Proud Photography Blog

I ran across a mention of this interesting artistic venture in a photography forum, and felt that it’s novelty, along with it’s rather nebulous technology, warranted a mention in the blog this week.

Though definitely not on par with the professional Canon 1Ds Mark III, the Telectroscope combines bulbous 19th century-ish, brass, scientific instrumentation with the ability to view people in life-size from another continent. Yes, I said another continent. The story of the Telectroscope claims to begin when an inventor back in the late 1800’s who had the idea to dig a tunnel underneath the Atlantic Read the rest of this entry »

Scenario: You’ve just spent an hour and a half culling through your photos, picked your favorites, doctored them up in photoshop, and are now waiting those few glorious moments as the printer spits out your prize-winning photos.

As you expectantly peek inside the printer and get a glimpse of your adorable pet photo, you realize you are the proud owner of a purple tinted dog, that typically is a stark white labrador retriever. You start jamming the cancel button hastily, your blood pressure rising with every extra spit of purple ink the printer keeps churning out till the memory buffer is emptied in the printer. You want to scream and cry and yell at everything within earshot. (Ok, so maybe that last part is just about me)

In any case most people who have tried printing their photos out on their own printers have gone through Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever run into the problem where you see the perfect opportunity for a picture but you don’t have your camera with you? Well it happens to a lot of people I’m afraid. You can avoid having this problem simply by bringing your camera with you everywhere you go. Now if your camera is too big to carry around with you all day, then you will want to purchase a small disposable camera. You will be glad that you did it one day, if you’re not already regretting not doing it yesterday.

Too many times have I seen posts on forums where people are saying they missed the perfect picture. Everyone has heard of the rule a million times and yet some photographers still don’t carry a camera with them. Now I’m not saying you need to take it with you at all times, unless your a professional photographer because then you never now when that next shot will come into your head as your walking by something. If you feel the need to not bring your camera out with you, then you should at least bring a little notepad and pen so that you can write down the areas you would like to take pictures at later. This is a very useful tactic for beginner photographers who won’t be able to remember where they seen great ideas. Even a lot of professionals carry around a notepad just in case something comes to mind. Read the rest of this entry »