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Photography is an expansive art form that includes more than just portraiture, landscape or glamor photography. Both professional and amateur photographers may favor specific types of photography over others. While a professional photographer may work in photojournalism, an amateur may be particularly interested in macro-photography. Read on to learn more about the various types of photography.
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Traveling with Photo Equipment
By Nancy Hill Traveling with photo equipment can get complicated, but traveling without photo equipment would be pointless to anyone who loves photography, so here are some pointers that should take some of the stress out of it. 1. If you’re flying, carry your camera onboard with you to avoid damage. When you go through metal detectors, ask the attendant to hand-screen your film. To ...Read More »
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- Taking Memorable Photos of Children By Nancy Hill Children are a favorite subject for many photographers. Advertisers know a photo of an adorable child will ...Read More »
- Is the Photo Gift Product Market for You? By Nancy Hill You’ve no doubt seen photo mugs and photo calendars. Maybe you’ve even purchased some as gifts for ...Read More »
- Portfolios 101 by Nancy Hill At some point in your journey into photography, you will know the time has come to show ...Read More »
- Ten Reasons to Learn to Take Good Pictures By Nancy Hill Everybody has a camera, so why should you bother taking pictures? Let someone else worry about shooting ...Read More »
- Basic Photography Concepts Most of us aren’t professional photographers, but many of us take our amateur photography seriously. Over time, we come to ...Read More »
- Aberration Aberration, also known as “color fringing,” refers to the effect in which light passing through a lens becomes blurred and ...Read More »
- Angle of View Angle of View is the amount of a scene a photograph captures and can be measured vertically, horizontally or diagonally. ...Read More »
- Aperture Aperture refers to the lens diaphragm on a camera that controls the amount of light that touches the film when ...Read More »
- American Standards Association (ASA) ASA, an acronym for American Standards Association, refers to an antiquated scale for film speeds devised by Kodak during the ...Read More »
- Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio is a measurement of a photograph’s width to height. Commonly, 35 mm film measures 36:24, creating an aspect ...Read More »
