Analogue Photojournalism & Street Photography

#Writing short stories for your artwork. / As a group host/moderator on RedBubble I have the wonderful opportunity to view many great photographs and the duty to read the attached descriptions. Makin…

Street Photography / Wikipedia describes street photography as a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, mal…

When photographing action we have a choice of stopping, or freezing the action, or allowing some degree of blurring to impart the idea of motion. So after choosing an approach we must understand how …

Depth of field (DOF) refers to that part of a photograph that appears to be in focus. It exists within a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cameras viewpoint. The photographer chooses which affe…

A time exposure refers to a photograph made using long exposure times, typically beyond what could be hand held. Time exposures might be used to capture a dimly lit scene or used to show the trails o…

One of the common questions posted to various photography newsgroups is, I have some money and want to purchase a lens for my SLR which one should I get. The first response is often, well what kind o…

Do those available light photos sometimes come out a little fuzzy? Maybe you won’t even try a low light photo. Let’s look at some techniques for shooting in low light that may help. We are not discus…

We can focus our lens in several different ways, using autofocus or manually focusing the lens. That focal point can be on a static subject or we may desire to follow focus on a moving subject. Or we…

First let’s discuss lighting. Most of our photos are made under existing light conditions. This can be natural sunlight or moonlight. While the rest of our photographs are made under artificial light…

Night photography introduces new challenges, low light levels make exposure difficult, harsh lights add reflections, the slow shutter speeds means difficulty in steadying the camera. Often night scen…

There may be much to say about photography but there is little of interest to be said about photographers. Photography is mostly a subconscious activity, an activity that demands attention and not re…

“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.” Ansel Adams / I’m so impressed with the tremendous photographs I see on Red Bubble, Wow what a collection of photographers we have. Ca…