HDR Photography Tutorial by Scott Kelby
In this video Photoshop Master Scott Kelby explains HDR. High dynamic range imaging is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wide dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent [...]
Statue of Liberty Lightning Strike
This is the moment a lightning bolt appears to strike the Statue of Liberty in New York. New York photographer Jay Fine had spent the night braving the storm in Battery Park City, Manhattan, in a bid to get the perfect picture. Jay spent nearly two hours poised with his camera and took more than [...]
Tilt-Shift Videos = Very Cool
Coachelletta from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo. Everyone knows I am a huge fan of Tilt-Shift, photography, and videography. I really have to stat shooting like this. Sam O’Hare used D3′s to shoot around 50,000 images with some exposures up to 2 seconds long. (night shots). Here is another video by O’Hare. This is a video [...]
Street Photography With Joe Wingfall
Joe Wigfall is a street photographer from NYC. Basically he walks around with his camera in his hand, and without lifting it to his eye, he shoots. Joe says “You have to learn to see with your hands.” Some of the images he has captured really represent photojournalism. I have even practiced this technique myself [...]
Album Cafe Supports The Fight Against Breast Cancer
The Album Cafe will be donating 100% of sales from album template purchases on our site tomorrow (10/5/10) to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer. We are also trying to support an amazing photographer who is doing a huge auction this month raising money for breast cancer, Lydia Shannon. “ f/stop breast cancer [...]
Bullet Time
Bullet time is a special and visual effect that refers to a digitally-enhanced simulation of variable-speed (i.e. slow motion, time-lapse, etc) photography used in films, broadcast advertisements, and video games. It is characterized both by its extreme transformation of time (slow enough to show normally imperceptible and unfilmable events, such as flying bullets and space [...]
Jerry Ghionis Interview
Jerry Ghionis is by far one of the best wedding photographers in the world. He has won WPPI album and print competitions many times. His ability to capture images is amazing. Not only is he an amazing wedding photographer, he loves to share his knowledge. Jerry runs a website named i.c.e Society, which is full [...]
Find Interesting Backgrounds in Unlikely Places
As a photographer I’m always looking for unique ideas for my next photo shoot. I stare at people in public in search of potential models, and have embarrassed myself on occasion by getting caught. I’ll even admit that I’ve stalked people in Wal-mart and other places trying to get a better look at them. Yes, [...]
Congratulations to the $100 Album Cafe Winner!
Well, it’s September 12th. That means it’s time to announce the winner of our Album Cafe Treasure Hunt! And the very first person to find the secret code and email me was: Emma Smith www.emmajanephotos.com/ Emma you now have a $100 credit to get anything you want from The Album Cafe! We also had several [...]
How do you promote your boudoir photography? Try this!
Here is a very cool video of a pin-up shoot. The photographer was Robin Owen, you may have seen her post on Boudoir Flow Posing. She has used Chris Paige as her videographer, and together they have made some wonderful images, as well as this awesome video. Please take a few seconds to check it [...]
Add Flare To Your Photos
Sending a big thank you to Ashley Nicole Meyer for supplying us with these very cool lens flare images. Please take a second to check out her website www.alacrityphoto.com, and her facebook page. “Lens flare is the light scattered in lens systems through generally unwanted image formation mechanisms, such as internal reflection and scattering from [...]
Friends With Benefits
Hey everyone are you fans of ThePerfectPose over on facebook? If you’re not we would like to cordially invite you to join in our discussions and photo critiquing. Please take a minute to “Like” our page, then stop by and post your favorite shot for review. We all contribute over there so remember if you [...]
Jesh De Rox 2011 Workshops
Here is a List of the Jesh De Rox 2011 World Tour. Jesh will be spreading love in cities all around the world. Bali, Las Vegas, Orange County, London, and Paris. You can sign up for his workshops here. You can also email Jesh about the payment plans he has set up. BALI February 1-3th, [...]
3 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Photography
If you’re new to the photography world, you will find these three tips very helpful. If you’re an experienced pro, you probably already know these, but it never hurts to re-read them. 1. Composition – Composition in layman’s terms means “were you put stuff in your photograph”. There are all kinds of compositional rules that [...]
Joe Buissink on Post Production
Aperture from Alexander Chen on Vimeo. Joe Buissink is my all time favorite wedding photographer. His images are simply stunning. In this video he talks a little about aperture and post production.
How Not To Answer An Email – A lesson in customer service
In the current economy we need every advantage we can leverage. Number 1 should be customer service. With people charging next to nothing for their services and your competition just a click away, customer service needs to be at the forefront of your business plan. Please allow me to share a recent email I received [...]
Things Most People Want `Most
Here is a list of things that most people want. You have the power to give these things to some people in your life. Some of the you can’t give, some of them you can. Please take a look and the things you can give, give. People will love you for it. Health and the [...]
Wedding Albums and Design
When it comes to making additional profits, over delivering and wowing your clients, albums are number one. I have dedicated a lot of time to learning the art of designing albums that sell. This has been one of my biggest money making techniques as a wedding photographer. Maybe, “money making technique” is not the right [...]
E-Book Coming Soon
Hey everyone, I’ve been thinking over the past few days about this blog and the information I put out. It’s hard to grasp all the knowledge of being a successful wedding photographer from a blog. I update it with things relevant to photography and posing. I do include bits and peaces about business, such as [...]
No One Has Found The Hidden Code To Win $100
I know what you’re thinking. Someone must have found the hidden code and already won the contest. Well we’re about a week into the give away and I have yet to receive an email. I would have thought someone would have found it by now. I did make it a little difficult since I blended [...]
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