Articles on: photo & video

Photography competitions put your images in front of a group of highly skilled photography experts -- and offer more than just the possibility for an award. But how do you submit images that stand out among thousands of other excellent photographs?

If the warming temperatures and longer days aren’t enough to rekindle your creative spark, adding a few books on creativity, entrepreneurship, and finances could waken that creative drive. From managing finances to building leadership skills, the right book can help heighten creative prowess or find that missing piece to running a small business or managing your own finances.

Color is one of the most compelling elements in an image so why not make sure each color is completely under your control? Using a photo shot with natural light, Lindsay Adler will walk through how to use the Photoshop layers panel to target and adjust your hue and saturation to enhance the colors in your portraits.

From the photos that required several steps and chemical baths to the instant images from pocketable iphones and Android smartphones to powerful hdr cameras, the process behind the photograph has changed. But while the process has changed, the factors that make beautiful photography have not.

If there's a single physical place to go to uncover the year's portrait photography and wedding photography trends, it's WPPI. The Wedding and Portrait Photographers International Conference takes over Las Vegas at the end of February, bringing photographers from budding new professionals to well-known creatives together in one place.