Category Archives: Photography How-To’s

Dreams

This image has been hanging around for a while but as I’ve been organising all my photos through Lightroom 2.2, I have been revisiting and re-editing those that are standing out. “Dreams” has kept its original name as it has always been an important image to me. Whenever I get an image that shows an...

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Faves
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis

View full post »

Dog Show Photography – Part 2

In Part One I looked at the very basics of dog show photography for a beginner photographer. In part two I will add a little more detail until I begin to focus on the more detailed tips you will need. —————— In order to be successful at Dog Show photography, the photographer really needs to...

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Faves
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis

View full post »

The second choice

The most importance and instinctive choice you make when you take a photograph of an animal is when to press the shutter. In that 1/500 of a second (or thereabouts!), the all important ‘expression’ is permanently captured. The second choice for many of us, is what to do with the photo when we get it...

View full post »

Dog Show Photography – Tips & Tricks Part 1

What are dog shows? Think – Westminster and Crufts. Yep – every weekend around the globe, ‘exhibitors’ are travelling to and from All-Breed and Specialty (breed) dog shows. Of course most are nowhere near as large as Crufts, and don’t expect to see any others on TV- but your local Canine Council and clubs will...

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Faves
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis

View full post »

The Photoshop Debate

If you’re a photographer, time and time again you hear the sentence “oh, is it photoshopped?” when you show someone a piece of your art. Often, the real question being asked here is “is it real or is it fake”, are you a talented photographer or a hack? I started thinking about similar artistic fields...

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Faves
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis

View full post »