Excellent composition is a key structure of good imagery and when done well will add great value to your pictures. Regardless of which type of photography we participate in, the rules of composition remain the same.
January 5th, 2009 | 0 comments | ContinuedArchive for Barbara House
Barbara House is an avid photography hobbyist and the face behind Shutterbug Source Photography Tips. After falling in love with photography in 2001, she has become dedicated to providing resources to other photography enthusiasts through this weblog - as well as pursuing her own photography career and becoming active in the photography community internationally.
Landscape Photography Tips
Landscape photography is one of the toughest forms of photography; it demands a great deal of care when selecting a location to shoot. One of the biggest mistakes amateur photographers make when arriving at a scene is to start shooting straight away. They end up shooting dull, lifeless images that lack colour and impact.
November 14th, 2008 | 6 comments | Continued
Promote Your Photography Site - Part 2
As discussed earlier in part 1 of promoting your photography site - photography directories are certainly the best way to start promoting your images and business. The second and another great way to get visitors to your site is by using photography forums.
November 12th, 2008 | 4 comments | Continued
Promote Your Photography Site - Part 1
You may have spent a great deal of time and money creating the perfect Website - your photography images may be superb, but if people cannot find your site your images and talent along with your business may become a white elephant.
November 10th, 2008 | 3 comments | Continued
Wedding Photography Tips
Wedding photography can be very rewarding for a professional photographer, but for a beginner it may seem like a daunting task. But don’t worry - if you are capable of taking great images and willing to prepare in advance, the job is not that hard.
November 7th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
Triangles and Diamonds - Building Blocks For a Great Portrait
As a child when you first started stacking things (blocks for example); you probably learned some things you have forgotten by now. In the beginning, we all tend to just put things directly on top of each other just to see how high we can go. It may be fun at the time, but this [...]
November 5th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
Shadows - The Forgotten Element That Can Make (Or Break) A Photograph!
As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on…
Isn’t the very WORD - photograph - ancient Greek for writing with light? (Photo = light, graph = to write) Maybe it’s Latin, I’m doing this from memory.
In our obsession, we buy studio lights so we [...]
Better Photo Tips - Studio Light Patterns
Hair Lights, Back Lights, and Barn Doors, oh my! Studio Lighting can be very overwhelming when you first start getting into it. Some photographers out there have thousands of dollars of accessories associated with their studio setup. The good news is, you don’t have to be rich to enter into the world of studio [...]
October 31st, 2008 | 3 comments | Continued
Travel Photography Tips
Summer time is the perfect time for snap happy people, and for anyone heading to an exotic destination for a well deserved break. Tourists all over the world capture priceless memories forever and their top-quality images are then stored away never to be seen by anyone.
October 29th, 2008 | 4 comments | Continued
