7 self-care tips for photographers

Ansel Adams took regular walks in nature, and Margaret Bourke-White went to bed early and woke up early to spend time writing outdoors. Most of us have seen Adams’ Yosemite landscapes and Bourke-White’s photographs for LIFE magazine, but we pay far less attention to their everyday lives—and the little things they did to nurture their… Continue reading 7 self-care tips for photographers

Tips to build a great landscape photo

In 2006, Edward Steichen’s 1904 picture of a pond in Westchester County, New York, bathed in moonlight, fetched a whopping $2.9 million at Sotheby’s. In 2011, Andreas Gursky’s photograph of the Rhine river sold for $4,338,500 at Christie’s. And in 2020, even at the height of the pandemic, an Ansel Adams print, created at Grand… Continue reading Tips to build a great landscape photo

Fun Tricks With Flash

Manipulating the flash’s light with a gel or filter is a key technique, when combining flash with fire or light trails. Photograph/ Raj Lalwani Light Only the Foreground Did you know you can adjust the on-camera flash’s intensity, such that it only illuminates what is immediately in front of the camera? This is a good… Continue reading Fun Tricks With Flash