Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

Top 5 Tips for Flash Photography

sandro — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:07:23 +0000

Most photographers will rely upon flash many times when they are behind the camera. We all know that it can really help an image pop to add some general lighting. Today, more than ever, on camera ‘smart’ flashes a.k.a. ‘pop up flash’ have made fill flash images a commonality, especially with the advent of TTL [...]

10 Best Photography Apps for iPhone

sandro — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:10:16 +0000

How many times have you used your iPhone to take a quick snapshot when your camera wasn’t available or when you were in a hurry? There are multiple apps that can help you turn these casual shots into images worthy of saving and framing by applying different filters and photo-editing tools. Other apps let you [...]

Getting the Perfect Shot… Every Time

sandro — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:22:14 +0000

Photo junkies…especially those at the beginning stages of learning…are constantly seeking the Panacea of Photography, trying to find the method(s) or setting(s) that will offer the illusive perfect shot each and every time. If you have read much on this site, then you will already know the answer to this question. Some will scour the [...]

Portrait PR… Post Processing for the Portrait Photographer

sandro — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:10:12 +0000

With the days of labs, darkrooms, and chemicals long gone, the realm of digital editing using software has taken over the role of chemist and lab technician. These days, there seems to be no lack of various software pieces upon which the tech and gadget freaks (a.k.a. photographers) can spend their money. In a world [...]

Robert Capa – Famous Photojournalist

sandro — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:40:35 +0000

The wartime photojournalist, Robert Capa, is famed for his black and white images of war. One of his most famous images was the Falling Soldier, taken as a man fell in death after being shot in Spain in 1936. The image’s proper and full name is, “Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, [...]