Archive for July, 2009

Weekend Perusing: Volkswagon

Discovered Art
Volkswagon is a 20×20 fine art giclee by photographer Marcia Treiger for only $300. Love it.
Fine Art Photography
Brian Auer has his entire Guide to making Fine Art Prints available at Epic Edits. Check it out.
On a somewhat related topic, x= has a great article on understanding DPI which is very handy when [...]

Within The Frame [Book Review]

Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision (Voices That Matter) by David duChemin
Within The Frame is about finding and expressing your photographic vision. A rare book on the why, rather than the how, of finding, chasing, and expressing your vision from with a camera from your eye.
About the Author
David duChemin is an international [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Attrazione fatale

Attrazione fatale by http://www.flickr.com/photos/matteobondioli/3759124340/

Your Photographic Style

We talk alot about photographic technique here at Your Photo Tips amongst other things, but we haven’t really delved into photographic style much.
What is Photographic Style?
Your photographic style is what makes your photographs unique to you. It’s not necessarily what you shoot, but rather the look that becomes consistent throughout all of your images.
Perhaps [...]

Weekend Perusing: FL-106

Discovered Art
FL-106 is a pinhole image made with a camera obscura by artist and photographer Marcia Treiger at $175 for a 16×20. Very cool.
Photocontest
Lensculture just announced a stellar jury selection for their International Exposure Awards. Check it and enter.
In the Photoblogosphere
Great set of a wedding dress fashion shoot by ProPhotoNut. Great inspiration [...]

More with Less: Light and Strobes

In this age of digital photography do we still need to make the arguments for portability in lieu of power when it comes to lighting systems?
Unfortunately, I think the answer is yes.
Don’t get me wrong here. I love big strobes with very large soft-boxes and all of the creative power and precision that comes [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Walking on a Dream

Walking on a Dream by Yury Trofimov

Wedding Photography Unveiled [Book Review]

Wedding Photography Unveiled: Inspiration and Insight from 20 Top Photographers by Jacqueline Tobin
Wedding Photography Unveiled reveals the art, philosophies, strategies, business practices, and techniques of twenty top wedding photographers from across the United States and showcases their favorite images. The focus is on the freshest styles–especially the blend of photojournalism with more relaxed lifestyle [...]

Photrade Closing It’s Doors

Hope you got your high-res images off the site before you got this email.
“Dear Photrade Users,
At the end of 2008 you were informed by the owners of Photrade.com that they had lost their funding and would not continue to develop the website. And at some point earlier this year, all of the full sized images [...]

Weekend Perusing: Backlit foxtail

Discovered Photograph
16 x 24 color print of Backlit foxtail grass by Dennis Frates
In the Photoblogosphere
Confessions of a Photographer wants to ensure that you give your clients choices. I agree.
Great Photo Story
I love a great photo story. Sometimes as photographers we get to work with amazing people or at amazing events. David Bergman [...]

Hands On with the Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer

I received the Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer in the mail a month ago and have been busy doing what most digital photographers haven’t been doing. Printing photographs! It’s been great. The ability to print up to 13″x19″ prints at home is truly wonderful. I think my lab has [...]

Weekend Perusing: Night Palms

Discovered Art

I’m not sure what exactly it is about Night Palms by storyteller Melanie Heinrich. It’s the color, the composition, but mostly the movement of the image I think. You can get a 32×21.1 on canvas for only $129! Seriously.
In the Photography Podosphere
Our good friend Rob Nunn has hit a milestone with [...]

12 Fantastic Photographers Showing Off Their Best

Taiwanese/Chinese Folk Opera Performer during a religious festival, Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Craig Ferguson Images | Travel, music and lifestyle photography from Asia

Rolling hills, rolling sky: -7.5 °C and a bloody cold wind, but it turned out my best bw so far. It’s a stitch of 3 images.
square picture

This is from a shoot I did with a [...]

Wordless Wednesday: IMG_9379 copy copy

IMG_9379 copy copy by tmizzer

Taking Your Photography to New Heights

I’m honored to have been asked to write for Damien but I have to confess…I was astounded, perplexed, and incredulous at the request. After all, this site is visited by professionals, no? What could a novice photographer like me have anything to say that would educate anyone who visits here? I decided that instead of [...]