Do you know how to light an elf or an airplane? Can you do it with small flashes? Photographer Joe McNally has and shares the secrets and the results in this unusual book on photography lighting.

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Bogen Imaging will be hosting a free webinar on how to take amazing photos of the beautiful fall foliage, titled “Capturing the Brilliance of Fall: Roundtable with Adam Barker.” The webinar will be held on Friday, September 18th, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. The webinar will provide fall foliage photo tips that include, composition, exposure, filters, and lens selection. It will be lead by Adam Barker, who specializes in landscape photography and David Fisher, Bogen Imaging’s webinar host. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nick Kelsh’s new tutorial DVD, “How to Photograph Your Baby,” provides parents a step-by-step look at how to expertly frame, light and compose display-worthy photos of their children. Kelsh’s three main concepts - get closer to your baby, find the right light, and take multiple shots - are illuminated by clear examples and easy-to-follow demonstrations. Additional sections include tips on capturing the personality of your child as well as framing and display recommendations. Photographs composed under Nick’s guidance take on a personal, emotional touch - something that can never be achieved in a generic photography studio. Read the rest of this entry »

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So, you’ve heard about microstock and thought about selling your images that way. It sounds like easy money, just uploading photos and waiting for a buyer to come along. Well, there is a little more to it than that. Not to worry, here’s a condensed introduction. Let’s start at the beginning.

First step is to sign up with a microstock agency and apply for a contributor account. Upon approval, you can start uploading pictures. Some will get accepted, some will not. You learn from your rejections until eventually, they become a rarity. In the meantime, your portfolio grows and with it comes sales. You cash out, impress your friends, and go back to uploading more photos.
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers. by Martin Evening. ADOBE PRESS published by Peachpit Press August, 2008. ISBN 0-321-55561-9.

Martin Evening guides fellow photographers through Lightroom 2 in this book. The how and why are presented like a session in Lightroom. The philosophy of flexibility is continued from Evening’s Lightroom 1 guide, with more solid examples, details, pointers, tips and great photography.

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What camera gear is essential? This is an interesting question with a lot of possible answers. It’s going to be different for every photographer and even from job to job. The question came from one of my Twitter contacts who saw one of my photos and asked, “What gear do you think is essential when you go shooting?” I told him it depended on what I was shooting and he then amended his question to, “what do you carry with you at all times…for a beginner to use?”
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