In her courses at BetterPhoto's digital photography school online, Deborah Sandidge shares her thoughts on visualizing creative artistic options. Says Deb:
"You can do this with your photography before you make the picture, by thinking about how you wish the end result to be portrayed."
Don't miss her tips and techniques, and a very innovative look at Orlando, Florida, in her BetterPhoto Instructor Insights blog:
Create Artistic Photos by Visualizing Your Options
Enjoy!
Kerry
Pro photographer Jim Zuckerman has traveled the world in search of great stock shots, But, for him, "the most exciting forms to photograph in nature are icebergs. The combination of aquamarine and deep blue along with the snow and ice is incredible, and the forms are out of this world."
Adds Jim I have never seen icebergs as beautiful as the ones I shot in Antarctica. I was breathless in shooting them."
Read more in his BetterPhoto Instructor Insights photography blog:
Photographing Art in Nature: Icebergs
Have fun checking out his stunning Anctarctica iceberg photos!
Kerry
In his longtime association with Outdoor Photographer magazine and in his work as a photo book author, Rob Sheppard has reviewed and compared many products. In his latest blog at BetterPhoto Instructor Insights, Rob takes on noise reduction software. His favorite is Nik Dfine, but read all about it here:
Digital Noise Reduction: Reviewing the Options
Enjoy checking it out!
Kerry
One of the most important things a photographer can do as he or she is looking at a subject - or checking out images - is ask a simple question, "What is this photograph about?" So says Rob Sheppard, BetterPhoto instructor and Outdoor Photographer magazine editor-at-large.
When you know the answer to that question on photo design, writes Rob, then you can decide what you need to do to make the photo clearly say what you want it to say.
"I see this all the time in student’s work from my classes (including at the BetterPhoto.com online photography school, where everyone submits photos for critique in each lesson). Photographic composition can get confused because the photographer is taking a picture of a subject rather than looking to see what the photograph is really about."
Read more of Rob's thoughts and tips in his BetterPhoto Instructor Insights photography blog:
Photo Design: An Important Question to Ask Yourself
Have fun reading this very interesting - and helpful - photo blog!
Kerry
Pro photographer Ibarionex R. Perello loves shooting along the streets of cities, including Los Angeles. With great natural light and excellent portrait subjects, he captures many memorable images with his street photography.
Check out Ibarionex's BetterPhoto Instructor Insights photography blog:
Street Photography and the Pursuit of Light
Enjoy reading!
Kerry
Does a photo really need to have a focal point in order for it to be a success? Ask this question at a camera club, says pro photographer Rob Sheppard, "and you will surely get a lively discussion. It is actually not an easy question to answer because … it depends!"
Read more of Rob's thoughts on photo composition in his excellent BetterPhoto Instructor Insights photography blog:
Photo Composition: Is a Focal Point Required?
By the way, Rob Sheppard teaches many excellent online photo courses at the BetterPhoto digital photography school, including Composition Boot Camp.
Enjoy reading Rob's photo blog!
Kerry
Here's a great quote by famous photographer Ansel Adams:
"You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved."
Nature photographer Brenda Tharp shares that quote - plus her thoughts on personal vision with outdoor photography - in a new photo blog. Read Brenda's post at BetterPhoto Instructor Insights here:
Creative Photography: The Influences of Personal Vision
Enjoy reading!
Kerry
To make the bests of a great subject, says pro photographer Deborah Sandidge, try a fish eye lens. And the closer you get to your subject, the more interesting the results.
Deb wrote a great photography blog on the subject at BetterPhoto Instructor Insights. Read her blog here:
Along with some fine tips and techniques, the blog also includes some eye-catching photos. Plus, she pushes the surreal factor by incorporating infrared photography with the fisheye photography look.
Have fun reading and being creative!
Kerry
BetterPhoto.com may be education oriented - with interactive online photography courses on all subjects - BetterPhoto also offers terrific websites for photographers - for photo sharing, photo marketing, and photo selling. These sites come with many designs and options, in addition to your own domain name. Best yet, a BetterPhoto web site is quick to set up and easy to maintain.
The prices are excellent too, but with the 2-for-1 Super Sale that's going on now - January 12th and 13th, 2010 - it's an especially great bargain. Get two years for the price of one! And if you already have a Pro or Deluxe BetterPholio web site for photographers, you can renew for the same deal - 2 for 1. Plus, even if your expiration date is sometime in the future, you might want to consider renewing now - two years added to your current expiration date (again, for the price of a one-year renewal).
