by Bonnie Caton | Jun 19, 2013
“How do I make the background blurry?” This might be the number one question we get when we’re out in the field on photo workshops. And for good reason, too. Knowing how to blur the background will make a HUGE difference in the look and feel of your photo.... by Victor Englebert | May 28, 2013
In 1971, I spent seven months traveling around Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and Brazil. At some point, pressed among a crowd of Indians at the back of a dilapidated bus, my itinerary was taking me from Ayacucho to Cuzco, in the Peruvian Andes, an endless... by Efrain Padro | Apr 24, 2013
Sportif USA Catalog, Early Summer 2001 edition, page 17. My first published image, a landscape depicting sand dunes in the Sahara Desert in Morocco. But I should start from the beginning… The original focus of my photography at that time was landscapes. In early... by acottrell | Apr 19, 2013
It’s Day One of our Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop in Miami, Florida, and boy is it sunny… My name is Annie Cottrell and I’m going to be your Workshop Spy for the next few days reporting back to you about the things we’re seeing and doing at this year’s... by Bonnie Caton | Apr 12, 2013
Look at the difference between these two shots I took at our recent Stock Photo Expedition in Cape Town: In the first photo, I shot from a fairly low angle… but in the second photo, my camera and lens were flat against the ground (and so was I). Ever since our... by Bonnie Caton | Mar 28, 2013
Sometimes blurry is good. Take a look at these two photos, taken just seconds apart: See how the background is distracting in the first photo, but nicely blurred in the second? Here’s another example: Blurring out the background in your photos is an important skill to...