Step Up From Smart Phone to Camera

Step Up From Smart Phone to Camera

Thinking about taking the leap from yoru smartphone to a camera? Here are a few things you might like to know. My wife loves shooting with her smart phone and she wants to get into photography, what should I do? I literally get asked this via email or text at least 3x...
How Good is Good Enough?

How Good is Good Enough?

A question I’m often asked by both photography students and business associates is “Why should I buy a camera when my phone takes really good pictures?” or “Why should we hire a “Pro” when our staff can take good pictures with their phones?” Nobody can really answer...
Has photography become too easy?

Has photography become too easy?

As a professional photographer, marketing professional and instructor I often ask myself this question. In fact, no question in photography is more important to me, my work clients or my photography students. Everyone is a photographer these days, and that’s a...
10 Composition Tips

10 Composition Tips

I often profess that there are 4 ingredients to a compelling image in photography. 1. Subject 2. Composition 3. Light and 4. Color. They don’t need to be present in equal proportions but all great images contain these in varying amounts and proportions. Since...
How to create a compelling image

How to create a compelling image

Recipe for success I’ve stated in more than one photo workshop that making a compelling image is a combination of many things but in my mind there are four main ingredients that keep it pretty simple: Subject, Composition, Light and Color. They don’t have to be in...
Challenge Yourself

Challenge Yourself

Experimentation is key to growing your photography One of a photographers biggest hurdles is to constantly challenge ourselves in order for our photography to grow. We tend to find favorite subjects, settings, lenses and techniques because we have become comfortable...

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