Photography Tips and Solutions

Vilson Lleshaj is a senior photo advisor at B&H Photo Video Pro Audio. He started producing monochrome darkroom prints and studio portraits on his 4 x 5 Linhof in Kosovo in 1987, leading to a fruitful career in wedding studios and professional photo labs doing color and black-and-white prints.

In this episode of Real Exposures, photographer and documentary film director Lauren Greenfield stopped by our studio to discuss her 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles, a film that has won numerous awards, including Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival.

Three-point lighting is a crucial skill for both videographers and photographers. In this video, Mia McCormick of Kelby Media gives a simple tutorial on three-point lighting for video. Learn where to place the key, fill and backlight, how to adjust them, and different ways to alter a standard setup in order to create dramatic effects....

At the B&H Event Space http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/EventSpace.jsp we are always striving to provide our creative community with education and inspiration of the highest quality. With the wedding season...

Jerry Ghionis is widely regarded as one of the top wedding photographers in the world. On his long list of accomplishements, is the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Wedding Album of the Year, which he has won eight times.

When you photograph a wedding, you are faced with a wide array of lighting conditions, ranging from bright sunlight to dimly lit interiors. Using ambient light as your main source is often preferable; however, in a situation such as a wedding, where time is of the essence, you will need to know how to properly expose all of these...

Whenever you open, select, or edit the digital images you’ve shot, or creatively correct or enhance them using post-production software such as Photoshop or Lightroom, you are relying on a display device—a monitor connected to or built into your computer, tablet, or smartphone—to show you an accurate representation of your images.

...

A photographer’s success depends on more than just creating great images. While having a good portfolio is an important step in the right direction, there are several other variables that will help you excel in your career. Learning how to present your photographs to a commercial gallery, magazine editor, not-for-profit artist’s space or...

Chip Forelli presents before-and-after images (straight print and finished print) from his personal collection and from assignment work. His workshop students say that this is the most enjoyable and one of the most informative components of the workshops he teaches.

Everything you want to know about Copyright and other legal issues, but were too scared to ask. There is a boatload of bad information, myths, factoids and half-truths about Copyright and other photo related legal issues, such as model releases, floating around.

Veteran National Geographic Photographer Ira Block speaks about the photographic challenges and changes he has faced in his 30 years of shooting for the magazine. From film to digital, and now video, Block discuss the technological leaps that are necessary to keep pace with the changing world of photography.

Some wedding photographers work without an assistant; others say they can’t do their job effectively without one. How do you decide if or when you need an assistant?

Syndicate content