• Leopard
    Travel

    Five Fantastic Trips for Photographers in Southern Africa

    Filled with wondrous wildlife, interesting cultures, and enthralling adventures, Africa is a visionary buffet for photographers on the hunt for epic shots. Travelling, more specifically to the southernmost countries of the continent, should find you in photo shoot locations nothing short of amazing. Here are five dream destinations in Southern Africa fantastic for photographers.

  • Drone Filming
    Gadget

    How to Choose the Right Camera for Your Photography Drone

    Unlike when drones first appeared, nowadays, you don’t have to invest a small fortune to become a drone hobbyist. The market is over flooded with numerous multirotor brands and even more models, and a vast majority of them, already come with an included camera, or they are capable of safely carrying one. The aerial photography is now mainstream and more and more people are going down this path.

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    Internet

    Is Instagram the Future of Social Media?

    Instagram, which initially started as a social platform for sharing your best photos, has turned into one of the most popular social media websites. Till today, more than 40 billion photos have been shared by a 400 million active Instagram users. While it might have sounded unbelievable even a year back, but Instagram actually has got a much more number of active users as compared to not just Twitter but Facebook as well.

  • Portrait Photography
    Photography

    5 Portrait Photography Tricks for Stunning Portraits

    Photography is an art and art needs constant experimenting and polishing. Of the various styles of photography, let’s talk about portraiture. Portrait photography focuses on a person or a group of people and helps capture the personality of the subject. Gone are the days where the subject would look into the photographer’s camera and have only a serious monotonous expression captured. The new trend is to experiment when it comes to portrait photography. While the subject still remains the focus of the portrait, the background and other elements cannot be ignored entirely. Here we give you 5 photography tricks that has a seal of approval from reputed portrait photographers: 1.…

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    Marketing

    A Guide to Photo Marketing for Enhancing Your Brand

    People are visual creatures; ever wondered why there is strategic placement of products in retail stores, use of eye-catching fonts in advertisements, or glitz added to draw attention? This fact is essential in marketing: not only does the message need to be engaging and meaningful, the visual elements—be they video or photo—that accompany it must be interesting and contextual.

  • Painting from Photograph
    Graphic Art

    Paintings from Pictures: Establishing the Artistic Vision

    The distinct link between photography and painting has been a subject of discussion since the invention of the former in 1839. Many painting enthusiasts were convinced that photography was putting painting out of business and lamented a loss prematurely. Photographers feared that the painters did not perceive them as serious artists. The two arts have competed over the years, each trying to outdo the other. However, painting and photography are quickly becoming complementary and the artists realize that each can enhance the other. Photography has been elevated as an art by the understanding of painting. Photography was originally focused only on realism which represents the subjects truthfully without artistic conventions…