Photography Tips and Solutions

In-Camera Artistry: Using Any Light Source 12/11/2012

In real estate the mantra is "location, location, location." For some photographers the same priority applies, but for wedding and portrait photographer Jerry Ghionis, it goes, "light, light, light." For him, light has the ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, and he sets out to prove it in this hundred-plus-minute...

Guerilla Shooting on the High Line with Off-Camera Flash 12/04/2012

Off-camera flash is usually associated with studio environments. However, in this twenty-five minute presentation, professional photographer Robert Harrington addresses a group that is about to go to a nearby location for some “guerilla-style" shooting. For Harrington, this style provides an opportunity to throw planning out the window...

The Thrill of Victory: Sports Photography 12/03/2012

There are two cardinal rules for capturing great sports photographs. First, know your equipment, and second, know the sport. There are several secondary rules that are just as important and all of these, plus more, are covered in Jeff Cable’s extensive ninety-plus-minute presentation.

Holiday 2012: Wireless Flash 11/30/2012

Wireless flash is a highly effective tool that provides you with near-complete freedom to use your on-camera or studio strobes in any configuration to help you best achieve the lighting you desire. Wireless flash is, as the name states, a way for you to fire your flash or group of flashes remotely without having a physical, corded...

Hands-On Review: the Canon G15 11/27/2012

The Canon G series has long been considered an advanced, high end point-and-shoot camera, and for good reasons. The PowerShot G15 carries on in this tradition and in this five-minute overview, Larry Becker covers all the reasons why this camera is so powerful.

Pixels After Dark: Shooting the Night 11/27/2012

Shooting at night has obvious disadvantages and is arguably more difficult. But as with all things difficult, there are always positives. One of those is that controlling errant daylight is not an issue—it’s dark.

Holiday 2012: Tools for a Successful Lightroom Workflow 11/11/2012

Since the workflow concerning the primary use of digital cameras differs greatly from traditional film methodologies, new technologies exist to greater benefit this rapidly changing and evolving means of image production. With film-based photography, keeping an archive of your work meant physical, archival storage and required space and...

The Leica M Rangefinder 11/06/2012

Leica cameras occupy a unique place in the photographic world. For many, the cameras are way out of reach, and for others, ownership is dreamt of and worked toward. Regardless of which camp one occupies, this almost seventy-minute presentation by Leica’s National Sales Manager, Jim Wagner, has the potential to entertain everyone, owners...

Registration Counts: How to Copyright Your Images 10/25/2012

Millions of photographs are taken daily, and many of those are immediately posted to social media sites without a second thought. And that’s OK for most people. However, if you are considering using your pictures commercially, or are concerned about other people using your photos without permission, then copyright becomes a front-and-...

Introduction to Creating Outstanding Photography Books, Sponsored by A&I Books 10/22/2012

Desktop publishing has empowered many of us to do things that would have been just a dream a couple of decades ago. A&I Book Publishing is one avenue available to the photographer who wants to share their work, either as a single gift copy, or to create small book runs for professional promotion.

Perfect Light in Any Location 10/15/2012

When the lighting is perfect, shooting a wedding is easy. But that doesn’t happen often, perhaps an hour outdoors at the end of a sunny day. What about the rest of the occasion? Professional photographer Moshe Zusman comes to the rescue with a series of solutions that can work in any location.

A Lifetime of Sports Photography, Sponsored by Canon 10/12/2012

The title belies the content. Sports Illustrated photographer Damian Strohmeyer has spent twenty-plus years photographing sports for the world's largest sports magazine, everywhere from the frozen tundra of Green Bay's Lambeau Field to The Big House at the University of Michigan, from Fenway Park to Yankee Stadium.

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