It Pays to Know Your Equipment
Three weeks ago, my MacBook Pro crashed. It had seen a year of good service, and because it was my first ever Mac, I’d just about set it up to workexactly the way I wanted it to; and it crashed. The...
View ArticleKung-Fu For Your Photography
Kung Fu is the martial art weapon of the masses. It’s inception took ‘force’ out of the exclusive domain of the rulers, and empowered the common man. Photo: TCM HitchHiker Similarly, with amateurs...
View ArticleThe Fine Art of Observation
Photography is as much the art of observing and appreciating things as it is the art of capturing them on film. No matter which branch of photography you prefer, you will find that the best photographs...
View Article7 Ways To A More Observant Life
photo credit: Lapsklaus Every single person can benefit from being more observant. Not just photographers, though photographers have the most to gain from being observant… (this is such a ‘duh’...
View Article19 Radical Skateboard Photography Tips
This guest post is by Brian Auer – a photography enthusiast, blogger, photoblogger, and podcaster. Skateboard photography can be quite interesting and exciting for a photographer. Skaters can be found...
View ArticleLessons in Creativity that you can learn from Parkour
You’ve watched Casino Royale, or Babylon A.D.? Yes? Then you’ve seen traceurs in action. Photo: amfdesigner They’re the guys who run around cities, jumping over walls, climbing the outsides of...
View Article20 Beautiful Images that Work – Because of Symmetry
Let me close off this batch of posts about symmetry with a few images that I think are really beautiful. Each of these photographs have at least of the four kinds of symmetry to thank, because that is...
View ArticleVideo: Ducky Photo
James Burger has shared a video taken in timelapse / stop-motion of a photoshoot that he had, with a certain plasticky friend. Watch it below. This post was published on Beyond Phototips.com if you...
View ArticleLose Yourself, Find Things to Photograph
Often people mistakenly believe that they need to go to a strange new land to discover new things to photograph. I discovered otherwise just yesterday. Yesterday, I deliberately got lost in my city,...
View ArticleA Guide to Taking Critique
Deep down, no matter what anyone says, we don’t like to be told that our pictures are no good. We love the pictures we take – the ‘art’ we make – no matter how lame it may actually be. I’ve got nothing...
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