Father and Son Landscape Photographers
Todd and Brad Reed are a Rare Breed in Lake Town Ludington, Michigan
Once and a while you come across photographers that are inspiring. So is the case with yours truly. While on a photography vacation a few years ago in my native Michigan, I came across the work of Todd and Brad Reed in the boating town on Lake Michigan called Ludington. Long time professional nature and landscape photographers and workshop leaders, Todd and Brad have established themselves as the top Michigan shore photographers. If you want to become inspired as all photographers need from our peers, you’ll find this article rewarding.
Photography Above the Clouds
Ever Try Taking Photo’s In An Airplane?
Millions of flights a year. Billions of fliers. Out of that many that travel the friendly skies, how many do you see taking photos through the window? If you haven’t tried it, you might be pleasantly surprised at the results. If you’re patient, lucky with light and sitting in a window seat away from the wing, there is nothing stopping you from passing the time working on your “sky” photography.
Photoshop CS5 Is Here
Just When You Thought You Had Your Current Version Of Photoshop Understood…
Adobe has been pretty regular with their updates to their Creative Suite of software. In our case as photographers, Photoshop. Photoshop CS5 announced last month is shipping. We thought it to be a good idea to hit the highlights with you. After all, we’ve been testing this for quite a while, and am really enjoying some of the new features the photographer may be interested in.
New York Road Trip Camera Or Not
Not In Town for Photography? Do It Anyway
Traveling, whether on business or pleasure is something a photographer should always look forward too. Always throw your favorite camera gear in you carry on bag, and you’re all set. On a recent business trip to New York City, I did just that. I threw my walk around camera in my bag, just in case I had a chance to venture out and get some urban shots of the city. It turned out to be a good plan.
Atlanta Architectural Photography Competition
Call for Entries: The Young Architects Forum (YAF) Atlanta Chapter First Annual Photography Completion
Digital Photography Daily participant Shelly-Anne Tulia Scott , YAF Photography Competition Chair informed me of a wonderful photography competition. Many of us are interested in architectural photography, and this competition is aimed at the student and professional photographer.
Online Nature Photography Workshops Start Wednesday, May 5th
Take an Online Workshop with Kevin Moss: Elements for Nature Photographers or Photoshop for Nature Photographers
Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful April!
I have 2 workshops beginning this coming Wednesday, May 5th, 2010. Both are on the subject of nature photography with one workshop concentrating on Photoshop Elements, and the other workshop for Photoshop users. The workshops are taught online at BetterPhoto. I’ve been an instructor there for over 3 years and have been teaching these two web-based workshops for some time. I’ve had students from 60 countries and at all ages and levels of expertise, doing a lot of one-on-one during the month-long online course.
Spring Flower Photography
Some Tips, Some Lenses
In my part of the country, spring usually comes late April. This year it sprung early, At this time in the year, and its only for about a week, the tree’s begin to bud, grass begins to grow again and turn green, and the marigolds begin to flower. For the nature photographer, it’s time to get back to work!
The tree’s at this time of year begin to bud, and within a week, boom! They’re full of leaves. If you can catch the tree’s as they are blooming, you can get some very interesting images. The emergence of spring also means color for many photographers. The greys, blacks and whites are gone from winter, and the great outdoors starts to look good again. Bring out your macro lenses, it’s time to start shooting!
Blur as an Element of Composition
A large part of my personal portfolio, the use of blur in my personal photographic work is ever expanding. I’m not condoning sloppy technique that result in a soft image, I’m talking about introducing blur into certain images in order to elicit a desired effect; an abstract study of color and blur. I’ve been working on a portfolio of such images for about 5 years now (hmm, another book idea!).
Home Studio Lighting on the Cheap
If you don’t have studio lighting equipment, or a set of 2 or three speedlights for your digital camera (either way, you’re looking at a few thousand dollars worth of gear), but you want to do some cool indoor still life or portrait photography, here is a good way to approach it.
dpreview.com Review of Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550d
dpreview.com has posted an extensive hands-on review of the Canon EOS T2i/550d. dpreview.com is the best site on the web for in-depth digital camera reviews. I’ve been reading them for years and appreciate their hard work and consistency they’ve shown. Click here to go to their review. We’re not a camera review site as you may be able to tell, but more of an eZine for digital photographers with a broader scope and interests. If you’re an equipment geek, you’ll like dpreview’s articles.
The T2i isn’t in stock at a lot of the resellers yet. I actually had a hands-on with the T2i at my local reseller last month. Click here to go to that article.
Improve Your Photography Available in Print
Improve Your Photography – 50 Essential Tips and Techniques Available In Print
We have had a lot of requests for a printed version of our eBook, Improve Your Photography – 50 Essential Digital Photography Tips & Techniques. It is now available for order from my publisher (and soon to be on Amazon) at https://www.createspace.com/3435093. I received my final proof earlier this week, and the book is looking great in print. If you don’t want to waste a set of inkjet cartridges and want a printed copy, it’s ready for purchase. By many copies and send them to your friends!
2010 Nik Summit an Educational Event for Photographers
The Nik Summit to be held May 13-16, 2010, in San Diego, California
Nik Software Announces the 2010 “Nik Summit,” an Educational Event for Photographers. The Summit to feature on-location photography, hands-on workshops, industry panels, and “fireside chats” with the worlds leading professional photographers.
Remembering Robert Mapplethorpe – Master of Photography
Photographer Spotlight
We cover photographers from all walks of life on Digital Photography Daily for an important reason. Viewing the work of the masters of the art of photography is how photographers learn and validate their own personal work. Viewing the works of the masters such as Pete Turner, Ansel Adams, Michael Kenna and William Neill should be a regular task for the beginning, enthusiast or professional photographer. In the least, viewing the work of other photographers should provide inspiration. Paying honor to who I consider one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Robert Mapplethorpe, is my contribution to your sources of inspiration.
Color As An Element of Photographic Composition
Using Color As The Main Subject Matter
You’ll discover that most photographers, regardless of their level of expertise will typically like to shoot a small number of subjects. There is a large army of nature photographers around the world. There are many that are primarily portrait photographers. Some concentrate their photographic efforts on travel (I call them the “lucky ones”). Others photograph a number of different subjects, that’s the category that you should be encouraged to explore.
Top 40 DPD Photography Gizmo’s Updated
DPD’s Top 40 Digital Photography Gizmo’s
Take a gander at our updated DPD Top 40 (DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY’s top digital photography products). Still on top, the Canon EOS 7D. Still think its the best APS-C class digital camera out there. You could actually make most of these products #1 in the Top 40, but that’s according to taste. They’re all good, and you probably own a few already too!
Photographer Websites-The New Art Gallery
Do You Have a Photography Website?
I’m a student of photography as well as an instructor. Always have been. I was an early adopter of the Internet, at that time I was in I.T., and the Internet was my business. I always thought the killer-app on the Internet was education, still think I’m right, but in a more narrow view for us photographers, it is a means to publish our galleries for all the world to admire.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Preview Video’s
A Couple of YouTube Video’s Regarding CS5
Hi all, hope you had a great week! We’re linking to some video’s that will provide sneak peaks of the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS5. These are starting to make the rounds, so I thought I’d link to them from YouTube.com.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Is On It’s Way
Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Creative Suite CS5 Launch April 12, 2010
Adobe announced today it’s launch date for Photoshop CS5 and the rest of the Creative Suite CS5. There isn’t a lot of info out there on the Web yet, and I can attest to the point that the software isn’t being burned to CD’s yet either as various beta programs are just getting wrapped up.
You can sign up for Adobe’s online event at http://cs5launch.adobe.com/ JANAD2W98WDM 3DV6VHS34B8J
Spring Means Flower Photography
10 Tips For Spring Flower Photography
In many parts north of the equator, it’s still cold outside. Springtime is here, and that means it’s getting time to start thinking about flower photography. If you hadn’t noticed, the stores are starting to stock more flowers, getting ready for springtime business. As the flowers are getting ready to start blooming in the next few months, we need to start thinking in terms of photographing them.
Adobe Releases Lightroom 3 Beta 2 Free Download
Adobe has announced version 2 of its Lightroom 3 beta available for free download. This is an update to the download version featured in our earlier article. The beta is operational on your computer until June 30th, 2010. The new beta offers better performance, enhanced noise reduction, new slideshows with audio, better online photo sharing which has been growing in popularity the past few years, plus updated import file handling.
You can download the latest beta at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/
