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On-Site SEO The #1 reason why you should own your domain name is because it places you firmly in the driver's seat. Having a free site or a subdomain places serious limitations on your SEO efforts. I cannot stress this enough: if you're not in control of your SEO efforts, your site might as...

If you've read any number of posts in this particular section of the forum, you've undoubtedly come across the term SEO, which stands for Search Engine Optimization. But what exactly is SEO, why is it important, and what can you do about it? You're about to find out... For the purpose of this...

Testing out a new setup for kids. My son CJ got in on the action and let out a primal scream for the camera. That's not a wall with wallpaper, it's just a 5x7 fabric print hung over a backdrop stand with a 6' section of primed white base baseboard clamped at the bottom. That's not a wood floor...

Here's one of my first attempts. I was using a white cloth backdrop underneath the plexiglass, which mottled the shadow. Pro tip: use a piece of white foamboard or something without texture:

WPO is a good organization, seems to be one of the last of a dying breed. I'm going to have to start doing some homework and look for that logo a lot more often: http://artists-bill-of-rights.org/ [EDIT] Proudly wearing this badge on my About page.

I said in another thread, and I'll repeat it again here: product photography is difficult. Kudos for even attempting to do this, because in my opinion, it's quite challenging. Photographing "stuff" in such a pleasing way that it prompts others to want to buy it...yeah, there's a lot more to this...

NPPA article I won't bore anyone with the gory details, because I don't think we have any freelancers here on the boards anyway. But this is just another kick in the nuts for editorial photographers. All Reuters sports photographers have been reassigned to other jobs, or let go. Reuters will...

The Rule of Thirds is based on the Golden Ratio, which artists and architects have used for centuries. It's difficult to argue with its application when it comes to art and aesthetics. I agree that most rules of composition can be broken, but the Rule of Thirds is hard to get around, especially...

Stumbled across this today...

For this month's vintage challenge: 58 Caddy in HDR and vintage processing.

9/7/13 D300s 17mm ISO 200 5 bracketed shots HDR processed in Photomatix Vintage treatment in Lightroom [EDIT] Added larger image

Facebook has altered their terms of service to make it possible for companies that pay the social media network to utilize Facebook users’ content and likeness without compensation or permission. The changes are sure to alienate Facebook’s users in the creative community, who make a living from...

I'm gonna be in the movies. Well, not me...but some of my photos. I was contacted by a production company who will use a few of my images for an upcoming movie. The images will be shown as part of a news report scene. The non-disclosure agreement prohibits me from naming the movie at this time...

I'm not going to do the site justice by linking to it. Check out: www picsbid dotcom It's a race to the bottom, kids. Let's have photographers fight each other in a bidding war to see who can be first in line at the unemployment office. These guys even have the stones to charge photographers...

When I thumb through my personal stuff...not the photos I take for others, the photos I take just for me...the vast majority of them are black and white. You're right, it adds an edge. It strips away all the fluff and exposes an image bare and leaves nothing but the simple truth. Might be a...

There was some rodeo action @ the local heritage festival this weekend. This kind of thing ain't my bag, so I didn't stick around long, but I did manage to crack off a few shots:

Posting these here because the theme is the same, sepia is just more fitting for these photos. These were taken at a local heritage festival. There's nothing better for street photography than getting people in costume. You may recognize Abe Lincoln, The Prospector, and Mark Twain:

My mom has been ding-donging me to do a couples shoot of her and dad for awhile now. It's every photographer's worst nightmare: huggy-kissy shots of their parents. Ew! Really, I'm pretty lucky. My parents are still young and very much in love. After I got over the cringes, these turned out...

Here's a couple from earlier this year: