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- How to Define Yourself as a Photographer
- Interesting Photo of the Day: Otherworldly Dubai Skyline Shrouded in Fog
- How the Cover Photo of the New Black Sabbath Album was Photographed
- Living the Life of a Snowboard Photographer
| How to Define Yourself as a Photographer Posted: 13 Jun 2013 04:14 PM PDT There comes a point in time when you will need to decide what type of photography you like and the specific genres you want to focus on. Most of us start out as generalists, shooting anything and everything that tickles our fancies. But there comes a time when you need to decide on what type of photographer you are or want to be.  “Toronto at Front” captured by Tom Maslowski (Click Image to See More From Tom Maslowski) Pretty soon after my journey into SLR photography I decided what I liked and what I wanted to focus on. The world of close-up and macro photography was passion. The worlds within worlds and the finer details of those worlds intrigued me. So I gradually bought the equipment that would help me create better close-ups. I began defining myself as a photographer. Your photographs are a very personal thing as they reflect how you see the world and what interests you. So there are a few things you need to do in order to define yourself as a photographer. We are not talking professionals here but ordinary people. 1. A little introspectionYou need to look inside yourself and examine who you are and what you like. What pushes your buttons and what inspires you to create photos. The better you know yourself the better photographer you will become. I am a detail man and so close-ups really make me come alive. Whatever makes you come alive will help define you as a photographer.  “Carefree Afternoon” captured by Ji Yeon So (Click Image to See More From Ji Yeon So) 2. Shoot what you likeAll of us have very clear likes and dislikes so many of us already know what things in life we like. So with this in mind identify all of your likes. Sit down with a piece of paper and jot down everything that you enjoy in life. Then work through this list and see if you would enjoy shooting photos of the likes. Cross out all the ones you don’t want to shoot and there you have your list. 3. Study the prosThis is as simple as going to a library or bookstore and looking at the type of books that interest you. If it’s wildlife photography then look at the photo books by great wildlife photographers. If it’s cars or trucks then study those books. See the angles, lighting and compositions they use and get an idea of how they have created their images. You will learn a huge amount from the pros. 4. Allow yourself to dreamVisualising what you like and what you want to shoot will help motivate and distil in your own mind the specifics you want to shoot. Vision, plan and set goals. This can be what type of images and perhaps what kind of equipment you want to own. Working towards a goal will really allow you to become what you want to and help define you as a photographer. Which of the pro photographers would you like to become? Knowing this will help clarify what type of photographer you define yourself as. 5. Define your audienceBy defining your audience you will also define yourself. If you want your photographs to be appreciated by people, what type of audience should they be? As a car photographer the bulk of your audience will be men of a certain economic class who pride themselves in having a great car. A pet photographer will have a different audience to wildlife photographer and so it will go on.  “Broadway” captured by Ray Devlin (Click Image to See More From Ray Devlin) You may ask the question why it’s necessary to define yourself. It may not be essential for you to know this, but most photographers who are successful having an in depth understanding which is reflected in their images. If you don’t know your definition as a photographer it will be hard to concentrate on a genre and make a success of it. About the Author: Go to full article: How to Define Yourself as a Photographer |
| Interesting Photo of the Day: Otherworldly Dubai Skyline Shrouded in Fog Posted: 13 Jun 2013 02:23 PM PDT Fog has the ability to create a mysterious, otherworldly effect in photography when captured at just the right moment. In this remarkable photo captured by Sebastian Opitz of Dubai at night, the city’s skyline—looking like it might have come out of Star Wars due to its futuristic architecture—has an added element of drama with a thick blanket of fog suspended high among the skyscrapers, which cast a glow of red and blue reflected lights:  Dubai at night, covered in fog (click for full resolution photo via imgur). Near the center of the photo, the Burj Khalifa skyscraper (the tallest building in the world at 829.8 meters or 2,722 feet), towers over the other buildings and and appears to send a beam of light shooting into the night sky. Obviously taken from a high vintage point, the photo depicts a sort of atmospheric landscape,with the fog forming an almost snow-like ground and extending as far as the eye can see to delineate a soft horizon line in the distance. Go to full article: Interesting Photo of the Day: Otherworldly Dubai Skyline Shrouded in Fog |
| How the Cover Photo of the New Black Sabbath Album was Photographed Posted: 13 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT The English hard rock band Black Sabbath is back in the public consciousness with the release of their long-awaited album, “13″. Ozzy Osbourne, the band’s hard-living front man turned suburban reality show star, has shorn his pastel coloured clothes and reunited with the band for this release, along with drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine. Set to their only yet released single, “God is Dead?”, this video shows the creation of the album’s cover art (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): A fairly simple concept, the cover shows a number 13, crafted from straw, blazing in the darkness of a winter field. It was created by a team of British artists; designed and directed by Zip Design Studio, crafted by sculptor Spencer Jenkins, and photographed by Jonathan Knowles. On a frigid English day, the woven straw digits were propped up on tripods in the middle of a field near Buckinghamshire, with brown grass and bare-branched trees populating the background. There was quite a setup, including two cameras – a DSLR and a medium format digital Hasselblad – hooked into a MacBook to allow tethered shooting. The numbers were perfectly framed between the trees behind them and, once the sky began to get dark, they were doused with flammable chemicals and lit afire piece by piece. They were then photographed, burning, against the night.
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| Living the Life of a Snowboard Photographer Posted: 13 Jun 2013 09:44 AM PDT When you ask someone how they got the job that you’ve always wanted, you’re often disappointed with an answer like, “I just kind of fell into it.” But I don’t believe this is the case for most people. I believe it’s more that they jumped into the field rather than fell into it. Because people who have the kind of positions that we consider dream jobs don’t often go looking for that very specific job, but rather they create it for themselves by doing what they love to do. This is the case with f-stop photographer Scott Serfas. Scott says he used to use an old Minolta camera, buy film from the drugstore, and have it developed at 7/11. Now he’s on the f-stop pro photographer team (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here):
Do you have what it takes to land your dream photography job? If you’re not sure, ask yourself these questions:
 Scott Serfas’ photos have been on the covers of Transworld over twenty times
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