Tips Archive

02.07.12: Why Polite Internet “Criticism” Makes Your Photography Suck
02.02.12: Why You Should Check All Your Layers Before Saving For Web
02.02.12: Street Photography Do’s and Don’ts
02.01.12: Tips For Taking Great Food Photos Using Your Smartphone
01.04.12: Looking for a New Camera? Buy It In the First Quarter of The Year
01.02.12: How to Shoot Creative Macro Photos Using Sunlight
12.30.11: Portrait Tip: Bring Your Subject’s Smaller Eye Closer to the Camera
12.30.11: Use a Marble to Find Good Available Light
12.26.11: How to Find and Work With Models
12.22.11: Become Familiar with Your New Camera by Putting Its Manual in the Bathroom
12.21.11: Wedding Photographers: Be Careful When Using Copyrighted Music
12.19.11: Use a Christmas Wreath Case to Protect Your Beauty Dish
12.16.11: Why Camera Gear May be Safest in a Four-Wheeled Suitcase When Flying
12.16.11: Listing Your Prices the Right Way as a Photographer
12.13.11: Where Photo Businesses Should Spend Their Advertising Dollars
12.06.11: If Clichés Are So Bad, Why Do So Many of Them Win Contests?
12.03.11: Easy Ways to Exceed Client Expectations
12.03.11: A National Geographic Photographer Shares How He Got His Job
12.02.11: “Once You Learn That, You’ll Never Be the Same Again”
12.01.11: Add a Clip to Lens Caps to Make Them Easier to Hold On To
12.01.11: How to Lose $2400 in Just 24 Seconds
12.01.11: Pointing Your Finger May Help You Aim Your Camera More Accurately
11.30.11: Use a Scanner to Turn Your Small Phone Photos into Giant Prints
11.30.11: Test the Shutter Speed of Your Camera Using a TV or Monitor
11.29.11: Bluetooth Headsets Double as Wireless Shutter Releases for the iPhone
11.25.11: Use the Front Element of a Broken Canon ‘Nifty Fifty’ Lens for Macro Shots
11.25.11: Use Classical Paintings as Photo Filters Using Photoshop’s Match Color Tool
11.23.11: Use a Shoe to Remove Stuck Lens Filters
11.22.11: Want to Shoot a Portrait of Substance? Leave Out the Smiling!
11.17.11: A Simple Bookmarklet for Finding Copyright Infringements of Your Photos
11.16.11: How Quickly a Camera Bag Can Be Stolen
11.16.11: You Can Increase Sharpness a Lot by Stopping Down Just a Little
11.14.11: How to Remove a Smashed Filter That’s Stuck on a Lens
11.11.11: Lens Twist Trick: How to Lock a Lens at a Certain Aperture
11.07.11: Fiddle with Focus to Add Some Bokeh to Long Exposure Night Shots
11.07.11: A Striking Look at How Focal Length Affect Head Shots
11.05.11: How to Avoid Flash Reflections in Glasses
11.01.11: Portraits of Trick-or-Treaters in Brooklyn
10.28.11: Grndctrl Will Tell You How Long It’ll Take to Save up for That Gear You’re Eyeing
10.27.11: Protip: Pick an Unusual Vantage Point
10.26.11: Photojournalist Steve McCurry’s Advice: “Don’t Forget to Say Hello”
10.25.11: Go Motion: A Motion Blur Technique Invented for Star Wars’ AT-AT Walkers
10.20.11: Exposing to the Right May Not Be as Right as Sensors Improve
10.16.11: The Basics of Google+: 10 Tips to Help Photographers
10.15.11: When Asked to Delete Photos, Just Have This Image Handy
10.15.11: More Advice for Aspiring Photographers from Chase Jarvis
10.15.11: Tips and Tricks for Photographing Pets
10.14.11: How to Go About Editing Your Portfolio
10.13.11: How to Respond to Requests for Free Photography
10.11.11: Use a Film Canister as a Flash Diffuser