Learn Photography, Part 1 – 35mm Film

Learn Photography” is a new series of articles from www.photographySPY.com.  This series will cover a broad range of topics all relating to photography, including digital photography as well as film processes.  Come back and visit this site often for future posts.  Thanks for visiting.  Here we go! Read more »

Seven Portrait Photography Tips

Below are seven portrait photography tips that will help you take pictures that look more professional.  With a little practice you can master these techniques and amaze yourself and your friends at the quality. Read more »

Digital Asset Management – Part 6

An Image library should be protected.  Unprotected images are irreplaceable, and re-creating an image database is a daunting thought.  Loss occurs in different ways.  Hardware can fail, be stolen, or be destroyed by fire or other tragedy.  Images can be compromised and even stolen in cyberspace.  The best way to protect your images against this is to be prepared.

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Digital Asset Management – Part 5

Accessing and prioritizing your personal image management needs is essential prior to acquiring a software program because there is no one, “best” program.  Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, and fills the needs of different users.  For example, will you be working with the Mac or PC platform?  Are you looking to create Internet albums?  Will it be used for personal or business purposes?  Will there be more than one user on the system?  Does the software support your data type (e.g. RAW files)?

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Digital Asset Management – Part 4

Organizations have been established to standardize, promote, and protect the field of digital photography.  The Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) founded in 2001, is one such organization.  Read more »

Digital Asset Management – Part 3

Digital recording devices such as digital cameras and camcorders have become available and accessible to the general public.  The word, “file” has taken on a new meaning. Read more »

Digital Asset Management – Part 2

The concept and process of image management has been explored for centuries.  It can be traced back to logographic (picture based) writing.  Two categories emerged – pictographic and ideographic writing. Read more »

Digital Asset Management – Part 1

Digital asset management, also known as, “D.A.M.” is a term used to describe how to manage digital media such as photographs, videos, and music.  This is accomplished with a variety of available computer software from the expensive and comprehensive, to the inexpensive or even freeware. Read more »

Underwater Photography Equipment

There are many factors to consider when choosing underwater photography equipment.  The choices range from single unit digital cameras, such as the Olympus Stylus SW Series (see previous blog post) to high end professional systems that are quite expensive.  Read more »