Most photography tutorials present the picture of the Afghan woman that appeared on the cover of the National Geographic a few decades ago as an excellent portrait picture. The reason that most digital photography class pick up this photography is because in shooting the portrait, the photographer also captured the spirit behind the girl. The [...]
There are several advantages to attending a fast photography course. The most basic advantage is that students of the program learn what it takes to compose beautiful pictures. At digital photography class, students learn the basics of digital photography techniques. This includes learning the process of subject selection for the photograph as well as photography [...]
In painting, portraits represent one of the greatest challenges. Painters do have the chance to explore the human face from different points of view. Each artist has its own secrets. In portrait photography techniques opportunities of redefining the lines of the human face are narrower. As a painter one person has the chance to modify [...]
by NYI Student Advisor Chris Corradino Warning: the following article is likely to cause a bit of discussion, but Chris is a serious photographer and teacher, and he calls them as he sees them. In addition to the camera company’s need to sell more and more cameras, and the magazines and blogs breathless attention to [...]
In the beginning there was platinum and the world was void and without form. And then God said, “Let there be pyro”, and it was good.’ So maybe I am getting a little carried away. Using pyro is not exactly a religious experience although some promote it with almost religious fervor. I have Colin & [...]
Tri-Color Gum with Cyanotype by Sam Wang Gum or gum-bichromate printing is a very flexible process capable of producing very beautiful and permanent prints. Although volume upon volumes have already been written on the process, few contain information that readers can follow to obtain repeatable results. This is partly because we generally do not work [...]
In the beginning there was the egg. Eggs have been used as a binding medium for pigment paint since primitive times. The Temperaprint process utilises a form of light sensitive paint and has some similarities to gum bi-chromate printmaking. The process is applied to any suitable surface in the manner of Egg-Tempera-Painting. The image is [...]
by Chris Nicholson Some of your best photos for a given location will come not from your first visit there, but from your second, or third, or twentieth. On your first trip you may see a great waterfall, but discover that the water flow is only a trickle during the summer. On your second trip [...]
by Chris Nicholson The most important item a photographer should carry in his or her camera bag, without question, without argument, without fail, is: A camera. But after that (and some lenses, film and batteries), you’ll find that your bag still has some empty pockets to fill. Here are some suggestions for how to use [...]
by Chris Nicholson A significant amount of travel, landscape and nature photography involves sunrises and sunsets. And a significant amount of time to photograph these solar events involves scouting locations. Therefore, it’s important for a photographer to know how to determine not only the time of a sunrise or sunset, but also where the sun [...]
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