Tag: Photographer
Finding a Photographer
It is getting to that time of year where families are getting together and often the idea of family portraits comes up. Whether you want to find a photographer to record a family event or to just to get some portraits done of the family, choosing the right photographer is an important thing. It is essential to find a photographer that will give you the best possible images. They are something you are going to want to put up on your walls and give to others. It is important that you are proud of them and want to share them. You don’t want to end up with portraits that you feel resentful towards and remind you of a bad experience. Looking for a Photographer When you start looking for photographers you can start on Photographers.com.au, where you can see the folios of many of the photographers. You… | Read the full article
Photography as Art
Is all photography art, or is only some of it art? Are we photographers or artists? Are some of us photographers and some of us artists? How do you know which is which? Interesting questions, and something I’ve been trying to work out for some time. I tried to do a post on it last year, but I don’t think I thought about properly and I was slammed for it. No one seemed to understand what I was trying to get at. People thought I was putting photography down and implying that art was more superior, which I don’t think at all, I just feel that they are different. Recently I saw an online program from Joel Grimes and he talked about how he considers himself an artist and not a photographer. That while he uses the medium of photography, he is an artist. When I saw this I decided… | Read the full article
Finding that Niche in the Market Place
Before digital photography most photographers would work in several areas. The average photographer would be a wedding photographer, a portrait photographer, they would take photos of anything that people asked them to take. There weren’t a lot of differences in what one photographer did, compared to another. If you look back on old family portraits, there wasn’t a lot of differences between one photographer and the next. That isn’t to say that there weren’t photographers who worked in a unique style, but they were rare. There was a way to take photos of a family, of an individual or of a wedding party. The lighting was much the same with all them, and most had the same backgrounds or back drops. So with the advent of digital photography and DSLR’s becoming affordable, there has been a big increase in the number of people with cameras, and calling themselves photographers. Do… | Read the full article
