Enhancing the Third Dimension

The world we live in has three dimensions which we can perceive visually. Photography only gives us two dimensions with which to recreate this three dimensional world. As photographers, we must learn to play on the cues our eye-brain visual system use to decode our...

As The Fog Rolls In My Vision Clears

As the fog rolls in, my vision clears. Its ethereal mist contrasts the ordinary and awakens my camera. Clicking away, I celebrate.   At f/22 (optimal for great depth of field), fog slows the shutter. I secure the camera on a tripod and set the ISO to 100 (fog is...

How to Quote a Photography Assignment

A stock photo client calls you with an assignment. The photo buyer likes your photography and enjoys working with you and now wants you to shoot a project. Commercial clients who purchase your stock images are likely to assume you shoot assignments. If, up to now,...

Life Before Photoshop

BPSOP instructor Joe Baraban takes us back in time to what a shoot was like before photoshop and the fact that you can still think about getting as much as possible done in camera. Sometimes I like to talk about “Life Before Photoshop”, I present to you a...

5 Characteristics of Successful Stock Photos

If you are interested or are selling your outdoor and nature photography, there are important factors to creating images the markets will want. It is not always clear on what exactly what makes for a successful image, but there are some ideas inherent in many ...
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