five Steps

How to Take Better Portraits in Five Steps Ok, ok... There are WAY more than five steps to creating a truly epic portrait. However, you don't have to follow every single portrait photography tip ever written to see a change for the better in the images you take of family, friends, and clients. That's where this list comes in. With...

5 Ways to Make Your Maternity Photography More Unique

5 Ways to Make Your Maternity Photography More Unique Photo by Marina Strachan Photography Sometimes it seems like all the good ideas for photography have been used up, doesn't it? This is especially true of maternity photography, where moms tend to be posed in the same way, standing in the same location, wearing the same wardrobe as the next...

4 Ways to Use a Camera Remote to Improve Your Portraits

4 Ways to Use a Camera Remote to Improve Your Portraits The chances are that you know what a camera remote is and that among other things, it helps you get sharper photos. After all, by not having to hold the camera and instead mounting it to a tripod and using a remote, you don't have to worry about things like using a shutter speed that's fast...

A Guide to the Perfect Portrait

A Guide to the Perfect Portrait What's so great about portraiture is that you have a never-ending supply of subjects available to you, each with his or her own unique look. Beyond that, there are a ton of different types of portraits, from headshots to action shots to indoor and outdoor portraits and everything in...