How to Become a Photographer If you think photography is easy as snap, think again. Anyone can be a photographer, thanks to the numerous options that digital cameras provide. But it takes a combination of hard work, talent, creativity and luck to make it as a photographer. If you love puttering around with your camera, snapping up

“I am often asked what ‘kind’ of a photographer I am. A photojournalist? a commercial photographer? a food photographer? am I a wedding photographer? travel? lifestyle? what is it exactly that you do? This might not be a smart marketing strategy, but i have always refused to get into any of these boxes. I am

We are thrilled to announce the 1st in our series of “Cool Photographer” interviews that we will be sharing at Cool Photo Ideas. Every other Friday we will profile a new photographer in an effort to help our readers get to learn more about the styles, personalities, educations and passions of the everyday professional photographer –

For once, someone in the business of providing services to weddings that is NOT a photographer writes about what is needed when hiring a photographer to photograph your wedding. All to often, a writer who has no knowledge of what it means to be in the room for hours on end, behind the scenes, and so on, believes they have captured the essence of being a wedding photographer and what that means - a...

This week Rosh talks about your future as a photographer. New Media Photographer: A photographer who publishes to the web. Time: 30:00 Podcast hosted by Rosh Sillars This podcast is about new media, social media and digital marketing for the photographer. Topics on this week’s show: 365 project, Detroit auto show, West Palm Beach Postponed, Synectics Media, Everyday photography,  Strict...

This week Rosh has a show full of information, news and ideas for the new media photographer. New Media Photographer: A photographer who publishes to the web. Time 41:42 Podcast hosted by Rosh Sillars This podcast is about social, digital and new media and how it relates to the photographer. Topics on this week’s show:  Brand Camp, Mitch Joel, John Harrington

Photographer Rodney Smith has a new book and a blog he’s using as a promotional tool which is great, because he’s dropping some real gems in the posts. Like this one: To say a photographer has a vision is to say the photographer has something unique to say to about the world. Why do some

“How to Become a Photographer If you think photography is easy as snap, think again. Anyone can be a photographer, thanks to the numerous options that digital cameras provide. But it takes a combination of hard work, talent, creativity and luck to make it as a photographer.” — Cool Photo Ideas Source and : colphotoideas.com

Renowned wildlife photographer Andy Rouse gives his view on the implications of today's decision to disqualify the winner of the 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition... Picture: Spanish photographer José Luis Rodriguez had entered a photo of an 'Iberian wolf' jumping over a gate, shown here in Amateur Photographer's report of the results published last autu...

The Master Photographers Association (MPA) has announced a three-date UK seminar tour with leading New Zealand photographer, Johannes van Kan. Johannes was NZIPP Wedding Photographer of the Year 2004 and 2005, missing out to his wife, fellow photographer Jo Grams...