Stock Photography Articles and Tips

Ten years ago, digital camera technology was still being developed and people had to take film to a store for their photos to be developed. Here is a short guide to operating your digital camera while taking quality photographs. Read more»

Have you ever snapped a photo of someone or a group of people and noticed that one or all of the people in the picture had red eyes? Did you ever wonder how this could have happened? The cause of red eye in photographs has a simple answer, with an even simpler solution. Read more»

Especially in today's troublesome economy, with the high prices of digital cameras, rechargeable batteries, tripods, filters, and other accessories, you might be tempted to save some money by purchasing cheaper, generic digital camera media. And why not? Photos taken with cheaper media should look just the same as those taken with more expensive media, as long as the files get written correctly. Your JPG images will not come out more pixilated, and uncompressed TIFF and RAW files will contain the same information. However, "saving money" has a few potential downsides. Read more»

The photography world is buzzing nowadays with the latest technique in creating perfect exposures every time - the High Dynamic Range (or HDR) photo. Using a series of images ranging from underexposed to overexposed, a perfect image can be blended together using Adobe Photoshop CS2 or CS3, assuming you've got the right equipment and follow the procedure accordingly. It may be a bit daunting at first, but it can quickly become second nature. Read more»

She's the cutest thing in the world, a pink and chubby bundle of happiness. So capturing your baby’s beauty on camera should be the easiest thing in the world. But too often the results are not as good as you’d hoped. So follow our guide and you’ll soon be filling albums with delightful digital pictures of the new addition to your family. Read more»

Night photos can take on a somewhat magical quality you may find lacking in normal daytime photography. Amazing night pictures certainly can attract attention. As the sun goes down, however, it becomes harder to capture images without the proper equipment and techniques. Read more»

A baseball game is the perfect way to spend a lazy summer afternoon, plus it provides opportunities to take photos that last a lifetime. While many claim the sport of baseball is a slow-paced affair, when action does occur, it can happen very swiftly, almost too fast for an unskilled photographer to shoot the photos they desire. Thus, before you plan on taking photos at a baseball game, you may wish to read the following advice. Read more»

Trying to get the colors right on your prints can be an exercise in frustration. If you've explored this to any degree, you've undoubtedly come across the voodoo art known as Color Management. Contrary to what it might seem though, Color Management is not really that hard, it just appears that way at first. Trying to make sense of it all so far may have left you feeling a bit lost, but there is hope. Read more»

Cropping slides scanned into Photoshop can be tricky with a photo that has abundant dark areas at the edges, especially silhouettes. But an easy way around this problem is achieved using Adjustment Layers. Read more»

The first question many digital newcomers ask when scanning an image for computer use is: What DPI should the image be? The answer these people usually get is: 72 DPI. However, the correct, controversial answer is: It really doesn't matter. Read more»

With all the advances in digital photography technology, about half the professional photographers I know had switched from film to pixels, and a couple of them consistently ask me why I haven't switched too. Read more»