The fastest way to becoming a great photographer is to take pictures of EVERYTHING!!!
Take your camera out with you, if you can’t take a DSLR then take a good quality point and shoot like a lumix. You never know where your next photo opportunity will be and sometimes you find the best pictures in the [...]
In the 1850s a Scottish scientist called Sir David Brewster, was probably one of the first to produce pinhole photographs. He also was the first person to describe the camera technique as”pinhole”, or “pin-hole” with a hyphen, the first reference to this in writing was his book The Stereoscope, published in 1856.
Since then the [...]
Shutter Bugs is a term for photography enthusiasts, got the shutter bug! A lot of people have reccomended that I join a Photogrpahy group and share my tips and pictures with other members who will in turn do the same for me.
Getting together in groups like this can be a great way to improve your [...]
I never really hold much to the photographic technology of a mobile phone. In my experience most mobile phones struggle to work as a phone when they have a fancy camera built in or an MP3 player. And the image quality is never that good.
Well I try to keep open minded and tested out the [...]
As a photographer and ex model I have experienced life on both sides of the caera, I also know how hard both parts of the industry can be.
There are a lot of young models starting out who come to me for advice and a lot of them have also come to me with stories of [...]
As summer is here, well kind of… its time to get outside and start taking pictures outdoors, and where better to start than in your own garden?
Its amazing how some decent lighting and good angles can turn your garden into a work of art, and if theats not enough of an inspiration you could enter [...]
The Photography Exhibition called Dubai Summer Surprises 2008 Signature Event, has started today in the Jewellery Court in Deira City Centre, the exhibition showases work of photographers from diverse backgrounds and different styles of photo journalism.
The dubai exhibition will run from today until August 18th, open from 10am to 10pm, numerous themes will be feautured [...]
There aren’t many photographers who haven’t heard of Helmut Newton, his most famous images were part of his ‘Big Nudes’ exhibition.
Newton was German born who left Germany at a young age to escape persecution for his Jewish roots, he spent time in Singapore before setting in Australia. Many people immigrated to Australia from different backgrounds [...]
In the Renaissance Pin Hole photography techniques were mostly used by scientists and astromers, and in later centuries the pinhole was fitted with a lens, to help artists and amateur painters as a drawing aid.
Leonardo da Vinci was probably the most famous pin hole enthusiast at this time.
In 1475 Paolo Toscanelli a mathematician and [...]
Lights, Camera… ACTION! Action photography is the only style of photography where the photographer is taking part instead of just being an observer.
As an adventure photographer you get a front row seat to all the action. You can get close, be involved and focus on both the subject matter and the emotion of the events [...]