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Open Letter To Client re: “Job Killer” Quoted Rate

Tom Meyer
Hello Potential Client, Regarding your last email in which you said: “… if they (your client) saw the $700/ $1400 a day fee for the...

Consider Using Long Lenses For Landscape Photography

Tomer Razabi
Do you use long lenses for landscape photography? When most people think about landscape photography, they often think Wide. Using wide angle lenses is very common with...

Wedding Photography Prices: ON or OFF Your Website?

Matt Haines
It’s the age-old question, should a wedding photographer put his/her prices on the website, or leave them off? I’ve asked myself this, and seen many...

The Case for Field Monitors

Hugh Brownstone
I’m a convert. Not to any particular religion, but instead to the idea that a field monitor is the most important piece of equipment you...

5 Tips To Help Photographers Develop Their Own Signature Style

Brad Olson
Developing your own signature style is a critical and integral part of becoming a photographer. InMyBag recently featured a pretty clever article about personal style...

How to Confidently Choose the Right Mat and Frame for Your Photographs

Lindsey Leigh Graham
If there’s a downside in the shift to digital photography, it’s the mindless hours we now spend uploading, liking and clicking through endless online galleries....

How I Shot This Light Painting Photo In Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Ilko Allexandroff
The location for this light painting shoot is one of the most famous tourist spots in Kyoto, the Fushimi Inari Shrine. It is famous for its endless...

How I Built A Huge Mega Giga-Panoramic Robot

Xavier Gonzalo
Today I want to share how I created a few huge, Gigapixel photos, using a DIYed panoramic head. Actually, it is not a panoramic head because it not...

10 Posing Tips For Brides-To-Be

Jen Brook
Having worked on many bridal shoots as a model and involved in several real weddings before, I’ve picked up some things that I hope might...

Building A Photo Booth Using A Gopro Camera, Some Led Lights And A Doorbell

Lars Brandt Stisen
I offered our good friends to build a photo booth for their wedding to be held here in Berlin Germany. They had already been asking...