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  • Travel Photography: Choosing a Location
    If you are a professional travel photographer, chances are that you won’t get to choose the location for your next assignment But if you are just starting out, creating your own assignments is a great way of building your portfolio and gaining some valuable experience
  • Selling Your Photography: Sales Outlets
    If you’ve been taking photos for a while now and are thinking of turning professional, trying to turn your hobby into a part time business, or just want to make a little extra cash to pay for the new lens you’ve been drooling over, there are many options for sales outlets This article takes a look at just some of the possibilities
  • Travel Photography: Traveling With Gear
    There is a mind numbing amount of considerations when packing for your photography trip Such as which lenses you will need, how you are going to store your photos and how you are going to carry it all around
  • Travel Photography: Planning Your Trip
    Whether you are on a professional assignment or just planning to take some photos on your annual holiday, by putting some effort into planning your trip properly you will be able to maximize your time and produce better results It all comes down to research and knowing what to expect once you get there
  • Beginning In Photography: White Balance
    Ever wonder why some photos have a yellow or blue color cast Why did this happen
  • Beginning In Photography: Focus
    It seems a simple concept: make sure the thing you’re taking a photo of is sharp But there is much more to the simple act of focusing on your subject
  • Selling Your Photography: Choosing A Stock Agency
    For photographers wanting to get into the stock photography business, it is important to look closely at any agency that you are thinking of submitting work to Choosing the agency that is right for you could be the difference between success and failure
  • Selling Your Photos: Stock Photography
    Stock Photography agencies can be something of an enigma to beginning photographers Unless you understand how they work, and what they expect from photographers, it can be difficult to begin selling your work through agencies
  • Travel Photography: Photographing Cultures And People
    As a travel photographer, one of the most interesting and rewarding subjects to capture is the many different cultures and people the world has to offer Photographing people also brings its share of challenges
  • Travel Photography: Photos That Sell
    It may seem a glamorous lifestyle to travel the world, photographing its huge variety of cultures and landmarks, but it is also an expensive lifestyle Most photographers, professional and amateur, must fund their trips out of their own pockets
  • Djemma EL-FNA: The World’s Oldest Living Circus
    For centuries the heart and soul of Marrakech, where people come to meet, eat, shop and be entertained, Djemma el-Fna today remains the city’s lifeblood A place where you can be enthralled by snake charmers and acrobats, have your hands tattooed in henna, bargain over the price of dates and spices and when it all becomes too much, retire to one of the rooftop cafes to take in the spectacle with a glass of mint tea
  • Beginning In Photography: Shooting In Low Light
    Shooting in low light can produce some stunning results Colors are richer in the early and late hours of the day, and subjects such as buildings that are dull and uninteresting during daytime take on an entirely new persona lit up at night
  • Beginning In Photography: Tripod: Friend Or Foe?
    They’re heavy, expensive, conspicuous, take time to set up and take apart again In short, tripods are a nuisance
  • Beginning In Photography: Composition
    It is one of the most essential elements to taking pictures It can either make or break a photo
  • Beginning In Photography: Choosing A Camera
    You’ve been snapping away with your nifty little point and shoot camera for a while now and you’ve discovered you really like taking pictures and want to get more creative and have more control over your photos Naturally the next step is to upgrade to an SLR camera
  • Beginning In Photography: Choosing The Right Lens
    There is a dizzying array of choices when it comes to choosing lenses for SLR cameras From wide angle to telephoto, zoom to prime lenses, fish eye, fast lenses, wide aperture lenses, the choice seems to be impossible
  • Beginning In Photography: Exposure Basics
    So you’ve just bought a shiny new SLR camera huh And a lens or two to go with it
  • Real Travel: The Difference Between Traveling And Going On Holiday
    Now, more than ever, we travel We pack our suitcases, make sure we haven’t forgotten the sunscreen, stick our passport in our back pocket and head for the door
  • Travel Photography: Creating Your Own Luck
    Ok So you’ve read up on the technical side of taking great photos
  • Along The Great Ocean Road
    It has been called one of the most beautiful stretches of highway in the world, curving around rugged coastline and dense forest, through picturesque seaside towns and green, fertile farmland The Great Ocean Road offers some of the most varied landscapes in Australia along its 300km’s
  • Bad Weather, Good Light: Being Flexible With Your Photography
    We’ve all sat, staring out of our window and cursing at the rain poring down or the flat, grey sky that just happened to cloud over on few hours we’ve managed to set aside in our busy schedule to head out and shoot some photos But all is not lost for the opportunistic and well prepared photographer
  • Pressed For Time In Sydney
    Much has been written and said about Sydney’s harbor, and with good reason The harbor boasts one of the world’s most recognizable views, dominated by two icons in the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge
  • To Market, To Market. A Short Tour Of London's Borough Market.
    There is nothing quite like the sights and smells of a bustling market London’s Borough Market, located in Southwark, just a few minutes walk from Tower Bridge, literally smacks the visitor in the face with its abundance of culinary choices
  • Sensoji Temple: The Heart Of Tokyo
    The spiritual heart of Asakusa, and for that matter Tokyo, is the impressive Sensoji Buddhist Temple Built sometime in the 7th century before Tokyo was even Edo, to house the golden statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, which, according to legend was fished out of the nearby Simudagawa, by two local fisherman brothers
  • Successful Travel Photography: Do Your Homework
    How many times have you come back from a trip disappointed with the images you’ve taken How many times have you though to yourself “If only I’d been there an hour early
  • Photographing Landmarks: Find Your Angle
    How many times have you taken the perfect shot of that famous building or monument that you couldn’t wait to show to your family or friends, or submit to a stock agency, only to slowly realize that it is only one of thousands of similar perfect shots of that particular icon If I was asked that question, my answer would have to be “More times that I care to count”
  • Travel Photography Starts At Home
    Are you a budding travel photographer with all the required skills but not the time to travel to the locations to take those one in a million shots you’ve been dreaming of You feel you are ready to take the leap and launch your photography career but can’t afford to give up the 9 to 5 just yet

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