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I walked by Frank and Scott three times before I stopped and asked to take their photo. The two tattoo artists were joking around outside a tattoo shop, and I was out shooting street portraits for my 100 Strangers project.

Over the years, I’ve done photographed plenty of street portraits and even started teaching others how to do it. Most people I teach overcome the same initial fears and find that it’s a rewarding experience for th...

Street photography is one of the more accessible yet challenging forms of photography. As long as you have a camera, any camera, it’s available to you. 

We’ve been seeing it in some form or another for several decades now. But if you want to be good, you have to work at it. You have to decide which approach you want to take and how you will go about creating. Should you engage or not engage people. And how you will deal with them?

Jo...

Sometimes the mayday comes with a long explanation. Sometimes it is a message that is short and to the point.

“Help I have to photograph a wedding!” 

I know many photographers get that call, because often, I get the next mayday, “Help! I have to photograph a wedding!

In this episode, I’ll give the full response I often wished I had the time to offer. Here is everything a non-wedding photographer should know before attempting a wedding...

For a photographer and sports fan growing up in a football town, there’s one question you always dream of hearing, “would you like to shoot from the sidelines of an NFL game?”

And for Scott Kelby, the dream came true. He shot for three years as a backup wire service photographer and another six years as the primary wire service photographer covering his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As you might expect, that experience comes with lo...

Scott Kelby shared a rare moment of honesty that you don’t usually hear from professional photographers. 

“Do you know how you can take better pictures? Go somewhere interesting!” he joked during a presentation at PhotoPlus Expo. “Do you see this photo?” he said of a spectacular sunset image. “I just showed up and pressed the button.”

Of course, Scott is simplifying his role quite a bit. He’s right that travel photography is a great...

If you spend more than five minutes with Rick Sammon, you are bound to learn something about photography. After photographing more than 100 countries throughout his career, there are few things he hasn’t seen and photographed...or taught others how to shoot.

How did he happen upon this life in photography? That’s how we begin this conversation with Rick Sammon. He tells us about the first time he picked up a camera, how he fell in l...

Today, we go back to basics. I’ve heard from a number of you that you are struggling to learn your DSLRs…that you struggle with shooting in manual mode. That you aren’t sure what all the buttons on your camera do. That you need to be more comfortable learning your camera. Well, I have a couple of resources for you. 

Today, I’m going to walk you through the basics of exposure, all of the options in your creative modes; and how you ch...

Ever feel like just screaming when you download your photos from a shoot?

You wasted so much time fidgeting with your camera rather than shooting. And the photo you thought would be the money shot? You’d go broke.

To make things worse, everyone else from the same shoot is posting these amazing images. The whole experience has you wondering, "What am I doing wrong?"

If this sounds like you, I created a lesson for you that I pla...

Before you pack your bags and take off for the next photography conference, how do you make sure that the experience will be productive?

Many photographers arrive at the latest trade show with lots of excitement and then get completely overwhelmed by the sheer volume of people and information. 

Skip Cohen has participated in conferences as an organizer, vendor, speaker, and attendee. He shares his tips on how photographers can get th...

Sherry Hagerman was divorced, single mom of two with $700 to her name when she made a decision that changed her life. She had been trying to get her photography business off the ground with little success and was worried that once her money ran out, she would also be out of options. 

What happened next, a gambler might say she pushed all her chips to the middle of the table. You could even say she bet on herself. Or you could say sh...

You can get all the technical things correct, light, composition, exposure — and still get a so what picture. How do you fix it? Ask yourself these questions to find the story for your photo.

Storytelling elements are the one feature that can make good pictures great and even memorable. Good storytelling is helpful if you are doing travel photography, street photography, photojournalism, sports and action. And as Freddy told us in E...

If you’ve ever experienced your mouth watering, just because you were looking at a photo of a cold drink, you can thank people like Freddy Clark.

Beverage photography is a more challenging subset of food photography. Instagram overflows with photos from people snapshotting their meals, but when you want to set up a stylized shoot of a beverage in a glass or bottle, that’s a different level of effort. 

Lucky for us, we have a great fo...

Whether they are roaring by at 200 miles per hour or parked in the perfect light, automobiles can be both thrilling and challenging to photograph. 

Jim Rose should know. He’s been a fan and photographer of automobiles for almost 40 years. A former Canon USA instructor, Jim learned photography to have something to do while he was watching cars race. He turned photography into a career with Canon and now he’s here to share his best le...

You’ve asked it. You know you’ve asked it.  

It might have been when you were just starting photography. It might have been last week. But at some point you asked… which lens should I buy next? 

Today, I answer that question and introduce the Ultimate Guide to Canon lenses. This helps you from the journey from your kit lens to your best lens. Find the show notes here: https://www.eosphotographer.com/blog/which-lens-should-i-buy-next.

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The questions tickled me. Back in 2015, I announced that I was shutting down my Free Photo Webinars and starting a podcast instead. My webinars had run for four years — on second Tuesday night of every month. We had great photographers join us to show their work and tell their stories. I had a fairly loyal following, so they were probably puzzled that I wanted to shift.

“Why in the world would you want to start a podcast?” 

“Do you r...

I got a text from my Mom last week. She said, “did you see the Groupon with Canon T6Is? They sold thousands of them.” 

I hadn’t, but I know those cameras have been selling well for a long time. Places like Costco churn them out by the ton. Well, if you have one of them, you’re going to need to get it set up. 

This information is helpful not just for newbies but for anyone who picked up a used camera or even a rental. Let’s say you re...

In the oft-told story of Alice in Wonderland, she reaches a fork in the road and sees a Cheshire Cat in a tree. 

Alice asks, "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.

`I don’t much care where –‘ said Alice.

`Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.

Alice the Photographer asks, Would you tell me, please, which w...