In my upcoming workshop on lighting and posing I'll be covering this topic. I'm just very excited about it and how it's helped improve some of my images. It's one thing to use studio lighting in a studio or some other indoor location, but it's even greater to use it outdoors during a session. I've talked a bit about this before, but it's pretty easy to mount one of your … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Olav Ljones Skogaas
I got my first camera when I was ten, a simple Fuji point-and-shoot, but t was enough to get me hooked. I haven’t received any formal training in photography, I’ve learned by mistakes and shooting a lot of film and digital. While I went to college in the US I worked as a photographer for the school, shooting various events, making portraits. Anything from concerts and … [Read more...]
The Black and White Weekend
This weekend we asked Seven by Five Photography readers to focus on black and white photography and post the results in the Seven by Five Flickr Group. (More details about the group here). The results were great and we have included a selection in the post below. We aim to offer a number of other photo challenges throughout the year but remember to take part in the monthly … [Read more...]
Poll: iPhone a Threat to the DSLR?
Over the last few months I have been getting rather tired of the types of photos taken with an iPhone. I feel they can be spotted easily with over processing being a route to conceal noise and what otherwise would be a bad photo. This view is a complete contrast to the fact that the iPhone is becoming one of the most popular cameras on flickr. So what do you think? Does … [Read more...]
23 Epic Photos of Sun Rays
The May Flickr Shout out was "Sun Rays". A difficult enough concept to photograph given photography is all about working with light. We received over ten pages of photos and these are just 23 of those submitted. Like previous themes remember to click on a photo to view it on flickr and comment. backlight [Explore] It's remind me when I was a kid DSC_9938 Time to … [Read more...]