A new contest has been announced that has special meaning for me, the “At My Home” photo contest put together by Udi at DIYPhotography.net. Imagine a beautiful, professionally illustrated coffee table book filled with images on the theme of “America at Home”. Now picture receiving a free copy ($39.95 value) with your own photograph of family, friends, pets – you …

Digital Workflow, Stage 2: image selection
Last week we looked at archiving RAW files from a shoot. There’s an important point I failed to mention that should be throw in. When I initially back up my RAW files only the blank frames or total disasters get discarded. At this initial stage I don’t like to “chimp” much to make space on …

My friend and fellow photographer, Tom Uhlman, is an accomplished nature and sports photographer. I was only able to spend a few hours with Tom in his backyard one morning but I learned a whole lot about photographing birds.
Tom explains it in a way that makes me feel like I can head out into my own backyard and start making …

On Monday we pay a visit to my friend Tom Uhlman, sports and nature photographer. Tom lives on the edge of the Mt. Airy Forest here in Cincinnati, and has turned his yard into a natural habitat for photographing wildlife. In Monday’s video he’ll show us some simple tips and tricks for photographing birds in our own backyards. I’m not …

I have to start by mentioning an arresting photo that Strobist ran a couple days ago. This is honestly the cutest photograph I’ve ever seen. No amount of propping, styling or casting can create an image like that, it’s the real deal. Plus the lighting is so painterly…it really is beautiful.
Are there many prophotolife readers in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area? …

Though we may be at different points along the journey, photographers do share a common path. The magic of photography has hooked us all. Over the next few weeks I’d like to introduce you to three photographers, all at very different points along their personal journey.

Colin Summers, photojournalist
As photographers we all speak about having passion for our work. Nowhere …

Digital Workflow, Stage 1: backing up digital captures
Shooting great photographs means little if you don’t handle your files properly. I’d like to share the outline of my digital workflow, one refined over the past few years at the photo studio. Workflow is a process that takes time and experience to implement and understand. We’ll be taking it a step at …

We saw a flood of new faces (do we have faces on the internet?) at prophotolife yesterday, thanks to Scott Kelby giving us a shout from Photoshop Insider . I have a ton of respect for Scott’s many accomplishments and the great work he and his team do at Kelby Training (the definitive resource for Photoshop and Lightroom instruction). Their …

This practical intro to digital photography studio lighting equipment was really fun to make, I hope you enjoy it. There were so many things worth mentioning, I ended up dividing the video up into two separate, easy-to-digest portions. Part two will follow tomorrow (bumping the tech article back a day). In future video lessons we’ll be studying different qualities …

Monday’s video will be one for the equipment junkies, a photo studio equipment and terminology guide. I’ll be showing you the equipment we use at Daylight Photo: the lights, grids, softboxes, booms, etc., and sharing our terminology. This is prep work for more upcoming lighting videos, so everyone can be on the same page and learn more about controlling light …