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A Great Success vs. Greatly Successful
Having worked in the fashion industry for years, one of the core values of our company was to "do more with less..."; this gave opportunities for lots of cross-training and my interest surrounded work on the opposite side of the lens moving forward. From Betsy Johnson to Tommy Hilfigure, I was given tasks to capture clothes in new ways, thinking outside of the perverbial box.
By S.C. Clark6 years ago in Photography
Candle In The Wind
Perfect lighting is like a candle in the wind, that is why the most brilliant shots are the ones that reflect the light from within. The aura that every one of us projects; unique specifically to ourselves. Photography to me, is always about enhancing what is already there. So you want to be both deliberate and in the moment. Make sure the model’s shirt isn’t sloppily splayed, or the hair frames their face shape suitably.
By Atlas Quest6 years ago in Photography
Bringing Artistry to Photography
As a professional photographer of 35 years, I have spent plenty of time in a darkroom watching the magic of seeing an image come up as I would take a sheet of photo sensitive paper, expose it to light in an enlarger, then move that sheet through various chemical steps in the developing process. As always, things change. Mid-career, thousands of images later, the digital age leapt forward; so I packed up my darkroom equipment for storage. Instead of hours in the darkroom, I spent my time learning some of the premiere photo programs like Photoshop and Lightroom, which I now currently use to produce my final photos. The digital age was necessary for many reasons; including eliminating the toxicity of chemicals in photo processing, making way for faster work turn-around times, and simply giving more people access to learning photography.
By Kathleen Thompson6 years ago in Photography
A Photographer's Guide to Editing with Adobe Lightroom
As a photographer by trade, photo editing is a big part of what I do. Generally, I spend more time editing my photos than I do actually taking them. Thankfully, an evening spent in front of my laptop, editing my photos from the day and listening to a good playlist (top tip: a good editing playlist is key!) is something that I enjoy and so it doesn't feel too much like work.
By Sophia Carey6 years ago in Photography
Getting Creative With Color
Finding Focus Color has been the main focus of my photography and editing ever since I really started getting serious about it back in 2017. I wanted to be unique with my work and so I tried everything I could to pinpoint a way of doing that. I wanted to narrow down my focus to one general thing that I'd always accentuate in my images. I looked at all the work that was popular at the time and being shared all over Instagram, and then I did the opposite. Not necessarily the complete opposite of what everyone was doing, but just enough to be different.
By Zach Doehler6 years ago in Photography
Melina's Before & After
Melina’s Before & After An Easy 8-Step Guide to Photo Modification 1. Pick a subject that either tells a story, tells no story (so the viewer has the freedom to make up her own story) or simply makes your heart sing or at least smile.
By Marilyn Lewis-Hampton6 years ago in Photography
Unconventional Wizardy of the Photograph
So you took some pictures and they’re perfect! brilliant! visionary!… or the idea was at least. Well don’t worry, you’re not done yet! In fact, I would say, you’ve only just begun! Look at the photo below (don’t strain your neck). There’s a concept behind it: a haunting figure floating in through the window, captivating yet foreboding. There are a few flaws that we can catch right off the bat (besides, of course, the roatation). The model (who is definitely not me) is on a bucket, for starters. The camera bag is in frame (whoops), and the backlight from the window has put the model in shadow; her head is hardly discernible from the background. But that’s okay! No need to start over, we can fix it in post!
By Nia Tang6 years ago in Photography
How to get your photos into Vogue
I’ve been a photographer now for about 3 years, mainly as a hobby, using the medium to tell stories about people I meet. I usually post my photos on Instagram maybe once every 3 months, not posting more is mostly due to laziness. The whole idea of photos for me is generally very fun, but after a while, I pondered on trying out photography as a “side hustle”, and so I set out to look for opportunities available to photographers. As you can already imagine, photography is one very hard industry to get into. It’s highly competitive and you’re competing against really talented individuals with years and years of experience. Whilst you might get a few wedding gigs if you’re lucky, getting into beauty companies or campaigns is one thing that could potentially be a frustrating process for photographers in general. Most of the time photographers will end up giving up on making a sustainable career out of it and end up getting a 9-5 job, to keep the passion for their chosen art form burning out. But one way to make your portfolio stand out in applications, from my experience is to be “vogue approved.”
By omotayo6 years ago in Photography
Photo Editing Tips for Beginners: Food Edition
I'm not a photographer. However, I do admire photography and I try to improve my photo skills, even if I'm only using the camera on my phone. I'm also a long-time baker and foodie, but I only recently started sharing my baking experiments with other people through social media, especially on Instagram. I quickly realized that the first challenge to post baking photos is making the food look attractive enough to grab people's attention. This involves taking decent pictures and doing some editing work to make sure that they look (a bit) more professional.
By Marina Fortuño6 years ago in Photography
