by NIck Kelsh | Jul 3, 2018 | Blog, Fireworks, Fireworks, Free Tips
As much as I’d like to think than many of you are going to shlep your big boy / big girl DSLRs out there into the crowded darkness (banging the heads of little kids you don’t even know with your tripod legs, by the way) I don’t think that’s going to happen....
by NIck Kelsh | May 23, 2016 | Free Tips
Parades are not among newspaper photographers favorite assignments. Like kids playing in sprinklers on a hot day and fireworks on the Fourth of July, parades fall into the seen-one-seen-them-all category. And based on my personal experience I tend to agree;...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 2, 2016 | Free Tips, Spring
I really hope the snow has melted wherever you find yourself in the world. It’s been a tough winter for many people living in North America … one where I’m sure there were more people holding snow shovels than cameras. But now that the daffodils are announcing the...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 1, 2016 | Free Tips, Spring
We’re proud to present a two part series of HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH FLOWERS photo tips. Many of the pictures were taken by people just like you. They love photography and they love flowers and they were willing to get their knees dirty. That’s pretty much all it...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 1, 2016 | Free Tips, Spring
Any milestone or family event deserves special photographic consideration. The end of a school year is as good a time as any to point out some basics to preserve those memories. I realize that in the Southern Hemisphere you’re in the middle of the school year. (I only...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 1, 2016 | Free Tips, Spring
Our photographic celebration of life itself continues with Part Two of How to Photograph Flowers. If you missed Part One, you can find it here. Again, I’ve used many of the photographs you folks posted on our Facebook page as examples – thank you for your talents and...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Mar 31, 2016 | Free Tips
Beautiful, soft portrait lighting is all around us if you know how to look for it. Scout your house and neighborhood for a place that has this gorgeous light and you’ll be ready to shoot spontaneous headshots that have a classic, professional look. By that I mean a...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Mar 31, 2016 | Free Tips
Beautiful light makes just about everything look good, but when you mix it with some water it’s almost hard to miss. Hopefully, you’ll find yourself bathed in both of them sometime soon. If you and your camera both get a little bit wet, don’t worry, it’s going to be...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Mar 31, 2016 | Free Tips
The beach is one of those places where every single photographic possibility has been done several hundred billion times by several hundred billion amateur photographers and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. We can all learn from each other’s mistakes and successes...
by NIck Kelsh | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Spring
The winter of 2015-2016 has been a season of ups and downs in Philadelphia and likely that’s how it was for you where ever you live. It was 73 degrees on Christmas day and then a few weeks later we had 30 inches of snow on a Friday night. School...
by NIck Kelsh | Mar 24, 2016 | Blog, Spring
1. LIKE ALL HOLIDAYS, SIMPLER IS OFTEN BETTER A couple of eggs, a classic basket, and a simple handmade sign and all of a sudden it’s Easter. Easter does not require much in terms of props. Kim Anderson did a lovely job of posing her kids in an alley way making them...
by NIck Kelsh | Jul 2, 2015 | Fireworks, Fireworks, Free Tips
A staple of any celebration worth its while is the big fireworks display at the end. If you would like to capture the magic of the night, I’ve compiled some tips for you in this infographic (Hint: share it—your friends will appreciate it!) Plus be sure to read on...
by Rochelle Hepworth | May 4, 2015 | Free Tips
Any visit with grandparents is an opportunity to add to the family photographic record— especially if they don’t live nearby. It’s not always easy or convenient to gather multiple generations in one spot—you can meet resistance at both ends of the age spectrum—but as...
by Rochelle Hepworth | May 4, 2015 | Free Tips
Family portraits are pictures of people and faces and not pictures of clothes—this is not a fashion shoot. If the clothes dominate the picture then I think it’s going in the wrong direction. I think clothes in the official family picture need to be simple, elegant and...
by Rochelle Hepworth | May 4, 2015 | Free Tips
Whenever I address the intricacies of the simple headshot, I start with this graphic. I used my wireless lighting kit—that’s one little portable flash, an umbrella and a light stand. Today I’d just like you to consider many of the things that go into a simple black...
by Rochelle Hepworth | May 4, 2015 | Free Tips
Learning to recognize the details that tell stories when you are out there in the real world is an acquired skill. It’s actually one of the great benefits of being a photographer. It changes the way you see everything. We are surrounded with symbols and objects that...
by NIck Kelsh | May 4, 2015 | Fireworks, Fireworks, Free Tips
One of the most popular features I’ve ever written for any of our sites were my tips to how to photograph fireworks. Here’s a link to that blog. The information that’s there is solid and you can proceed with confidence if you follow it. In those instructions you set...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 30, 2015 | Free Tips
My wife and I disagree about exactly what women want. Fortunately for you, my male companion, I KNOW what they want and that could be very helpful information for you this Mother’s Day. They simply want pictures of themselves with their children. I aim to help you...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 30, 2015 | Free Tips
I would love it if all of the dads and husbands out there who are married to the family photographer could read this article. If you don’t own a camera and you feel klutzy when you occasionally want to document mom with the kids— or your photographer wife all by...
by Rochelle Hepworth | Apr 30, 2015 | Free Tips
If you casually let the horizon line in a photograph land where it may, you’ve put yourself at the mercy of one of the boldest graphic elements that will ever appear in your pictures. And it appears so often in photographs, you need to be in charge of it and use it to...
