Tips and tricks of travel photography

By William Yu Larong Tibetan Buddhist Institute, Sichuan, China Summer is the peak season for vacation and traveling. As a travel photographer and photo tour leader, It’s my pleasure to share some tips from my experience and answer some frequently asked...

Isolating Your Subject

We live in a hectic, fast paced world. It seems like everyone is always pressed for time. A Mary Chapin carpenter song wraps it up perfectly – ” … everybody’s got to go, got to be, got to get somewhere.” I know this feeling all too well...

The Leading In Rule

Together with my ” Stretching Your Frame of Mind ” workshop I teach around the world, I been told by students way too many times that they, in return, have been told to always have their subject walking, running, or facing into the frame. This is referred...

Did it do it?

This week BPSOP instructor Joe Baraban reminds us to ask yourself an important question. Did it do it?      One of the things I like to tell photographers to ask themselves is,  “Did It Do It?”  I pass this on as soon as I can to my students so they can...

 Less Can Be More 

Sometimes less is more… Photographers are often advised to move closer to their subjects in order to fill the image frame because too much negative space around a subject will lessen the photo’s impact. This rule works well when what you are trying to say...

Making Money with People in Your Images

I have been shooting stock photography all around the world for many years and get asked by many people the same question. What is the best subject to focus on to make money when shooting stock. One of the things that I stress the most is the importance of finding...
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