Archive for September, 2006

Backgrounds and Backdrops for Photography

A list of popular Background and Backdrop vendors for photography.
For raw muslins, some dyed ones and some canvas, check out http://chicagocanvas.com.
For painted canvas check out Silverlake.
Silverlake also has a forum where you can talk to the owner (Travis) and other people that are using the backgrounds, plus talk about photography in general.
Finally, don’t forget to [...]

How to Pose Models for Photography

Not all books on lighting or photography are created equal. Here are resources, websites and tips on posing models for photography. Websites
http://www.shopomp.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=73
http://www.photocrack.com/pages/download/ModelPose15.html (zip download)
http://www.petergowland.com/glamour11.html
http://www.martinchia.com/posing_101.asp
Wedding Pose Checklist

Overcoming the Fear of Street Photography

For the beginner photographer, street photography can be intimidating. I’m personally quite nervous when I get out there. After reading this article by John Brownlow on overcoming your fears in Street Photography, though, I have a lot more tips and tricks for taking better street photos. I’ll be working on these.
As a big bonus, you’ll [...]

Online Tool for Testing Photo and Art Composition

This site helps beginner photographers & artists understand composition via the Golden Mean, Golden Ratio, Golden Spiral, Golden Proportion, Golden Triangle and other popular rules of photography and art.

Protecting Photographs in Mylar Presentations

Question: “Normally I take all my photos and have them mounted. I have lots of the mylar protective sheets, and the paper backing is all acid free. They say it doesn’t lift ink, but I’ve found that it indeed does adhere to the photo and “bubble” up, causing serious marring on the photograph. Am I [...]