Archive for the ‘Photography Discussion’ Category

Page 2 of 2«12

How do I protect my camera from the cold?

It is rapidly getting rather cold in this part of the world (Québec - Canada) and I was wondering how best to protect my camera in these circumstances. What I’m mostly worrying about is condense in my camera, when I bring it back inside from the cold outdoors. So I guess my question is;

camera cold
Photo by Cloudnine

Do any of you guys know of some way to protect a camera from condense?

Read more >>

Is Photoshopping cheating?

Here’s something else I was asked….

Is manipulating a photo in Photoshop somehow cheating??
Does it really matter? or is what matters the final image - no matter HOW it got to that point?

Read more >>

Photograph or Snapshot?

Hey, here’s a question for you…

What is the difference between a snapshot and a photograph? What are the things that set them apart? What are the defining elements? And can an image be both?

Photograph or Snapshot?

I have some ideas, but some things are still a bit fuzzy. I’d love to hear what you think.

Read more >>

Inspiration and How You Go About Shooting

I have many photog friends who will just say to me, “I am going out shooting today”. I find that I can’t just do that. Go out with nothing in particular in mind. When I have tried, I usually shoot nothing or crap. On the other hand, I will all of a sudden have an idea and go for it. (I do alot of still life for stock and this weighs in to that a lot) When that happens, I usually get shots although, I would say that if I shoot 40 photos, I probably only use 2.

Inspiration and How You Go About Shooting
Girl in Spring by Ann (profile)

How do other people find inspiration? Do you start with an idea? Do you just go in search of anything that might strike you? I find that I usually start with an idea and usually one that is a challenge for me. For instance shopping. I then might go out and decide to work on shooting shop windows-dealing with glare, composition etc…Or I start with an emotion. I recently did “a feeling of being alone”.

>> Continue to read “Inspiration and How You Go About Shooting” in our photo community forum…

Discussion: Photo Locations in Vietnam & Bali

My husband and I are planning to go to Vietnam and Bali for about a 2-3 weeks this Christmas holiday. Anyone here has any recommendations for some good photo locations at both places?

Lake-Kintamani

>> Continue to read or discuss “Photo Locations in Vietnam & Bali” in our forum

Page 2 of 2«12