Photography Tips
The ‘Budget’ Wedding Photographer
Jan 24th
Recently a small debate broke out on a few sites and I wanted to offer up my opinion from the side it seems a small majority really dislike. It was a discussion about how professional photographers can offer a $500 wedding package, and honestly it’s simple. First let me start by saying that I agree if people are giving an 8 hour wedding, a proof book, albums and prints for $500 then yes, that is a great injustice to the entire photography community. There are a ton of external factors here that determine the price of photography, for some reason there is this illusion that photography has to be extremely expensive, and can’t be had on a budget it seems this cry is coming from the elitist crowd, but nothing could be further from the truth.
They assume that if you’re getting photographs for $500, than automatically the photographs are total shit, they take no factors in to consideration, they don’t take how many hours, what they get, nothing, they automatically assume you’re service is crap. The reason for this is that they are threatened by your very existence. They’ll spread lies and smear your service every chance they get, that’s why I always recommend placing your photographs in an online gallery, so clients can decide if your service is worth it. More >
Launching a community for photographers
Jan 16th
After I sold my last online community a few months ago, I swore to myself to never, ever launch another one. Apparently I’ve failed, and started a community about photography. We welcome all sorts of photographers of any skill level, no matter what gear they have, or how much they know and try to make them feel welcome while learning about photography. It’s probably not going to be anything great because like always, I have a lack of time to promote the community properly, which was a reason for selling them to begin with.
Any way, if you want to check out the newest Photography forums on the internet, visit Aperture Photography Forums, register and learn about all the wonderful aspects of photography.
Printing from Lightroom using templates
Dec 11th
Adobe Lightroom is a fantastic piece of software, and for anyone living in a cave the last few years, you should go over to Adobe and check it out. Lightroom manages your galleries, and lets your develop, create slideshows, show, format for the web, and print all from one program. It’s sorta like a light weight photoshop for those who like to take a more hands on approach with the settings for your prints. More >
Canon EOS Utility Cannot Launch This Application Mac Canon DSLR Camera’s
Dec 2nd
If you’re like me, and shoot with your camera tethered to your Mac, then chances are good you’ve got this dreaded “This application cannot launch” error message when shooting with the EOS Utility for Canon DSLR camera’s. Especially if you’re really like me, and don’t install software unless you 100% have to! It’s a frustrating one, and it took me about an hour (since I’m a noob Mac user) and lots of unsolved forum posts reading and people having the same problems before I finally found a solution. The first thing you need to do is setup Image Capture on the Mac. Whenever I’d load a camera, iPhoto would pop-up, and I can’t think of a less useful program for capturing photographs than iPhoto. More >
