Harewood House launches new website
October 30, 2009
Harewood is a popular country house and attraction near Leeds, Yorkshire which regularly receives many visitors. Harewood House is the perfect day out for families, couples and school trips because it has the perfect combination of entertainment, history and beauty making it a favourite of many.
Harewood has recently launched a new website that is receiving much interest and attention largely due to the stunning photographs (more…)
Digital Food Photography by Lou Manna
October 28, 2009
Food photography is an exciting and interesting topic for many keen photographers. Food photography is beneficial for businesses in many ways because of the way images of food can be used commercially. A food photographer can take photographs of food for menus, flyers, billboards, magazines and books.
One book that explores the topic of food photography is ‘Digital Food Photography’ by Lou Manna. This book explores the art of food photography and the changes and developments within food photography thanks to the (more…)
Online fashion and the catwalk video
October 26, 2009
The internet has become a necessity for many households and users are shopping online for a varied range of products and services. Purchasing clothing from online stores is becoming more and more popular and this is in part due to the efforts to help potential customers learn about the products before they actually buy them.
A big issue for clothing stores when they first began trading online is that visitors to their online store could not (more…)
Bramham Horse Trials photography competition winners
October 24, 2009
Around 360 keen photographers entered the recent Bramham Horse Trials photography competition and the judges were reported to be extremely impressed with the high quality of the entries.
Fiona Parsons scooped first prize in the competition with her (more…)
Sony Twilight photography competition results announced
October 22, 2009
Falmouth student Dan McCrum has been announced as one of the nine winners of the Sony Twilight Football Photography Competition. This competition was launched by Sony to showcase the photographic abilities of a new range of Sony cameras.
Photographs of a football game (more…)
How a web video can help your business
October 20, 2009
A web video is becoming a popular feature on many websites as this type of video can be advantageous for a business in many ways.
The main benefit of using a web video is that it provides an easy, efficient and clear way to inform a visitor about the products and services that you offer. Often, when internet users are exploring different websites they try to understand what a website is about and what it has to offer as quickly as possible and a web video can help them to do this and help you (more…)
Is it possible to do your own pack shot photography?
October 18, 2009
Many small businesses require pack shots to market their products but are hesitant to employ the services of a professional pack shot photographer. Some believe the services of a pack shot photographer will be too expensive or are worried that they will lose control over the way their items are displayed. Sometimes they try to create their own pack shots for the advertising of their products and this can be a big mistake. Pack shot photography is not just simply about the photographing of a product. A pack shot photographer will take into consideration a number of important details in order to (more…)
Interactive videos to drive traffic to websites
October 16, 2009
All online businesses want to increase the level of traffic that visits their websites as this can increase the potential for sales too. There are many ways to encourage internet users to visit and explore the website you have and using interactive videos to do this is increasing in popularity due to the positive results having an interactive video on a website is producing.
An interactive video has been found to keep (more…)
Simple factors a food photographer must consider
October 14, 2009
Photographs of food are used for all kinds of commercial purposes and therefore the shots must capture the food looking its best. Food photographers must consider many different factors when photographing food if they want to create effective and creative shots of the items they are photographing.
As with any type of photography, lighting is of utmost importance. Successful food photographers must (more…)
Basic lighting equipment used in commercial photography
October 12, 2009
Commercial photographers need to consistently create brilliant photographs in order for the photographs to work effectively as part of an advertising campaign. In order to take these shots, a number of factors must be considered and the lighting used in commercial photography is one of the key issues for consideration.
Lighting equipment is of great significance because of the wide range of varying shots it allows the photographer to take. There are some basic pieces of lighting equipment that are often used by commercial photographers in order to create perfectly lit commercial photographs.
Bare bulbs can be useful for portrait shots and with light boxes because they allow the light to (more…)
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