The Photographers’ Gallery — All Things to All Photographers?

If you, as a photographer, are looking for a one-stop shop to learn, workshop, compete, exhibit, buy – whatever – look no further than The Photographers' Gallery.  According to their website, this is "largest public gallery in London dedicated to photography."

The Gallery is not only a website, it occupies capacious premises in London near the Oxford Circus tube station.

The Gallery's interest areas and topics span the gamut.  Consider their...

Galleries: NatGeo, Kate Moss, and something Dali-esque

NatGeo's Best Photos of October 2012

Pity that the title and subject of this photo is so prominently printed otherwise you'd think it's something photographed on Mars (or a still from some Sci-Fi movie) wouldn't you?

It is one of NatGeo's Best Photos of October 2012.  The very next photo is of a silken-streamed waterfall over near-black cliffs.  This is a...

Barter, the Old Way, and Kodak, the Old Soldier

Barter, the Old Way

"The old way of trading skills can still work," a photographer has stated emphatically.  Barter?  For a photographer?  

Yes – that is exactly what Shantanu Starrick seems bent on proving as an itinerant photographer who does not pay for his room and board – not in money, that is, for Starrick pays in kind: photographs and videos.

In Pixel Trade: Photography...

‘C’ is for Contest, ‘C’ is for Coolpix

Landscape Photography and Aspect Ratios

So many 'rules' and guidelines govern photography, including landscape photography.  However, the all-important choice of aspect ratio 'enters the picture' as only an afterthought during post-processing.  Instead, the aspect ratio ought to visualized at the time of taking the photograph in order to maximize your chances of nailing an appealing landscape.  That is Elliot Hook's premise in Aspect Ratios in Landscape Photography.  

From this position, Hook proceeds to take...

Weekly Roundup: From the Unusual to the Weird

Hurricane Sandy

Yesterday's post contained a link to a photo of Hurricane Sandy from space.  Today let's see Sandy up close and personal from the street, courtesy of some skilled – and intrepid – photographers.  

You'll see flooded roads, submerged cars, 20-foot waves, power outages, and New York in distress in this album.  See the locals getting alarmed and making preparations and cleaning up the wreckage further south down...

One Little Post, So Much Stuff!

Even as Fuji not only makes a respectable line of digital cameras but even stamps its own distinct brand identity on them and goes 'high fashion', it still supports film! 

In conjunction with two other entities, Fuji has announced a photo contest for students.  Only photographs that have been taken using film may be entered.  Though this contest is open only to photography students in the U.K., it is...

Attention Travellers: Seasonal Photography Tutorials

The holiday season is round the corner and some of you will be travelling to the Mother Country or elsewhere in Europe – or even to America.  There, you'll find radically different conditions for shooting – it'll be winter!  Here, then, are three tutorials for effective winter photography.

Low sun, bare trees, snow and frost – winter scenes are almost nature-made silhouettes.  Accentuate the mood and effect by following the tips...

A Child Photography Pro who’s a Child Psychology Amateur

A week back Shutterbug posted a new how-to by  Lou Jacobs Jr.'s under their 'Pro Techniques' banner and well they might, for the tips and techniques in The Photography Of Laura Cantrell: A Pro In The Child Photography Field are all pro.

Cantrell's beginnings are unusual for a photographer: like so many small accounting, auditing and brokerage firm bosses, she simply carried on in her father's footsteps!  That doesn't mean...