Photography

INTRODUCTION DON’T SKIP THE BASICS! Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the basic rules of lighting in photography. Lighting has always been the photographer’s best friend and biggest bugbear. Use it right, you get an award-winning photo. Get it wrong, just hide that photo, and never let people set eyes on it. This guide will […]

INTRODUCTION NO MAGIC, ONLY A WORKFLOW. Welcome to a guide on how to edit cosplay photos… With Photoshop, that is. Now, I get these questions quite a lot – “How do we edit cosplay photos”, “how do we use Photoshop”, and “how can we add effects”. While I don’t intend to keep any of these

INTRODUCTION PASSIVE INCOME, REALLY? Welcome, and I hear that you want to know the secrets to earn passive income with photography. Since the “ancient” days, most people have thought photography to be a paid service, otherwise known as “do a shoot, get paid for it”. But with today’s technology, it has opened up new doors of opportunity.

INTRODUCTION LET THERE BE LIGHT Welcome to a guide on the various types of photography lighting equipment. Lighting back in the stone age of photography used to be very exciting. Photographers have to burn magnesium to create bright flashes, and that looks like some sort of a crazy ninja movie. These days, we conveniently have

INTRODUCTION THE CAMERA JUNGLE Welcome to guide on the different types of cameras. While photography is not an ancient technology, it has progressed a lot within just one century. Today, there are so many different kinds of cameras that most beginners will be lost without an introduction. So here it is, a quick chapter and introduction to

There are a ton of image editing applications out there today, and all of them seem to be rather promising. But just which one of them cater the most to cosplay photos in particular? Which is the easiest to use of them all, and which is the most capable of them all? Being a photographer,

INTRODUCTION FROM NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE The dreaded photographer’s block, the blasted creative slump where we pick up the camera and not know how to compose the next photo. I am sure that we all have come to this point in our photographic journey in one way or another, and asked the very same question – “What’s next?”.

INTRODUCTION WHITE BALANCE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE? Welcome to a beginner’s guide on white balance. When I first started photography and heard about white balance, it was one of those things that totally did not make any sense. How do you balance white? How do you balance color? What is there to balance? As things turn out,

INTRODUCTION COLORS, THE ANCIENT STUDY Welcome to a chapter on how to use colors in photography to create compelling photos. The study of colors go way back into the ancient days, and our ancestors know well to paint murals with various colors to create what is known as art today. Thankfully, the research that our ancestors have

INTRODUCTION TO ERR IS HUMAN Welcome to a guide on the common photography mistakes and how to avoid them. Yes, everyone makes mistakes and no one is perfect. Beginners, hobbyists, professionals and even seasoned masters alike. It does not matter who, as long as you are human, you will not be spared from the embarrassing misses. But