In any “photo op” moment any more, it is impossible to miss the invasion of the camera phone.  Where it used to be easy to tell when a camera was around and if people had them handy, now anyone with a phone could be a clandestine photographer.  Even at occasions that used to be ruled by the professional photographer such as weddings and the like, we now see those dozens of hands going up snapping photos with camera phones that seem to dominate the scene.

Conventional photography is a highly developed art form and profession.  The precision of the equipment and the ability of photographers to deliver a high quality product to their customers is well known and the result of decades of evolution of the craft.  But today it is possible for anyone to become an amateur photographer using that tiny cell phone in their pocket or purse.

The question needs serious consideration for three audiences.  For the professional photographer, is this the end of your profession?  Will digital phones wipe out your customer base and make you obsolete?  For the aspiring photographer, what about your future?  Should you even invest in learning to use the sophisticated equipment that makes professional photography so superior?  Why bother if camera phones are going to make it all obsolete?  And for you the consumer, can you get the same quality of photographs with using camera phones as you can by hiring a photographer?

These are valid questions.  It is very common when a new technology begins to make inroads into a profession for the old guard of that profession to feel threatened.  It happened when television came along and the media called it the death of radio.  It happened when talkies and then color was introduced to movies and television and at each technological improvement in the music world.  And with each dire prediction of the demise of an industry, the opposite took place and that industry adjusted, evolved, got better and prospered all the more.

So there are good reasons not to worry that camera phones is going to destroy photography as we know it including…

*    Camera phones cannot achieve the same levels of quality.  There is a good reason that the professional photographer has invested in the highly sophisticated equipment that he has in his studio and that he or she takes to a shoot.  The many years and decades of research have surfaced the problems with quality that primitive equipment could not deal with.  Modern photography equipment has precise instrumentation to handle lighting issues to properly frame each photograph and to produce a professional quality outcome that people want from a wedding, a portrait or any kind of professional photography.  You can bet that forensic photography, fashion photography and photography for publication will ever be willing to accept the low standards of quality that are the outcome of camera phone pictures.

*    It’s an amateur game.  When you see kids holding up their camera phones at a concert to steal a picture, you know that device is not going to result in a professional quality shot.  This is especially true in a live setting like a concert where there are myriads of issues such as lighting, visual noise and other problems that have to be overcome with sophisticated instrumentation just not available on a camera phone.  Camera phones are an amateur photography device.  And they will always occupy that niche.

*    Standards of the final product would be compromised.  And high standards of quality are what make professional photography a value to it’s customers.

This is not to cast camera phones in a negative light.  They have their place and they are great fun.  But we in the professional photography world have nothing to fear from the growth of this technology.

Wendy as a photographer has grown to be an artist. Expressionsbywendy.com the website is a simple picture of the artistic moves by Wendy in the career of photography. As a Photographer it has definitely taken a mode of an artistic journey of being nothing to becoming a photographer in capturing spirits, emotions, phases of life and expressions.

The role of a Photographer is to create something out of nothing. A Photographer brings life to a click of a picture. This obviously involves not only imagination but a gift of recognizing the motion of a simple picture or a portrayal. The role of the photographer also signifies in recording the still images that are produced into a product. A brief is prepared by the interactive designer or the project manager.

A photographer is called on to photograph a wide range of subjects from human subjects captured or posed in action to places such as buildings, landscapes, interiors to objects such as personal or cultural artefacts. The photograph is expert on using the specialist equipment necessary to bring life to the photographs as screens, backgrounds, spot lightning and copystands. The photographer is also responsible for the development of the film and hence discusses with artistic director or interactive designer for the quality of images in the photograph. The photographer has tremendous responsibilities as converting the image to digital format, either by scanning or image grabbing.

Photographer is experienced and knowledgeable in the field, expressionsbywendy.com have experience in shooting a wide range of subject matter in different conditions and settings. They are familiar with trends in digital photography as well; they are also experts in professional image editing and processing software such as Adobe Photoshop.

Expressionbywendy.com has come a long way in the field of photography. It definitely started of with a passion to having a full blown professional business. It has fulfilled the roles of a professional business in every other way.

The website is designed of portraits to see the work of Wendy in the field of Photography. The website is the panorama for different photography sessions. The website is designed beautifully to understand the full blown role of a photographer in the field of photography. There is immense counterpart by the website to reflect the works of the photography and the trend of photography. It not only depicts the true colors in photography but also adds on to the beauty of design and features.

It compliments to the talent of photographer in acknowledging the beauty in the field of photography. It portrays valuable pictures and modes of different colors being added to the talent of photography.

Many professions today combine art and science to produce an effect, but none is more exciting and unique than photography.

Amateurs love taking pictures and creating and sharing albums. Capturing and preserving special times in individual and family life is a special joy for many owners of small digital cameras today. However, with the unprecedented advance of technology and the accompanying art, photography today is much more than taking a picture and hoping it turns out ‘okay’.

The science of photography includes cameras, lights, sets and other equipment that can be set up in an office or carried to a location for shooting pictures. Photographers must become experts in the use of their equipment for maximum customer benefit. They learn both from understanding the mechanics of each item as well as frequent use over time.

However, in addition to learning how to shoot quality photos, today’s photographer learns the process of manipulating and altering pictures to create a desired effect. This work is completed on the computer with use of specialty software designed for work with digitally created photographs. It is also possible with current technology to add artwork to photos, thus truly combining art and science in the finished product.

The ‘art’ of any profession is more vaguely defined and photography is no exception. Working at a computer to manipulate photos has become an art in itself. Combining photos, adding or taking away color, changing hue and intensity, cropping and framing the subject, layering… the list of artistic possibilities is almost endless.  The ‘retouched’ photograph has been totally redefined.

The combination of art and science in today’s professional photographer takes many forms. Studio photography is frequently advertising oriented, dedicated to promotion of products and/or companies. Outdoor photography includes aerial shots, landscapes and nature, again for promotional purposes or for the sake of the beauty of nature. Technical photography includes science, sports, photojournalism and many forms of specialty work. And there is always the ‘beautiful pictures for the sake of beauty only’ that will always capture our hearts and put a smile on our faces.

Sometimes we associate stock photography with some negative concepts such as the photos you see in frames that are on sale at a department store or the photo that comes in a new wallet.  Sure, those images did come from a stock photography library but there is so much more to stock photography than that.

You can put a lot of creative energy into building a solid stock photography library that will draw customers who need these images and like your creative eye.  Really, if you think about it, stock photography is no different from doing a shoot for a customer.  It’s just that you are taking the photos in advance of finding the customer and you can sell the same stock photo a multitude of times.  And that last part is what makes running a stock photography service a lucrative business to operate.

The demand for stock photography is ongoing and increasing.  But in the economic “model” of any marketplace, supply is as important as demand.  So to compete for business you need a good, diverse supply.  That means your first step in building your stock photography business is to build the “stock”.  In this situation, quantity counts.

When you start entertaining customers, you want to be able to show them a strong catalog not only of many genres of stock photos but of a good variety of photos for each genre.  So if the buyer is looking for floral shots, you don’t just have three or four stock photos in that category.  You should have dozens for them to pick from.  By building a large collection, you vastly increase your chances of making a sale with each customer you entertain.

Don’t think that taking stock photos takes the creativity out of the process.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Really great stock photography screams personality, even if it’s just an assortment of floral scenes you are taking.  The buyer is looking for a photo that seems to have a story to it, that draws the eye and makes the viewer want to ponder the meaning of that photo.

Sounds a bit like art photography, doesn’t it?  Well, in a way, it is.  Just because you are selling the photo as part of your stock collection, doesn’t lower the artistic value of what you are doing.  And if your art is going out the door to be used by a customer, it is still being seen by people who will reflect on what you are trying to say with that photo.  So to you, the photographer, your artistic calling is satisfied and you have a nice chuck of change in your pocket to boot.

Along with building a strong portfolio of quality pictures of each category, make your categories as diverse as possible.  View other stock collections and gather ideas for the genres they have represented and of the diversity of shots and settings they have included in their collection.  You are not plagiarizing other photographers work if you are letting them inspire you to do your best work.

A good discipline to build your stock photography gallery is to take a day each week and go out and build one category of stock photos all day long.  So you may do floral shots all day one week, photos of automobiles the next and pictures of college students the next.

Now don’t forget to get your releases signed if you use human subjects.  Even if you just hang out on a college campus and talk students into posing for stock photos.  Be sure you pay them something for their work and get a release.  In that way if their picture ends up in some very public setting because of how a customer uses it, you are protected from them coming back with their palm up wanting more.

Finally, trust your instincts on what to include in your gallery.  Your artistic “eye” for what you like is probably pretty reliable and will reflect what interests your customers.  Once the gallery is built, then you can go about the “business” of putting together a physical catalog to sell from.  And don’t forget the option of building an online gallery to sell from.  You will need some technical help to get your site up and learning how to sell from it and collect money that way.  But this can be a great expansion of your successful and growing stock photography business.

Underwater photography brings the underwater world to the surface.  Some wonder wheat swimming in the ocean is like, but the don’t wish to learn how to dive.  Underwater photographers have taken it upon themselves to bring the underwater world to those who don’t wish to dive or never had the chance.  While all photography is an art the underwater world needs special skills to bring the highest quality alive.

Unlike wildlife photography the underwater world needs to be viewed up close.  That is to say the marine life needs to be photographed closely.  This is because of the water.  The water refracts images often distorting them so the closer you are to your subject the less water you have between you an the subject.  Underwater photography requires a great deal of patience.  You subject may swim quickly by like the shark, whale or dolphin, or they may hide with in the coral popping out only when danger is not felt. Water holds particles, most usually living organisms called plankton because these particles often float by while you are trying to take a picture you can loose contrast and sharpness of the image.

Marine life uses the premise of hiding more than speed or survival of the fittest.  This means you will often find your subject camouflaged rather than out in the open.  You have to seek your subject with determination, without startling the subject.  The underwater world demands respect.  You don’t want to touch the living organisms and therefore you must learn to move with the current while trying to attain the perfect shot.  A lot of marine life will die if you touch it, especially coral so having a hobby of underwater photography requires you to follow the rules, a code of ethics.

Underwater flash or more typically called a strobe can help you gain the light you need to take a perfect photo.  It is essential to have a flash with an underwater camera.  It will help you bring other colors rather than red and orange into the picture.  The strobe only needs to be medium sized, any larger and it can hinder your photo taking experience.

Composition is also very important.  You will follow the same rule you did in regular photography; however, you still need to have an upward angle on the subject.  This goes back to the camouflage technique of most marine species.  They tend to melt into their hideouts or in some cases; their bodies are designed to hide in the water when swimming like sharks.  When you are trying to get a clear shot when the subject blends into the background can be difficult and creates a challenge.

When dealing with underwater photography as a hobby you will need to hone your photography skills on land first.  Once you take great pictures on land you can move into the harder version of the underwater world, where some rules you’ve used no longer apply and attaining the best picture takes patience as well as skill.  Underwater photography brings the marine life to the surface alleviating some of the unknown.  If you find you are just starting to have an interest in underwater photography you will want to seek a professional underwater photography class to teach you some of the important techniques as well as practice.

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There are many mediums to choose from in photography.  Often a person will begin with still life photography and work their way towards portraits, wildlife, or landscapes depending upon their interests.  Still life photography teaches a person to use light and shadows to find the emotion of the object.  Here I will discuss many different aspects of still life pictures.

Still life expresses the photographers self while using in animate objects such as pottery, flowers, candles, leaves, and fruit.  The first step in still life photography is the lighting.  You will want the object to have light from a single direction, so that you can cast shadows as well as light on the object.  This will give it a depth of field, and dimension.  You will need to choose whether you want a soft or harsh light.  The more harsh the light the more shadow you will have.  Often in still life reflectors are used to tone the light down.  The best type of lighting for still life photography is side- lighting because you will attain more contrast between the object.

With still life photography, you have color control.  You can choose the colors of the objects you use.  When choosing the colors say with leaves and fruits you will want a contrast in colors, but retain a natural look.  Harmony is the best word to use when attaining color control.  The color will attract the viewer’s eye, so if it is displeasing to you the chances are your viewers will find it just as displeasing.

With still life, you can choose an abstract motif.  You may choose to put two objects together that do not make sense, but create a moving picture.  You might have an interesting cut on fruit, such as a melon to reveal the inside core.  The angle of the cut and the meaning of the picture will require thought from the viewer. Some viewers see different from what another viewer might see. This happens in the art world daily. What one thinks represents art another finds unappealing. Never let these influence your dreams and stop you from becoming even better in your work as a photographer.

You can also have control of variations.  You can use the same subject repeatedly with different backgrounds, arrangements, and other objects.  The key is to avoid clutter while creating contrast.  The rule of thirds of composition is a great way to utilize still life objects.  You can create a pattern based on the rule of thirds.  Setting up the arrangements and trying several shots will lead you to finding the harmony between the objects.

You may think still life photography lacks the depth of other mediums; however, it can be used as a stepping-stone to greater photography.  Still life can include an arranged garden to please the eye or a natural look.  You can use natural light to offset the shadows and find the contrast.  Still life inside or outside creating the arrangements is just one way to find pictures you will wish to display or give to friends.  Remember lighting, color, and variations on arrangements will provide you will tons of subjects.

Applications for still life photography can include taking photographs for magazines.  Often magazines have still life photos to show flower arrangements or decorating ideas for the home.  With the many choices in photography, still life takes a special eye for arranging objects and understanding lighting techniques.  With all of photography being art you need to pick the subjects that will speak most to you and make them speak to others. These types of pictures go well when deciding to sell your photos or display them for the public. All pictures whether you think it or not may be just what someone wants to display and may offer to buy it. This helps you start a real goldmine of a business if you feel confident with your work.

A home photography business doesn’t necessarily require formal photography training. What it does require is a passion for photographic art, an artistic flair, the technical skills to operate the equipment and the ability to market the business.

Someone who is still in high school or college can start out preparing for a home photography business by taking photos for the yearbook or the student newspaper. A basic photography course would be very helpful as well. Nowadays it’s good to know how to operate both a 33 mm and a digital camera. Local community colleges often have very reasonably priced community education courses, many that involve just one class in the evening or on the weekend. Colleges that offer Lifelong Learning Centers for folks 50+ have courses as well, and some of these are taught by very experienced retired home photography business professionals and little or no cost.

There are many types of photography and the home photography business entrepreneur may want to specialize, perhaps in photography for news organizations such as the local daily or weekly paper, in advertising photography for local magazines and local firms that need to market their products. One of the most common forms of home photography business is for events and celebrations such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, anniversaries, and other events. These can be especially lucrative as repeat business and excellent multiple referrals.

Travel photographers have exciting home photography business lives, although it takes a lot of skill and a lot of travel expense and practice photography before that first paid vacation is finely paid for.

Some folks create a home photography business working as photojournalists or specializing in medical or science photographers. While quite lucrative, these almost require a four year degree with extensive photography and communication training. A college photography internship is a wonderful foot in the door for a home photography business as well.

A portfolio is a must for building clientele for a home photography business. This means taking lots and lots of unpaid photo shots to show off exceptional talent to potential clients.

Helpful ways to learn the ins and outs of home photography and a home photography business are by working as an assistant to a photographer, by joining associations and organizations of fellow photographers and by attending seminars and workshops on home business and photography.

There are also much cheaper ways to learn them directly from your home by downloading eCourses from the web.

Digital photography not only means getting photographs immediately, but also sharing them easily and inexpensively with a vast network of people. However, to the traditionalist digital photography means cheapening the time-honored art of photography. What are the pros and cons of digital photography, and how do traditional and digital photography differ?

How the image is captured is the difference between digital and traditional photography. Digital photography cameras act more like computers than traditional cameras. They utilize thousands (or millions) of small squares called pixels to create an image, rather than an image being processed onto a piece of film. Each pixel stores information about the contents of that particular pixel, such as color, brightness and contrast.

Most digital photography cameras have an LCD screen on the back where the photographer can see the picture immediately. This is the biggest plus of digital photography because you are able to see the photo immediately. It also eliminates film and developing costs because you can download the photo to either a computer or a digital picture printer.

Resolution is the biggest drawback to using digital photography rather than traditional photography. Traditional has a higher resolution than digital. However, for many laypeople it isn’t an issue. The resolution for digital photography can be high enough to satisfy all but perhaps print-layout needs.

“Point and click” digital photography can also create a lack of creative control. Having light, contrast, and focus decided for them might be great for amateurs, but for professionals, it can be frustrating. However, professionals don’t have to settle for “point and click” photography, since many different types of digital photography cameras are offered.

For ease of use, lower cost, and better storage options, digital photo-graphy is the way to go. In the end, it depends on what you want from a camera.

Photography is one of the beautiful definitions of an art that expresses the picture portrayed. The three components linked with Photography are artist, medium and the art work. The three components are inter-related to each other.

Many people found photography to be a mere reproductive medium and hence the reason photography really struggled for one and half centuries.

Photography is definitely art work, it needs a lot of talent and imagination to portray and expression through a simple portrait. It is an art of recognizing the minutest effects on reaching the heart of the picture. It is not only clicking the photographs, but it is about giving them a sequence a background a picture, liveliness and a medium. A Photograph artist brings the Pictures to live once they are clicked. It is a beautiful art of recognizing the most behavior of nature, person or a situation.

There have been many artistic photographic giants in the past like Henri Cartier Bresson, Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange who proved themselves in the field of photography. Today there are many photographic artists like those of by the expressionofwendy.com who make their work known to the world through their finest art of photography by portraying it on the website.

Photography as an art has taken its place and fame in the market today. There are many people around the world who are crazy about Photography. There are people who want to choose these professions because of their artistic interventions. Photography has not diminished rather it has found a way to win hearts of many people.

Photography being an art is also a challenge; it is depicting the true self out of a non-living thing. For example, it brings life the picture that can be so dead. When we think of the simple image of nature, photography can bring those simple image of nature alive by adding colors and definitions to it to make it alive in the eyes of the viewers.

Photography is the best thing, it is the imagination of head and it is the imagination of thoughts. One can get easily engrossed in the line of photography. There are many photographers who spend hours throughout the day, in defining the simple clicks and making them alive.

Adding colors, adding a sense, adding a life to something that is non-living is an art. Photographs of various natural instincts bring to our imagination of photography being a defined art. Many at times Photographs depict a lot about a person, that person themselves are not aware of.

Photography as an art has just been recognized in the recent years, over the year people have accepted the secrets of photography and what it can portray. Photography depicts the known from the unknown; it is an art of going to the depths of understanding the vitality and the nature of any picture.
Photography also is a beautiful art of imagination, it is an art of dream and it is an art of bringing the dream to reality. The major sequence of photography can be seen through various examples given by the photographers of the past.

Welcome on some great tips for Digital Wedding Photography. Let’s face it, your wedding is one of the most important days in your life, and you want to make sure that your day is captured in the most beautiful way possible! In which case you need not worry. Digital Cameras these days can make the most ordinary photos looks absolutely stunning. My best advice to anyone is to hire a professional photographer for your wedding day.

When choosing a Digital Wedding photographer you need to make sure that the individual is legitimate. More often than not, the best recommendations usually come from friends and acquaintances who have had a positive experience. The next thing you want to do is to find out what kind of qualifications the individual has. Find out where the individual took digital photography classes. Do they have a digital photography degree? How many years have they been doing digital wedding photography? Making sure you know all of this can truly save you from any potential disasters.

You also want to find out what kind of equipment they will be using at your wedding. Most digital cameras can hold over 200 images, but you want to make sure that your digital photographer will be prepared for all scenarios. Will the wedding or reception be at night? What happens if it rains? What will the photographer do if his equipment fails. Will he have a backup digital camera?

As I mentioned earlier, it takes a while for someone to become a great digital wedding photographer. You might want to review samples of previous weddings the photographer has worked on. Most of the reputable digital wedding photographers have samples on their websites as well.

Lastly when it comes to money, I highly recommend that you look at the quality of the work from the digital photographer before you do anything else. The most expensive does not guarantee great digital photos and the cheapest doesn’t always mean a great bargain. Perform the research tips I just explained and your Digital Wedding Photography should come out great!

I hope you enjoyed this article on Digital Wedding Photography!