Take Better Outdoor Photos
Summer is here! And with summer come rich opportunities for practicing and showcasing your photography skills. Here are some quick tips for getting better pictures outside this year… Better Outdoor Photos - Tip #1: When shooting outdoors, think overcast, dawn and...
Selling People Pictures without a Model Release
You don’t need a model release to sell your people pictures as stock photography. Making people unidentifiable in your photos allows you to still make a profit off of them without the paperwork.
A Quick Warning about Shadows and Reflections in Photos
Both shadows and reflections can be excellent creative tools in photography; however they can also be nuissances. Be careful not to ruin your photos when using these these devices.
Sending Photos to an Editor: 6 Top Tips
An editor of a local bi-weekly newspaper called me the other day looking for a picture. He wanted to use an image of mine shot at a local professional theatre company. The company had already sent him the version of the picture they have posted on their website, but...
Digital Photography Tip: 6 Ways to Resize Your Photos
Often you must resize your digital images for use in publications or on websites. Sometimes the buyer will give you very specific instructions about what to send. But if you don't have that guidance, here are the rules of thumb I rely on: For print media (magazines,...