Although it's not the most exciting subject, image usage rights are an extremely important part of any professional's career. At first they may seem like a major inconvenience that's only set up to make our live's tougher, but image usage rights actually help us to make more money off of every single image. Here's a few of the main terms and what they mean: Royalty-Free: This is a term found…
It's that time of the year again…. Time to go through more photos than you had realized were captured, and narrow down to the best ones for submissions/editing. Anytime a submission calls for JPEG's, I like to go through and do quick edits on every image. This is a task that can be extremely daunting, but with lightroom has become a quick and easy process. After having spent so much…
One of the most common mistakes that photographers make is over-editing photos. I've seen great images taken, and then edited into oblivion with the photographer thinking they are actually making it better. So how do you avoid doing this if you don't even know you are doing it? Find a happy medium and use layers to make this work. I realized the other day while I was editing that I had developed…
It's not too often when I find a photography book that I can truly relate to and really find helpful information for shooting action. It's even less often when I find a book that inspires me so much that it makes me start planning new shoots as I read every page. That being said, I came across Dan Bailey's new eBook, "Behind the Action" recently and found it to both inspire…
Since most action sports take place outdoors, weather is a HUGE factor. But with a great forecast, we can time out when and where to go shoot for the best possible results. For skiing and snowboarding photographers, a correct forecast can lead to amazing powder images, or gray flat images that just don’t make the cut… Action Photo School recently spoke with Joel Gratz, a weather expert who has been…
We recently contacted the Strobist, David Hobby, to do an interview for our readers here at APS. He's an incredible photographer who runs an extremely helpful website based on lighting technique at Strobist.com. Be sure to checkout his site and take in all that it has to offer after reading this interview! Tell us a bit about yourself and your website. DH: I was a 20-year newspaper shooter before starting…