As far as my group of photographer friends is concerned, I am an oddity. Our studio operates 9-5, Monday through Friday, with no holidays and very little emotion involved.
Specializing in headshots and commercial photography has its perks. No babies in buckets, no couches in fields, no wedding weekends.
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Steam vents, suited businesspeople, the neon glow of the night, umbrellas on windy days, stray glances through bus windows, beachgoers in a boardwalk scene, or silhouetted figures dancing in the sunlight: as photographers, we want to capture things that give life and vivacity to the subjects of the streets. petapixel.com »
2022-12-05 22:46
We live in a time when our technology and camera gear usually work extremely well and reliably… Until it doesn’t. Randomly. And at the worst time. When that happens, you’re left feeling unprepared and stressed which is something that none of us enjoy. petapixel.com »
2021-04-13 21:17
Dina Belenko, a food photographer and 500px Ambassador, gives her behind-the-scenes tips for crafting the perfect narrative for your next shoot. The post 9 things every food photographer should know appeared first on 500px Blog. iso.500px.com »
2019-08-25 16:30
The late American fashion photographer David Seidner (1957-1999) was influential in his life, but his work has, sadly, gone underappreciated in the decades since his passing.
Being a freelance photographer is not easy. Chasing invoices, dealing with late payments, the list goes on, but very few have ever missed out on a payment of $8 million that was rightfully theirs. [Read More]
Photographer Larry Fink, best known for his black-and-white photographs documenting American society, passed away at his home in Pennsylvania over the weekend at age 82. [Read More]
There's a great trend going around right now involving an undoing of all the things that photographers have been telling you to do in the first place. It's got to do with the sharpness in a portrait.
If you're a huge fan of using the electronic shutter on your camera, know that you're probably not getting the best images that you can. Canon, as well as many other camera companies, tend to cut down on the depth with electronic shutter modes.
There's that hot trend going around the web all about the Blurry Photos aesthetic. Gen Z has gotten really into buying old digital cameras that deliver those blurry shots. The reason why they're so blurry though is partially because of the pixel density and how the autofocus worked back then.
A photographer has given free funeral portraits to nearly 3,000 elderly people in China's rural areas.
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