blogs about photography
Category: photography
On Photographing Hands
Posing and Photographing Hands When photographing people, we often focus on facial expressions, eyes, and so on. We don’t have to worry about hands when we capture headshots (portraits showing only the head and the shoulders of a person), but if we show more than the head and shoulders, we have to include hands. ...
On Travel Photography
Tips on travel photography and traveling light.
Cropping for Print
Cropping Your Images for Print Recently a friend of mine reminded me of print images and cropping images to fit in the frames available for purchase. And that kind of made me think about photographing and cropping for print–that is, with a printed image in mind as a final product. I’m the first to admit ...
Photographing Men in Shirts and T-Shirts
Photographing Men Men photographed on location:
Watermarks
On Designing Watermarks to Further Define Our Artist Voice To watermark or not to watermark? That is the question. My personal rule of thumb is: – usually, if I post the image on social media or blogs, I do add a watermark – if the image is for a client or publication, of course, I ...
Photographing Performing Artists
Over the years I’ve interviewed and photographed many performing artists in studio and on the set. They are actors, musicians, advocates, and inspiring people. Here are a few examples: Ron B’s show, No Boundaries-Up Close and Personal: Music Performances Performing artists Lovari at JC Pride: Others: Other performances include photographing actor and comedian Steve Hayes ...
On Setting Your Photography Rates
Things to consider when setting your photography rates “How much is that doggy in the window?” I know only the beginning of that song, but what stands out, thinking of it as a creative, is that in the song someone does ask and actually is willing to pay for the dog. When it comes ...
Photographing Women
Photographing Women While I photograph mostly men, every once in a while I get to photograph women portraits, editorials, and fashion. Here are a few examples: As always, thanks for stopping by! Alina Oswald
Happy International Women’s Day!
Happy International Women’s Day! Today some of us celebrate women–our mothers, grandmothers, aunties, cousins, sisters, our role models, teachers, and so on. This year in particular, let’s celebrate those advocating for women’s rights, for human rights. Here are a few of the inspiring women I’ve met along the way. Many of them have been my ...
Older Images – A Source of Inspiration
Finding Inspiration in Revisiting and Re-editing Older Images We’ve all heard of writer’s block, right? But is there such a thing as photographer’s block? Or artist’s block? Well, if that ever happens, try looking through older images. Not only you might rediscover your muse, but you might get a chance to revisit your artist voice, ...
