Should You Be Upset When Someone Copies Your Shot?
byLiving and shooting in Pittsburgh means I run into a lot of the same photographers on a regular basis (it is a small city). …
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Top 3 Tips For Post Processing Your Landscape Photography
byLandscape photography is one of the most popular genres of photography. If you look at websites like 500px or Flickr you’ll find that the…
Is Cropping Your Photography A Bad Habit?
byDid you know, you can contact me with your questions here on PhotolisticLife.com? Recently, I was asked if cropping “makes me a bad photographer?”. …
Quick Fix: Improve Your Photography Instantly
byIf I told you I could improve your photography instantly, I mean quicker than overnight, would you be intrigued? Now, what if I told…
Crash Course In Urban Landscape Photography
byUrban landscape photography is a documentation of where we live. Where street photography often includes human subjects (not always), urban landscape photography has no…
Street Photography Challenge – Own The Light
byAs you probably already know, light is one of the most important aspects of photography. Without light, you’d have no photography. In addition to…
The Journey Is Every Bit As Important As The Destination In Photography
byAs a photographer you have the distinct advantage over the rest of the population of seeing things that most don’t. Photographers notice the little…
How And Why: Focus Stacking Landscape Photography
byUnlike street photography, Landscape photography demands an almost clinical approach. Things like exposure, composition, and clarity have got to be perfect… And there really…
The Best Light Is Often Subtle
byPhotographers often focus on high contrast light… Images that pop when posted to sites like Instagram where they are viewed at a size no…
When Not To Create High Dynamic Range Images
byRecently I’ve been shooting loads of film. Aside from the fact that I simply like the look of film better than digital images, I…
Here’s Why I Started Shooting Film Photography Professionally
byOften in life we rush from one moment to the next. We can’t wait to get to high school, then drive, then college, then…
Foggy Morning With The Leica M262
byThis shot was taken from a popular walking bridge over the highway into Pittsburgh. The spot is so popular with photographers that there are…