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Read MoreHow To Choose A Cloud Back-Up Service
When it comes to cloud back-up options, there are an endless supply of options to choose from. How do we choose one from the many services offered? Are there differences? What are the costs (if any)? Are there storage limits? There are many other factors to consider too.
Read MoreStreet Photography: Law, Ethics, Morals and Best Practices
When I got back from Morocco a few months back, another Instagram user posted photos of mine on Instagram. To be fair, this user did give me full credit but didn't seek permission ahead of time for using my photograph. So, I reached out to them to ask that they take the photo down (or compensate me for its use). The conversation took an interesting direction...
Read More7-Steps to Pose Your Subject Perfectly, Every Time
It can sometimes be a little hard to determine exactly how to pose an individual subject to bring out their best qualities. Oh sure, you can talk and build a rapport or use trial and error - but here is a 7-step technique that always works.
Read MoreThe Trouble with Animal Selfies
The more you travel, the more you’ll run into situations where, as a tourist, you are being offered services (or goods) that involve the exploitation of another. If you’re trying to travel responsibly and ethically (and you should be) - it’s a troubling, sad, and often frustrating part of travel
Read MoreHappy Holidays and a Very Happy New Year from Pale Blue Dot Photography
This week's blog post will be the final one for 2017. It's a time of year to unplug from email, websites and social media to decompress for a while. Happy Holidays and a Very Happy New Year from Pale Blue Dot Photography!
Read MorePortrait Mode Falls Short
The best camera you can buy is the one you have with you. So often, that translates into a light-weight/multi-functional device - i.e. a smartphone camera. And smartphone cameras are improving every year - especially on the software end of the equation. With dual-lense cameras, you're able to get DSLR-like results from a 200g phone. However, we're not quite...
Read MoreJust Smash Your Camera To Bits
This week's news items take place a little closer to home (if you live in Canada). Artists, including photographers, own the images that they make. However, there is a limit to what a photographer is able to capture and protect. Here are two examples that occurred in Canada this past week...
Read MoreYou Could Be Sued For Posting Your Own Image, But You're Probably Not Famous Enough
If you’re into sharing images online - read this to help you avoid trouble. When it comes to re-posting images that you didn’t make yourself, there are many subtleties and complexities. But they boil down to this...Click on the link to visit the website.
Read MoreIntellectual Property, Copyright Law & Monkey Selfies
A couple of years ago, a photographer was in the Indonesian rain-forest taking pictures of macaques. He setup his camera to enable the macaques to make their own pictures and then he was sued by the monkey for ownership of the photos.
Read MoreWinter's Coming
So how’s the first week of daylight saving time treating you? I have to admit, it’s kicking my ass this time around. I’m not getting accustom to the time change at all. But it brings to mind something salient to photography. With less available light, and more hours of darkness throughout the season...
Read MoreJust Back It Up
Back in the days of film, it was always devastating to accidentally open the back of your camera, exposing your entire roll and losing your photos. At least you could say you ‘only’ ruined 24-36 photos. The damage was limited. Even so, do you remember how...
Read MoreRoad Grids + Astronomy = Photographic Opportunity
Having just come back from Morocco, I have a renewed appreciation for the way older cities are laid out. The narrow, winding, organic layout of the streets lend older cities a lot of character, charm and idiosyncrasies. Many North American cities are laid out in a grid. While this can make a city easier to navigate and for traffic to flow, it can also be a little bland...sometimes.
Read MoreA Day Late and A Dollar Short...
One of the biggest celestial events of the year occurred in North America a couple of days ago, and not a word on my blog about it...until now.
Read MoreDo You Ever Need a Large Camera?
Dedicated camera equipment (SLRs, point-and-shoot, etc…) do have their place. So here are some of the applications in which a phone will usually let you down…
Read MorePSA: Know the Signs of GAS
Gear Acquisition Syndrome (or GAS for short) has been afflicting the photography community since its inception, and today, with the dominance of digital photography, it’s only getting worse.
Read MoreFormer Google Executive Destroys DSLRs! You Won't Believe What He Has To Say...
A former Google executive posted a couple of photos of his kids on his Facebook page with some...
Read MoreYou Need to Get Up, Get Out and Make Pictures
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of photographing in the moment. You can never know when something that you once considered an institution will suddenly close it’s doors, never to return. This sort of thing has been happening in our city (and around the world) for a lot longer...
Read MoreFeeling Thirsty? Let’s Talk About Exposure...
Let’s say a full cup of water is an ‘ideally’ exposed photograph (that is to say not ‘too dark’ or not ‘too bright’) and you, as the photographer need to choose how you want to fill that cup. An exposure, technically speaking, will be influenced by 4 powerful factors...
Read MoreThe Single Most Important Component of a Camera
Last week, I was asked to photograph an object in the spur-of-the-moment. Well… to be honest, I had forgotten that I had committed to making this photograph and when the day arrived, I had nothing but my smartphone with me...
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