By Marie Read (Excerpted from her book Mastering Bird Photography) Few creatures are as fascinating as hummingbirds, darting around on whirring wings, flashing their jewel-like colors. Flying hummers can be photographed in flight using natural light, but to truly…
This article is an excerpt from The Essence of Photography by Bruce Barnbaum. In the mid-1900s, the great street photographer Arthur Fellig, known as “Weegee,” developed a camera with an extended lens, which was actually a tube with a mirror…
Bruce Barnbaum took the time to sit down with us and answer a few questions about his prolific career. Fifty years of photography is a big accomplishment. How did you get into photography initially? Bruce Barnbaum: I picked up a…
The following is an excerpt from Bruce Barnbaum’s book Plateaus and Canyons. The above pictures and text were excerpted from Bruce Barnbaum’s Plateaus and Canyons.
The following is an excerpt on Visualization from Bruce Barnbaum’s book The Art of Photography 2nd Edition. The concept of photography as a form of nonverbal communication is a philosophical one. But it’s a very important truth, based on the…
The following is an excerpt from The Essence of Photography by Bruce Barnbaum. A wedding photographer is generally one who photographs one wedding after another, catching the obligatory images of the bride, the groom, the bride and her family, the…
Excerpt from: The Landscape Photography Book by Scott Kelby You’ll Need These Two for Most of These Recipes To keep you from having to read this over and over again, for most of the recipes in this chapter: The first step is…
This is an excerpt from Glenn Randall’s new title, Dusk to Dawn. Join us for a free Webinar with Glenn Randall on the Essential Skills for Night Photography. You can find more information on the webinar here. The principles of good…
This is an excerpt from the book The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography by Jordana Wright. Sometimes all your planning will go to hell. Your Caribbean vacation will be overwhelmed by strong surf and heavy rains, or your visit to a…
This is an excerpt from Chroma by Nick Fancher. I was in Charleston, South Carolina, for my annual shoot with the 34 West theater company. Every fall I return to this historic city to photograph the company’s Friday evening performance and then…