If you want to learn how to take great eBay photos, stop for a moment and browse for just about any product on Amazon. You’ll notice a very distinctive style of image. A softly lit product in an infinite sea of white. It’s a standard and expectation that Amazon has set. Any product sold […]
Inspiration and Magic I think one of the best things about photography is that it can teach you to “really see”, not just view the world. Our five senses bring in all the information of the world around us, but it can sometimes take an intentional focus to go beyond simply being […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download On this episode: We see another example of how the world evolves and changes to accommodate compact mobile photography. I answer a listener’s question about backing up your photos. I have a nice collapsible, inexpensive, light modifying thingamajig to share with you. I define number 2 of the 3 aspects of […]
Being able to control the depth of field in your images is a REALLY powerful way to change the way your picture looks. First let’s define depth of field. Depth of field is the zone of distance in front of the camera that is in focus. Depending on your camera settings, this zone could be […]
selfie [sel-fee] noun, informal (also selfy; plural selfies) a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website On November 19, 2013, Oxford Dictionaries announced selfie as their international Word of the Year for 2013. The Oxford Dictionaries Word […]
Learning some simple techniques and what your camera can do will allow you to take CONTROL of many aspects of your photos. In this case, I’ll teach you how to “move” the background closer or farther away in your photos. What you will need: Any camera with a zoom lens. (yup, that’s it!) […]
