While traditional film cameras required some sort of skills in order to make sure half of your photos are not ruined, digital cameras are much easier to use and have a lot of built-in options that even a total newbie can use. You can easily learn to zoom in, adjust lighting, change backgrounds and many [...]

If you are reading this then there is a good chance that you are looking to buy a new camera. You must have asked yourself the how many megapixels question. New digital cameras support and ever growing number of megapixels, the question is do you really need so many pixels? The race for more [...]

It seems that artists sometimes get worried or nervous about drawing people and faces. There are many reasons why this may be. What if the proportions are wrong? What if I make uncle Jim 100 lbs heavier than he is? What if the model doesn’t hold still? What if my drawing looks nothing like the [...]

If you have hopes of becoming a professional photographer, or even just of trying to get your work published in a public forum, you will need to create a photography portfolio. So whats so important about a photography portfolio anyway?
There are many reasons why having a portfolio of your work available for others to [...]

Canon is making high quality affordable digital cameras. Their new Canon Rebel TXi is a great addition to the successful Canon EOS digital cameras line. But like any other product the Canon Rebel XTi also has some drawbacks. Here are a few pros and cons for this camera. The Rebel XTi is a 10 mega [...]

A persons wedding can be one of the most important times in their life. They will have memories that they want to treasure forever and then pass on to their children. Wedding photography helps them do this. Having pictures taken at the wedding and then at the reception can capture those precious memories in freeze-frame [...]

If you enjoy taking pictures what could be more thrilling than doing it for a living? Just think of how wonderful it could be to be a paid invite to hundreds of weddings and parties a year, to capture joyful family memories that will last a lifetime everyday, to watch children grow up, or even [...]

As an onlooker, you may have often marveled at the stunning portraits or oil paintings, without really thinking too much about what goes into creating one. As all would agree, painting is an art, but quite a demanding one at that! Its not just about putting right colors in the right places; it also involves [...]

The first box of crayons you ever got probably had the basic eight: black, white, red, yellow, blue, purple, brown and orange. And at that time, this was all you needed-every shade in the world fit into one of these categories. And then you discovered pink and you had to get the new box with [...]

One way that photographers share their work with the world is through stock photography. The average person may wonder what exactly stock photography is. Stock photography is when photographs are shared with licensing attached.
Anyone can use it, but in order to do that, understanding of all the legal aspects is critical in order [...]