Author Archive: Shannon Joe
Tips for Perfect Photo Prints
Photography is an exciting art that many fall in love with, but sometimes the photo prints do not match up to the fabulous photo you know you captured. Even as an advanced photographer there are still some things you can learn to enhance your photo printing skills. Here are some useful tips that will help [...]
Macro Photography – How to Photograph a Spider’s Web
Spiderwebs are beautiful, interesting and absolutely unique. Each one is a study in natural beauty and makes an excellent topic for close up photography. Unfortunately, their light and elastic nature, and the spider’s movement across the web can also make them challenging to photograph well. Photographing a spiderweb well is a combination of timing, position [...]
Trick Photography And Special Effects 2.0
The second edition of Trick Photography and Special Effects has been released. It includes 100 new e-book pages (296 pages total), 9 full hours of video tutorials and over 300 creative photographs created by some of the most talented photographic artists around the world. It is one of the most popular training eBooks for photographers. [...]
How to Photograph a Rainbow
The hardest part of capturing a rainbow is timing. They are only visible when the weather and light are just right, and they fade quickly from sight. Those who successfully capture a rainbow are prepared to take the photo before the rainbow appears. Follow these steps to capture the best rainbow images possible.
Air Show Photography – Tips and Tricks
Air shows provide a host of interesting photograph opportunities for apprentice and seasoned photographers alike. The crowds, the speed, and the outdoor setting however pose a unique set of challenges. Follow these steps to take better pictures of air shows.
Digital Wedding Secrets
Digital Wedding Secrets is your complete guide to amazing wedding photography. It is an e-book written in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. That means you can pick it up today and be working it immediately! Digital wedding secrets is the power to take your wedding photography to next level. Take amazing shots. Discover secrets to candid [...]
Astrophotography: How to Photograph a Lunar Eclipse
A lunar eclipse takes place 2 or 3 times each year and only during a full moon. This phenomenon occurs when the moon passes through the earth’s dark shadow causing it to go dim. The moon’s orbit is tipped 5 degrees to the earth causing the moon to miss the Earth’s shadow during most full [...]
Tips for Amazing Low Angle Shots
A low angle shot is taken at the base of, or below, an object. These shots are often visually interesting because it forces a perspective that is outside the ordinary. They bring back the grandeur and wonder of childhood’s prospective, and allow the photographer to get creatively involved in their subject. There are several ways [...]
How to Photograph Live Stage Performances
Photographing stage performers is an excellent way to document the performance, and provides valuable stills for advertising, to use in programs, or to save for nostalgia’s sake. However, photographing a stage performance presents a unique set of challenges because the stage lighting, constant movement and sometimes awkward angles can make getting a great shot a [...]
How to Add Emotion to Photographs
The thing that separates a snapshot from an artistic photograph is the images ability to generate an emotional response in the viewers. To convey feeling a photographer must go beyond the basic laws of composition and develop something more free flowing and emotive. There are several ways a photographer can alter their photography style to [...]
