HOT!Photography

Executive Summary By Alex Yeo
Photojournalism wedding photography is not just a trend, it is a unique and personal style of photography that will impress everyone, even the toughest bride.

Photojournalism wedding photography is a style of photography that has the ability to capture the moments of a wedding in a journalistic approach, or an approach that tells a story. Many brides prefer this style above all other wedding styles because they will not have to spend valuable time away from their guests to pose for pict6ures. Nothing should be posed in a photojournalistic wedding.

Compare this style of photography to a newspaper photographer covering a story. You will not see the newspaper photographer rearranging people and staging them to take a picture. Photojournalism wedding photography is a very unique approach that can absolutely be molded by you and your photographer to be precisely what you want.

Photojournalism Versus Traditional Wedding Photography
Executive Summary By Joseph Devine

You have to pick your venue, food, music, flowers, dress, bridesmaids' dresses, and even your wedding favors and invitations. However, to perfectly capture the wonderful wedding that comes from all of this planning, you must choose a photographer that fits your style.

The two main trends in wedding photography are traditional versus photojournalistic. When you are choosing a photographer for your wedding, it is important to look through their sample pictures to see if you like them.

If you are interested in getting posed, formal portraits for your wedding, you would probably prefer a traditional style. These more formal pictures have everyone posed and prepared for the camera. Additionally, traditional photos require the photography team to be very organized. A photographer who works in a photojournalistic style may capture you and your guests laughing together or in mid-hug. No matter what wedding photography style you choose, you are bound to have many different pictures that you will love and cherish to remind you of that special day.

Nature is all around us, and its beauties are unlimited. In this fast-paced world of mocha-lattes and traffic jams at rush hour, too many of us take the beauty of nature for granted. Poets and photographers are great at this

So what do we mean when we say nature photography? Nature is our natural environment. Nature photography is the photography of these things. There is a wide spectrum that is included in nature photography. Pictures of sunsets, sunrises and ocean waves lapping at the shore are all nature photography. If you live in the south, you may not see snow-capped mountains if it wasn't for nature photography.

But what if you are one of the people taking these pictures? What if you are the nature loving photographer that gives this fantastic gift to someone else? The first step is to have an eye for these beautiful images. Nature photography is a rewarding experience for the photographer and also for the people who get to view the results. In nature photography, you are able to take two things that you love and combine them in a beautiful and artistic way.

Executiv Summary By Paul Tyrone Harrison
If you are considering becoming an Event Photographer this guide may be useful. I spent a long time researching all the kit needed to be a successful Event photographer, testing and costing carefully. I do recommend anyone interested in Event photography going on the excellent training course supplied by Systems Insight, speak to Mike Orr, Stuart or Darren at systems insight. I've also found the Event Photographers Society really useful.

1, Camera Equipment needed for Event Photographers;
2. Lighting equipment for Event Photography;
3. Printers for Instant Event Photos;
4. Mitsubishi Click system for Event Photography;
5. Green Screen Event Photography;
6. Starting an Event Photography Business.

1. Camera Equipment for Event Photographers.

You don't NEED the latest high-end professional DSLR with pro glass lenses to shoot an event! With proper lighting (see lighting section) I got almost identical results shooting people in front of a green screen. So don't go mad on the camera kit, it will get bashed around at an event! Outdoors events are more dependent on the available light and the lens.

I do actually keep the images stored in the camera as a backup though in case the wireless system stops working.

This lets you squeeze bigger groups in as well, especially useful if you are shooting in front of a green screen at an event.

Also, if you ever get a large group of girls at a School Prom or Sweet Sixteen event, take LOTS of shots! We tend to charge the standard rate £10 per shoot including a 6x9 mounted photograph, but do offer incentives for groups such as discounting copies of the same photograph, or offering 3 for the price of 2 if they are different shots that need processing.

2. Lighting Equipment for Event Photography

I don't use studio lighting for indoor events! Initially I used the standard large softbox above the camera and shot in front of a grey, back or white backdrop. This controls two other Nikon SB-600's also with the wide-angle flaps down using Nikon's excellent CLS lighting system. The two SB-600's are mounted on sturdy but portable stands and shoot through white umbrellas for lovely soft lighting.

At an Event you don't want to be messing around changing lighting when you have queues, but this setup is flexible and light enough to be safe to move quickly if you need to. The Nikon system lets me control the brightness of each flash directly from the camera without having to touch the lights.

As we use Green Screen backdrops at most events to add effects and digital backgrounds, I have to ensure the backdrop is evenly lit to avoid problems when chromakeying out the green. By mounting the umbrellas high up at either side and shooting through them, the green (or blue) backdrop gets evenly lit where it matters. The guests get a nice flattering lighting setup which I can easily adjust for large groups or closeups. I

I shoot on full manual with the on camera flash at about 1/32 power to give a little fill light, but mainly to trigger the two mounted lights. When the display flashes, point the camera back between the lights and shoot. If not, try shooting again straight at one of the sb600, it will work!

3. Printers for Instant Event Photos.

So choosing the best Event printers was an interesting exercise!

So ink-jet prints are going to be too expensive for event printing. As I use a full frame camera this is exactly the size the camera shoots at, so no cropping needed! Consumables for the Mitsubishi Event printers are readily available and therefore discounted prices help bring the costs down. 4. Mitsubishi Click System for Event Photographers.

Yes, I could run either system quickly and use dedicated green screen software and professional retouching software to produce stunning results. My first event was a corporate Xmas dinner and the only person available to do the green screen effects, printing, mounting and sales was my wife! The Click system is very straightforward, you set up a new event and pictures are sent wirelessly from the photographer. 5. Green Screen Event Photography

Some specialise in niche markets like weddings or school photographs, or certain types of events like Equestrian or Motorcycling. I chose Green Screen Event Photography for a variety of reasons.

This gives us the flexibility to add classy studio backdrops to Black Tie and Corporate Events, and lets us choose appropraite colours to enhance what the guests are wearing.

Bar and Bat-Mitzvahs are great fun as we can transport the guests anywhere in the world, and for all events we offer free personalised overlays and designs so the event is memorable and unique.

The secret to Chromakey Event Photography is keeping the workflow fast! If you offer a guest 2500 choices, expect a huge queue or a lot of disapointed people. We tend to design 10 choices for each event and will print an example of each so they can decide before we shoot. We prefer green screens to blue screens as less people wear the actual shade of green we use. Don't worry about evenly lighting the backdrop as many claim, that will just cause more spill and you need more lights power and cabling! You can't get your guests the recommended 10-12 feet away at an event, which you need to if you light the backdrop! Using pro software lets you quickly adjust for spill and reflected green light.

The trick is to light the people not the backdrop, that should only appear in the gaps anyway and if you have a light enough green it will work. 6. Starting an Event Photography Business.

You will earn about £300 at an event of this size. Offer to do some small events free for the practice, but still charge the going rate. Even if you only sell 10 shoots in a night, the experience is invaluable before you tackle a busy event.

Work the tables if it's quiet.

Executive Summary By Andrew Chaan
A child is the loveliest gift for their parents, grand parents and other family members. People preserve the photographs of kids to keep the memories of their best actions during his childhood. Other important and complex task is to make kids comfortable in front of camera. Baby and Child photography is different from other shades of photography. Possessing child nature when needed and knowledge of child psychology is also important for a commercial baby photographer.

The demand for expert child and baby photographers have increased drastically during last few years. The popularity of commercials where kids are involved has increased a lot due to the active participation of kids in family stuff. Therefore, baby photography for such commercials is a competitive task and this task needs real experienced photographers.

Children Photography Tips
Executive Summary By Stephen Honda
Photographing children has some significant differences from photographing adults or high school seniors. When photographing small children, have some food on hand. Ask the parents to bring some of the child's favorite toys and clothing to the photo shoot. Shoot the cake shots last!
Offer a baby plan. Keep a database of the ages and birthdates of the small children and babies. Even if the session is a birthday session, invite siblings. The photographing of small children is both a challenge and a joy. By following these tips a professional photographer will experience greater success when photographing children.

Executive Summary By Peter Timko
This means that beach photography can be either landscape or portrait photography or a combination of both.

Unlike most other forms of photography, beach photography is about movement. The water is always in motion and if this plays a major part in the composition, you have to be able to balance this movement with the stillness of the rest of the image. In beach photography, light is not always your best friend. We are accustomed to seeing bright sunlight in beach photos. But remember that if there is white sand, it can cause a lot of glare and result in stark high contrast photos that do not capture the feel of the beach. Don't despair if you are at the beach on a cloudy day.

When photographing objects or people on the beach, remember that you have a long flat unending background. If you are trying to capture just the openness of the beach, use a wide angle lens. If you are shooting up the beach, the wide angle lens will let you keep everything, from the water in front of you to the rocky headland in the distance, in focus.

Beach Photography Suggestions That Will Produce That Perfect Image
Executive Summary By Vanessa Honda

Shooting beautiful images at the beach is often more difficult than taking the pictures in the studio. This article looks at ways in which a beach photographer can meet these challenges.

The beach is constantly changing. Getting to the location early will help you avoid some serious issues that might plague that shooting beach photography. Second, bring some beach props. It will greatly enhance your shoot. You are after all in a unique location - the beach, you can design a shot where the subjects will be subject to getting wet. This will often be your client's favorite image. This shot of course should be one of your last shoots.

Executive Summary By Kalixto Kalikot
Different issues encompass the world of Photography. The society brings about great impact on the works of any photographer. A photographer should not just take pictures rather he should always relate it with artistic value. He should always be careful about his subject matter because sometimes his works might disappoint a lot of people and worst they might consider it a trash. Of course, you wouldn't want that to happen.

Art is not absolute. It requires a high standard that one should maintain and develop. Have you seen the work of Jackson Pollack? Many people would compare your work from him. You should develop a spirit in taking pictures. The subject matter is very important. You must come up with a subject with perspective and something which is not offensive to human nature. You should know when and how are you going to capture an image with diligence and proper care. It is up to you to decide your subject and how you are going to furnish a good quality picture.

Art depends on how the people around react on your piece. It varies on how they judge and how they comment on the photos you present. The most important aspect is the motive of the one taking the picture. What is the reason why he chose his subject and why he includes it in his work? The one who took pictures and one viewing it should have the same way of looking into the photos. It is derived solely on the message of the picture and how it affects and touches the heart and soul of every viewer. Artistic and contemporary photography is something to be really dealt with.

Taking photographs artistically and contemporary is how it portrays real and extraordinary meaning. Any person could take pictures as many as they want but it is different if you want to consider your work true and genuine. Photos should be captured with diligence and reasonable care. Of course, you wouldn't want your photos to be an issue in the society. You need to present it applying the contemporary community standard with pure intent. It should be embrace with literacy and scientific value.

The entire process of taking pictures is really a tough job. It should be distinct and original from other source. You wouldn't want that your work will be considered obscene or scandalous. You wouldn't want your work to be considered imitative from the works of other artists. You should always put your feet on the shoes of the viewers considering it for the sake of art. It is not how good you are in taking pictures but it is how you influence and affect the minds of the viewers.

Your work would always be considered as an art in today's contemporary genre. Your pictures should not harm anyone and without any malice or ill-motive. If you open your eyes with your soul in taking pictures, your viewers will also open their eyes with their soul in appreciating it.

Knowing Artistic and Contemporary Photography
Executive Summary By Kalixto Kalikot
Different issues encompass the world of Photography. The society brings about great impact on the works of any photographer. Art is not absolute. Have you seen the work of Jackson Pollack? Many people would compare your work from him. You should develop a spirit in taking pictures. The subject matter is very important.
It is derived solely on the message of the picture and how it affects and touches the heart and soul of every viewer. Photos should be captured with diligence and reasonable care. You need to present it applying the contemporary community standard with pure intent.
The entire process of taking pictures is really a tough job. You wouldn't want your work to be considered imitative from the works of other artists. Your work would always be considered as an art in today's contemporary genre. Your pictures should not harm anyone and without any malice or ill-motive. If you open your eyes with your soul in taking pictures, your viewers will also open their eyes with their soul in appreciating it.

Steps to Glamor Model Photography

Executive Summary By Russell R. Freeman

For the director involved in glamour model photography, arms pose no problems...if he remembers the following points:

1. Keep the model's arms and hands from reaching toward or away from the camera
2. Tapered positions of the hand add length to the arm and bold positions shorten it.

3. Both arms do not have to show in every picture. In fact, in most positions, placing one arm behind the body often gives clean delineation to the body's outline.
4. An arm can always be made to appear more slender by diverting the wide inner elbow and flat forearm away from the camera.
5. Keep the elbow away from the waistline. Pressure can be eased by leaning lightly, or when possible, carrying most of the weight on the hard parts of the arm such as the shoulder bone, elbow, wrist or hand.

6. An arm supporting the weight of the body, should not reveal too much rigidity or tension. Glamour model photography can be very satisfying and rewarding work. Work with your model and you will be rewarded with great pictures!
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Executive Summary By Richard Furman Walker
Photography is a visual art. Creative photography ideas are important in wedding photography. Taking photos at a wedding venue is a challenge as the activities and light conditions there changes from second to second. Here are some basic photography ideas for a beginner wedding photographer.

How to prepare for a wedding photograph

Getting to know the couple is good to understand their views about their wedding photo album. Know the wedding location

Spare time and visit the venue to get some photography ideas for a wonderful click. Photography kit

The wedding day has arrived and its time for you to be attentive and tricky with photography ideas. You are almost done with the wedding photography. Edit and remove redeye, cropping, etc. Use stunning creative Photography ideas that suit the function and place.
Wedding Photography - What to Consider When Choosing a Photography Crew
By Suzanne McCorkell
Wedding photography Brisbane offers couples some of the best options for wedding photography ideas. On the day of the wedding itself, your wedding photographer is going to be really busy capturing every moment of the event.
Wherever the location of your wedding is, be it by the beach, in a big church, or a small chapel on the hill, wedding photography Brisbane will take care of all your needs and make sure that all the important memories are captured.
Most wedding photographers rarely need retakes but the advantages of digital photography is that photographers can take as many photos as they want and choose the best ones later, whereas in film photography, they have to print out everything first before they can choose which ones are the best.

Executive Summary By Paul G. Crawford
Have outlined the main styles of wedding photography available today, although in many cases it is possible for a photographer to shoot in more than one style.

Traditional wedding photography

With careful lighting and expert posing traditional wedding photography creates a perfect record of your family gathering. Reportage wedding photography

Reportage, sometimes called Photojournalistic wedding photography, means literally "to report". This style of photography really is the hardest to perfect. The growth of Reportage wedding photography appears to have coincided with the growth of digital photography due to the low expenses per photograph that reportage style of photograph thrives on. Unfortunately, many new or inexperienced wedding photographers use the "shot gun" approach shooting thousands of pictures during the wedding day in the hope that they capture a few good shots.

With reportage wedding photography you are relying on the photographers interpretation of your day. Contemporary wedding photography

Contemporary, sometimes called Avant Garde wedding photography can mean many different things to different people. Contemporary wedding photography can involve unusual or "off the wall" ideas and use strange camera angles. This style of photography brings more of the photographers personality into the photograph together with the artistic vision or individual style of the photographer. Many wedding photographers use contemporary style images in professional photography awards and you will often see this style featured in glossy wedding magazines.

The downside of this style of wedding photography is that it doesn't really provide a true record of your wedding day.

Wildlife Photography

Wildlife photography is often assumed to be an exciting and high adventure genre of photography. Understand the life form that you plan to photograph in terms of living habits, habitat and behavior. Your subject could not care less if the light is diminishing or the light is at its best. You need telephoto lenses to shoot from a distance and other camera features like Center-weighted metering.

Landscape Pictures

Taking landscape pictures within a city from atop a building or on the beach is one type of landscape photography. You then have to wait for the right light conditions while braving the weather and the rough living conditions. In terms of equipment, landscape photographers need to go in for a variety of wide-angle lenses since this type of lens is capable of lending depth in the photograph.

A wide-angle zoom lens is useful in this type of photography because of the range of focal lengths it can provide while fine-tuning a shot. But there is also the need for telephoto lenses for certain shot though not of the high focal length required by sports photographers. Landscape photographers usually go in for telephoto lenses with focal length less than 300mm (a telephoto lens has a focal length greater than 50mm, a wide angle lens is less than 50mm, and a standard lens has a focal length of 50mm).

Sports Events

Sports Events are those who have made a career of photographing sporting events have a different style of operation to capture the high action of dramatic moments in a game. The length of the lens, the location of the photographer taking the shot and the need to limit blurring are the three critical aspects in sports photography.

Sports photographers use a telephoto lens. This type of lens magnifies the subject. The focal length to choose from in telephoto lenses varies from 60mm to 1000 mm. Sports photographers by and large prefer 35mm cameras and use focal lengths of 300-600mm especially for field events like soccer.

The location where photographers position themselves to take different shots is directly responsible for capturing the relevant high-points in a match. You can get the right shots if you are able to move around and use the right location in different points in a game. A 35mm camera that is generally favored in sports photography can provide the high shutter speed necessary for action shots. Higher film speed enables higher shutter speeds. A film speed of 100 is inadequate in sports photography. You need a 400 and above speed film.

An interesting technique called panning is applied in capturing action shots. You have to avoid holding the camera still when you shoot action. It should also be mentioned here that the art of sports photography actually goes beyond capturing action or high points in a game.

It is visual storytelling. Being in the right place at the right time and understanding the situation as it unfolds helps a photojournalist deliver reader interest material. The visuals complement the written reportage on the story.

Fashion Pictures

Creating an impact in fashion photography requires the photographer to take a leap in imaginative thinking and to create images that are different and unusual. A fashion photographer needs a high level of visual sophistication combined with ideation skills. Your choice of camera and accessories will vary depending on whether you shoot indoor or outdoor, light conditions, theme of the picture, etc.

Black and White Treatment

The black and white effect is used by artists and fashion photographers to create abstracts or classy 'other worldly' images. The camera equipment required in black & white is not very distinct from other types of photography but the key actually lies in the processing and printing quality. If you want large prints, you may need a camera with a high-resolution digital image sensor for sharpness of large format prints. To fine-tune the images digitally you need some basic knowledge of Photoshop software. Photoshop assists in optimizing the images. Fine tuning the contrasts is important in creating the right effect in black and white.

The print quality is another important factor in creating high impact black & white photographs. If you intend to print digitally processed images, you need a good printer and long lasting ink in your printer.

Shooting Celebrities

Celebrity photography is challenging and the same time an exciting, glamorous field. The relevant and useful tools in your camera system are the right lenses and center-weighted metering if you are into shooting wildlife. You mainly need wide-angle lenses in your camera system to demonstrate depth and scale in your picture. The impact of Black & White treatment can be heightened during the processing phase using various techniques and, Celebrity photography is not all glamour. Capturing the right mood and the essence of the celebrity becomes the key to a good shot and you often work within time constraints.

Summary By Christopher Haslego

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