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Choosing a Photo Retreat

From Bali to Monte Carlo, Nice to Honolulu some of the world’s most exotic cities are serving as the inspiration for amazing photo retreats. Have you ever participated in a photo retreat? Those who have often remark that they help nurture creativity, expose them to extraordinary scenes and allow them to experiment with new compositions. Whenever I fly home to visit my parents in Hawaii I always promise myself that I am going to make time to participate in a local photo retreat. I’ve done the research on one in particular located on the Big Island of Hawaii. Hawaii Photo … Continue reading →

A Unique Photo Exhibit

When you think of New Jersey what comes to mind? If you answered traffic, Bruce Springsteen, steak and smokestacks then you’ll feel right at home at a new photo exhibit that opens this weekend at South Orange’s Pierro Gallery, in a community center near Newark. The exhibit features more than a thousand images of the Garden State… but there’s a catch. Many of the photographs displayed in the exhibit have been created by online “photographers” who have never stepped foot in the state. Rather, these “digital artists” have used other people’s snapshots (though, some of the photos displayed have been … Continue reading →

International Photography Workshops

I review photo workshop opportunities all the time. And every once in a while I’ll find a real winner. The price is right; the location is amazing and the subjects are equally incredible. Those are the ones I post in this blog. Lately, though I have been hard pressed to find a workshop that I felt was worth the time and money… that is until I was sent this incredible opportunity. Grasshopper Adventures is offering a travel photography workshop to China for $3,400 per person. I know. It sounds steep, but look at what it includes: 14 nights’ accommodations, hotel … Continue reading →

Attending Photo Workshops

In previous blogs I encouraged you to conduct periodic photo evaluations in an effort to recognize and break bad habits, and ultimately snap more frameworthy pictures. However, if you have the time and money you could take the extra step of enrolling in a photography workshop. Photo workshops are offered in virtually every city in the United States. A good place to look for available workshops is by contacting your local photo club or checking with employees at your favorite camera store. Otherwise, you could simply search the Internet for workshops being offered in locations you are planning to travel … Continue reading →

Making Money From Your Photos

Yesterday I wrote about Micro Stock Photography websites. These Internet based companies basically “sell” photos at deep discounts and give hobby photographers a chance to make money off their prize shots. So exactly how does one go about selling his or her pictures to one of these micro stock photo agencies? As I mentioned in my previous blog the concept of micro stock photography is rather complex, but getting initiated into the process is fairly simple. The first thing you want to do is research popular micro stock photography agencies online. There are quite a few of them, and you … Continue reading →

Photography Week in Review for January 21, 2007-January 27, 2008

How many times have you thumbed through a camera manual and wondered what the letters RAW, NEF, TIFF and JPEG stood for? And how many times have you returned from vacation with more shots that needed to be deleted from your digital camera than ones that you considered framing? Finally, when was the last time you seriously evaluated your work in an effort to improve your shots? These are just a few of the topics I discussed in the Photography Blog this past week. Each post includes tips and answers to some of the most commonly asked questions involving the … Continue reading →

More Lessons from My Photo Evaluation

In my previous blog I detailed some of the notes I took while sizing up some of my recent shots. My photo evaluation (which basically consisted of me looking through and studying pictures I had taken during a 6-month span) was an eye opening experience that could have been even more beneficial if I had a professional photographer examining the same shots. But, alas this was a simple self-evaluation, which yielded some helpful points. For example: I need to take more action shots. This is quite different from including motion in your photos. You don’t want motion in your shots … Continue reading →

Tips for Improving Your Shots

If you are spending more time deleting your photos on your digital camera than you are printing them out perhaps it’s time for a photography refresher course. Look over your most recent shots and figure out what is keeping you… from keeping them. Is it bad composition? Poor lighting? Or is your photo subject possessed with the dreaded red-eye? In most cases a bad shot can turn into a keeper by following a few simple pointers: COMPOSITION Remember the “Rule of Thirds.” It’s one of the most important lessons in photography, which requires you to imagine a tic-tac-toe grid over … Continue reading →