Hovering somewhere between a snapshot and a candid portrait, I really like this photograph. We were hanging out in the Temple Bar area in Dublin, late late in the evening after the recent workshops in Dublin. When it started to rain, we took shelter under the canopy in front of one of the many pubs there. As Jessica took the first drag of the cigarette, I playfully lifted my camera as if to take a shot, and she reacted with this suitable sneer. And I like the result. I even think it is the kind of image that would've worked on an album cover by The Read more inside...
You're a photographer, but at a wedding as a guest?
A recent article on the Off-Beat Bride blog, dealt with the topic of the unplugged wedding. They mention some brides now request guests switch off their cameras, and rather be in the moment and enjoy the wedding. I truly want every photographer, whether professional, amateur, or at any level, to read that article and take it to heart.
If you've been to a wedding and observed the people there, you will surely have noticed the barrage of cameras. It is especially prevalent during key moments such as the bride entering the ceremony Read more inside...
Inspiration from movies - a visual feast for photographers
It would be a rare photographer - in a fact a rare person - who isn't fascinated by other forms of art, whether music, dance, various visual arts, architecture and everything we surround ourselves with. I just can't imagine a photographer not finding inspiration specifically in other visual art forms, whether cartoons & graphic novels, all the way to the classic painters ... and of course, movies.
Last night we watched Micmacs, another of the surreal hyper-kinetic movies by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Every frame of Read more inside...
Walking past this Tiffany's jewelry store, I was immediately drawn to their window displays. Now, I am usually drawn to displays of high-tech toys and cameras and stuff ... not displays of jewelry stores. But these window displays were eye-catching and effective. It made me stop to take a closer look.
The photograph above is of one of the six display windows. And it should be immediately obvious why these simple displays have such impact - there is a very clear appeal to your emotions. Read more inside...
Some sayings in photography are thrown out there so often that they've achieved a life of their own, and become truisms that are summarily accepted and then perpetuated.
Here they are - the 10 most annoying platitudes in photography ...
The phrase clichés in photography, implies visual clichés. But tastes differ too widely, and I wouldn't want to be the Style Police and dictate to other photographers which subjects and approaches are deemed cool. Besides, I think the world could always use more photos of pretty girls sitting on train tracks.
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