Questions for Carsten Schröder
Carsten Schröder, participant in the “Ode to Joy” photo competition in autumn 2021 and winner of the 1st place, talks about how he came to photography and what fascinates him about it. […]
Color Outside the Lines
“Ode to Joy” photo competition – the winners
What brings you joy? It was the question we posed to photographers for Datacolor’s Fall 2021 Photo Contest, “Ode to Joy,” held in Germany this year. We’re happy to report that we were inundated with amazing photos that served to remind us that joy is indeed all around us and can be found anywhere if we simply take the time to look.[…]
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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse – One of My Top Locations and How the Seasons and Conditions Impact My Shooting
Maine has more than its share of iconic lighthouses. From Cape Neddick (Nubble) in the south, to Portland Head near the largest city, to West Quoddy on the Canadian border, it is a landscape photographer’s dream. Poised on rocky cliffs and combined with ever-changing weather conditions, there is always an amazing image waiting for you. […]
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Color
As a commercial food and drink photographer, Friends with Visoin photographer feels that, “Color is everything to me - especially with recent shifts in trends towards more visually graphic advertising.”[…]
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Questions for Diana Jill Mehner
Diana Jill Mehner, participant in our fall, 2020 photo competition, #BringingColorIntoYourLife, talks about how she came to photography and what fascinates her about photographing dogs. […]
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Childhood
The experiences of our childhood often shape our lives in ways that are both predictable and unpredictable. Here, Friends with Vision and landscape photographer Christian Hoiberg shares how his childhood connection to nature – even in its coldest and harshest forms – inspires his current work. He reminds us how imperative it is for all of us to tap into our own innate sense of child-like curiosity and adventure, embracing the beauty and wonder life has to offer. […]
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Fluidity
Capturing the essence of movement in a still image can be challenging – capturing a specific type of movement, such as fluidity, really calls for tapping into both creative and technical skills as a photographer. In this blog post, Mark Dobson shares his insights on this topic, sharing his learnings on photographing the ultimate fluid subject matter – water. […]
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7 Tips on Shooting Fireworks like a Pro!
It’s great fun to photograph fireworks, especially if your photos turn out well! Over the years I’ve done it with a variety of cameras and even a drone. But other than some casual tips for friends, I haven’t put together an article on the topic until now. […]
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Movement
Landscape photographer and Friends with Vision member David Fieldhouse talks about movement in photography – from trying to capture a precise moment of stillness in nature to conveying the constant, dynamism of a city’s urban landscape. […]
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Abundance
Abundance doesn’t have to come in the form of things that can be gathered. It also includes the sense of limitlessness we can find within the natural world. Photographer and Friends with Vision Camilla Pizzini shares the beauty she finds in the emergence of spring in the majestic mountains near her home. […]
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Questions for Ralf Kämper
Ralf Kämper is one of the participants in our #BringingColorIntoYourLife photo competition of autumn 2020. We were inspired by his floral artworks, so we asked him to share insights on his photography in our blog.[…]
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Questions for Wilhelmine Jörissen
Wilhelmine Jörissen, participant and winner of 3rd place in our fall 2019 photo competition “Contrasts,” tells us about her favorite genres and goals as a photographer. […]
