Happy Holidays! Christmas lights are very tempting to us photographers, aren’t they? Unless you have a “Xmas Lights” setting on your digital point-and-shoot, how are you going to make a photo like this? First of all, you need to find a photo-worthy scene. This image was shot in Love Park (in front of City Hall) [...]
Someone asked me the other day, “How can you get great contrast in a color photograph?” My answer was (and still is), “Sunny day and bright, fully saturated contrasting colors.” Short of that, you’re going to have to do a lot of work with a photo editing computer program. It’s quite easy to get great [...]
Author: Amy Arbus Publisher: Welcome Books Year Published: 2006 Rating: Buy from Amazon.com On April 28, 2007, Amy Arbus did a lecture and book signing at the photography Gallery 339 in Philadelphia. For some lame reason, I did not attend the lecture. I did, however, go there and buy the book with the intent of [...]
Pentax K100D 6.1MP Digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera Buy From Amazon.com The low cost competitor enters the DSLR market! The obvious question: “Are we still to consider it so?” Not really, as it costs the same as its competitors in the consumer-grade DSLR market. Pentax has never had much snob appeal or cachet. However, [...]
People portraits are tricky. What’s key to a successful one? Well, aside from technicalities, its all about respect and interest. Respect your subject and show interest in who they are and what they do. You’d be surprised how many people will let you photograph them! I shot this image in a thrift shop. A very [...]
What’s Octoberfest without a pig roast? The woman ahead of me in the meat line was snapping a cell phone shot of her dinner, so I just shot her hand shooting her subject! Its kind of trendy to selectively desaturate a color image these days, and I get caught up in it too. Read on [...]
Happy Halloween! This is an image of an eight foot gargoyle that graces the entrance of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. I shot the original in black and white (Canon Rebel XT with Tamron 28-200 mm lens), then added sepia toning in Photoshop.
Canon Digital Rebel XTi EOS 400D 10MP Digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera Buy From Amazon.com The obvious question: “Is this upgraded Rebel XTi worth $200 more than its predecessor, the XT?” The benefits are not substantial, but from where I’m sitting, they make it worth the price. My brother is a freelance newspaper photographer [...]
Ed Snyder is participating in InLiquid‘s 9th annual “Art For The Cash Poor” event. Saturday, June 14, 2008 The Crane Arts Building 1400 N. American Street (MAP), Philadelphia He’ll have a lots of his work there for sale–framed and unframed photographs in various sizes, greeting cards, etc. It’s a fun time with beer, bands, food, [...]
There’s an old adage that says if your photo isn’t interesting, you just didn’t get close enough! This is an image of ice melting off a car roof. I shot it last winter in front of my mechanic’s garage.
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