What Is a Digital SLR Camera? If you’ve been wondering “what is a digital SLR?” I’m not all that surprised. Many consumers are much more familiar with compact digital cameras, since these models have flooded the marketplace. Like cell phones, it’s hard to walk down the street these days without…
Fashion photography involves a great deal of preparation. It’s what separates basic portraits from fashion or conceptual portraiture. For a typical portrait session, you show up, meet the subject, and take pictures. There is often little discussion of location, hair, clothing, props, and lighting. There is seldom a concept behind…
Hi Dan, Welcome to 121 Clicks. Please introduce yourself. Could you tell us where you’re from and how you got started in Photography? Salutations! I’m from Ames, IA and run McClanahan Studio with my better half, Alex. We met at Iowa State where I studied journalism and she studied graphic…
Some time back, we have posted Shirren Lim interview in our blog. I really admired her black and white portraits and ask her the process behind her portraits. She sent her Photoshop Workflow, Here it is. Thanks Shirren. People asks me all the time about my BW portraits … so…
Hi, I am Ashok Saravanan (Ayashok). I am a Computer Graduate from Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. I started my career as a Graphic Designer. My everyday work in editing photographs got me curious about shapes, pictures & colors. My job profile was protracted to working with photos that I received and…
There’s a lot involved in photography, and so many things to remember it can be overwhelming, especially for beginners. To make photography life easy, here are some Photography Cheat Sheets. DSLR Camera Controls on the Front DSLR Camera Controls on the Top DSLR Camera Controls on the Back Portrait Lighting…
Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle significant and historical events. It is typically covered in professional photojournalism, but it may also be an amateur, artistic, or academic pursuit. The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject,…
Hi Anna, Welcome to 121 Clicks. Please introduce yourself. Could you tell us where you’re from and how you got started in Photography? I am from Atlanta, GA, United States. I first started photography as a hobby in late 2008, but did not pursue it professionally until 2010. Most of…
Last week we posted Aroon Kalandy’s Showcase, and we got tremendous response from users and they asked me secret behind those snaps. I mailed to Aroon and ask tips for his Macro Photography shots, he immediately responded and sent these tips to me. Thanks a lot Aroon for your quick…
Hello, I’m Santiago Sepúlveda. Im technically not a photographer. I study Design so I may build the technical part as a designer, but photography has been like my souls hand since school, where I started to realize how interesting was to steal peoples souls with it. I didn’t knew it…
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photography software program developed by Adobe Systems for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, designed to assist Adobe Photoshop users in managing large quantities of digital images and doing post production work. It is not a file browser like Adobe Bridge, but rather an image…
The term comes from the Japanese word boke, which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji, the “blur quality”. The Japanese term boke is also used in the sense of a mental haze or senility. The term bokashi is related, meaning intentional blurring or gradation. Bokeh is often most visible around…
Hi Jess, Welcome to 121 Clicks. Please introduce yourself. Could you tell us where you’re from and how you got started in Photography? I am located in Downingtown Pennsylvania and grew up in West Chester. I got started in photography back in 2005 while I was employed at Circuit City.…
“When [he] kisses you he isn’t doing anything else. You’re his whole universe..and the moment is eternal because he doesn’t have any plans and isn’t going anywhere. Just kissing you…it’s overwhelming.” Below we present Beautiful Romantic Photographs. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were…
I am a native of Calicut, Kerala, a small state in Southern India. I have been a passionate photographer for the past 5 years. I was introduced into photography after reading a second hand magazine called “Better Photography”. Five or six of my images was featured in this magazine, the…
This article was inspiration from “Fashion Flair for Portrait and Wedding Photography” by Lindsay Adler. You can purchase this book from Amazon.com for better understanding about this subject. An Overview Fashion photography involves a great deal of preparation. It’s what separates basic portraits from fashion or conceptual portraiture. For…