You bought $4550 in equipment and no clue how to use it. Most likely a $4500 body, with a $50 lens. You shoot RAW without any clue of why you’re doing it or how to process it.
I got a photo selected for NYC Exposed online international exhibit. The photo they selected was taken at the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island Brooklyn NY at the 2010 parade, below.
In the digital photography era it's become commonplace to have our equipment make all or most of the decisions about exposure. The existence of an AUTO dial makes it all too tempting to think your camera knows better than you. This is not always the case, in fact in the real world of photography your camera knows much less than you do. The digital sensor and built-in camera light meter have certain inherent limitations of which a
I just saw this video over on the Fstoppers blog and thought "yes, I'm going to try this for a shoot later this week!" Especially since clouds are in the forecast.
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Speedlight Mastery Trailer from Damien Lovegrove on
With so many photographers spawning in all metropolitan cities across the globe, the competition can be fierce, making it difficult to stand apart from the swarm. Perhaps this is why photographers have traditionally relied heavily on the importance of personal contacts i.e. referrals to land gigs. This is still largely true of how photographers get hired, however technology - namely the internet, has given photographers direct access