Hello, I’m Christine and I take pictures. (and love it!) I used to hate taking pictures, but as I have played more with my camera, and learned a couple of the settings, I actually enjoy it immensly. There’s something very satisfying when a well planned shot comes out the way I intended. And a lot of fun when it doesn’t, but is surprisingly interesting after all. A favorite pasttime is to browse flickr (although I’m not so good at uploading pictures to my own account. Will try to do it more often!); I could surf flickr for hours if uninterupted. I browse my favorites, click through to my favourites favourites… and so on.
As a small biz owner, I don’t have the budget to hire a profesional photographer, so all product shots have to be done by me. That means finding props, setting up the shot, trying out different angles, different camera settings and so on. I have put together a little list of photography resources that I find useful, maybe they can be helpful for you too:
Learn digital photography:
- Digital Photography School
- DIYPhotography
- Photojojo
- DPreview - Learn digital photography
- Learn Digital Photography
Photoshop:
- Photoshop Tutorials @ Cromasia (subscription - well worth the money)
- PSDtuts
Tips & Tricks:
- How to make digital photos look like lomo
- Take professional photos without a professional
- Food Photography Tips
- HDR Photography
- How to style your photos (great article by Susan Connor)
Textures:
- Leschick, overlays @ flickr
- Textureking
- Free textures
- Bittbox (has Illustrator tips and freebies too, great resource)