Having a group or a solo exhibition is without a doubt one of the best experiences an artist can have. Not only can you show off your work, but you also have a unique opportunity to talk to people who have come to see your photography. Apart from developing a great body of work, you need to think about promoting your exhibition. By publicizing your work you will attract the attention of potential buyers, curators, fellow artists and members of the public. With careful planning you can turn this task into a fun and easy exercise.
One Brief Moment
"A photograph is a stop in time for just one brief moment." – Charles Dobbs PhotographyArchive
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Whether you consider yourself selling a service or a product, there are two fundamental sides to most small businesses, including photography businesses: the product/service side and the business/marketing side. Most of our energy goes into the product side (improving skills, learning about new equipment… just trying to get better at what we do). The business side is not studied as often; however, that is going to be the subject of this discussion. The focus of our attention will be on developing a sound business strategy.
via The Business of Photography: Establishing a Business Strategy.
Grand landscapes provide some of the most eye catching and awe inspiring photographs. More times than not it is this type of image that dominates our preconceived vision of what we strive to capture when we head out the door with our camera. The reality is that grand landscapes, while stunning and eye catching, often distract us from other eye catching and inspiring photo subjects.
via 5 Tips to Discover Intimate vs. Grand Landscape & Nature Photography.
No “graphic photographs” do not have anything to do with adult themed images. Graphical photography is an image style that utilizes shape, geometry and color to resemble something that might be drawn or designed. Photographs that are considered graphic in nature have distinct curves & lines, color contrast and highlight geometry with in a particular scene.
Do you ever wonder if an image is real or not? Maybe you just want to know if it has been digitally enhanced in some way. This is a very cool tool to do just that!
Subjects who wear eye glasses can offer a unique difficulty for photographers. First, there’s the dilemma of whether they should wear them or not will they not feel & look like themselves without them? Are they hiding fabulous eyes behind those glasses? And then there’s the problem of glare and reflection. An attentive photographer will pay attention to this factor, but it does cause issues and where a photo might be perfectly composed and lit, but a little glare in the glasses can throw the whole thing off.
Focus stacking is a technique used to increase depth of field in a shot with post production. This works especially well for shots using long lens and in this case, a macro lens. Let’s go back to some photography 101 here. There are three factors that will affect depth of field or ‘bokeh’:
1. Focal length. Essentially the longer your lens, the more shallow your depth of field is.
2. Distance to subject. The nearer you are to your subject, the shallower your depth of field is and it very much applies to macro lens.
3. Aperture settings. The more you open up the aperture of your lens, the resulting image has a shallower depth of field. This, however, does not matter as much where the photo above is concerned.
