Understanding the Basics - A Guide to Common Image File Formats in Photography
The ability to effectively create with digital photography lies in file formats. However, understanding formats, like many other topics in photography, can be complex and technical. As a photographer and educator, I prefer to keep things simple.
Exploring the Exquisiteness of Art, Photography, and Composites
Photography is an art. I shifted years ago from referring to myself as a photographer and considered myself an artist. That’s a hard thing for photographers to do. After all, we pride ourselves on being referred to as photographers. Today, everyone takes photos. But there are still a select few that fall into the category of photographers. Even less practice with film and developing photos – a true photographic art form.
Essential Reasons to Understand the Basics of Photography, and Avoid Chasing Tech
People take more pictures now than ever. We flood social media with images and devour storage space on our phones, computers, and Cloud-based services. At no other time in history have we had the ability to take a photo and make it immediately accessible to millions around the globe. Society has become obsessed with taking pictures.