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BPSOP instructor Charlie Borland is known for capturing beautiful shots in nature, but he also has to look at a lot of different ways to keep his business afloat!  Charlie shares with is some important tips that most nature photographers don't think about! Outdoor...

Fall has arrived in many areas and photographers are getting ready or are heading out to shoot their favorite places. Many will go to the usual locations like the Smoky's or New England while others will photograph less known and less crowded locations. There are many...

Much of the time when I am shooting people, I think of the perfect quote by Marcel  Proust, " The real journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." In my portrait course here at BPSOP,  called Eye to Eye - Capturing the Face,...

It's late September, and here on the coast of Maine I have already seen a few trees starting to show their autumn colors. Fall is my favorite season, I love shooting this time of year. Here are a few things to keep in mind while you are photographing fall foliage....

 There is so much in nature to photograph! National Parks, wild areas, and even our own backyards! We have an infinite amount of subjects to capture and in amazing ways.   But it is not necessarily where we photograph as it is what we photograph that makes for a...

  Frequently when I travel I find that I bounce back and forth between planning out every day and every moment to try and ensure that I get some great photos, or allowing things to be very fluid and even random in order to get that "great shot". It's a unique...

I probably love photographing people more than anything else that I shoot, whether I am close to home or in some far-off country.  When opportunity and knowledge collide, I know something special is going happen. Just finding the perfect subject is only one part of...

-Taught by USA Today Sports Photographer Russ Isabella- We live in a very sports minded world and there is not a day that goes by where something was not worth reporting in the world of sports. Not surprising, there is not a day that goes by where something was not...

Did you know that most picture taking situations have at least six possible combinations of f/stops and shutters speeds that will ALL result in a correct exposure; not a creatively correct exposure but a correct exposure? But only one, sometimes two, of these...