Photography and Fear
The one thing, I've found, that can really put a stop on my photography, and likely yours, is fear.
What NOT To Do As A Photographer: Open Discussion
Here at Your Photo Tips we tend to focus on things that make you a better photographer. That kinda makes sense doesn’t it? Today, however, I wanted to open up the comments for a discussion on things that have the potential to make you a worse photographer or could possibly hinder the learning process of...
How Much Time (A Week) Do You Spend Looking At Photogrpahs?
I’ll come right out and say it. I spend a rather large amount of my “free time” looking at photographs. Today, however, I’m working on some “back end” stuff to the Your Photo Tips website. I’m hoping to knock it out before the weekend but coding and all that jazz is not my area of...
Is Photography Art?
The question has been asked a million times. Is photography art? We all know what photography is. It’s an image, frozen in time, by a person with the aid of technology. Whether that technology is a new digital camera, a Polaroid camera, toy camera, or homemade pinhole it matters not. What matters, insofar as this question is...
What’s YOUR Most Useful Piece of Photographic Equipment?
We all have our favorite pieces of camera gear. Maybe it’s your 50mm 1.4 lens or your newest gorilla pod. But sometimes, I think, we don’t give enough credit to our most useful pieces of gear. The one thing in your camera bag, studio, or digital workflow that you just can’t live without. For some,...
Are YOU Good Enough To Be A Professional Photographer?
I get emails from time to time asking about “going pro”. Most often someone is asking me to look at their images to tell them if they are “good enough”.
I don’t mind getting these emails. It allows me to talk to them, on a personal level, about what it truly means to become a professional...
Are You an Online Social Networking Photographer? [Open Discussion]
So we had some thunderstorms and tornadoes on Friday (no one got hurt) and somehow my cable modem got fried or something. Because I’m without the full use of Internet and working on borrowed time I wanted to throw up another open discussion. I’ll be able to monitor it from my iPhone (to jump in...
Do You Print Your Photos? [Open Discussion]
I’ve been printing photographs all day. I’ll have a full review of one of the papers I’m testing in a few days.
I love the printed photograph much better than just veiwing it on a computer screen. Perhaps this is because I began my photographic career in the film era.
My question to you is:
Do You Print...
