Starting from today, I’m 23 years old and Photoaxe is 1 year old. Yes, both in the same day. Should I have 2 cakes? Or just one but special one? I woke up and went into to chicken to drink my coffe and there it was: a cake and a note from my parents. I [...]

If you have just purchased your Nikon D80, the controls on the outside of the camera coupled with all the menus and custom settings can be … all » downright overwhelming. We give you a structure for looking at the controls as well as a repeatable ritual for taking great photos with your new camera. [...]

Nikon Understanding Digital Photography DVD You are ready to take your digital SLR photography beyond the automatic settings on your … all » Nikon digital SLR camera, this 45 minute Nikon School© DVD is the perfect guide. Join Bob Krist, award-winning National Geographic Traveler Photographer, on a day of shooting and instruction. Along the way, [...]

This is wow… I only understood the title (paint ball office) at the end when the final “picture” was shown. To make things easier for you, here’s the final image: It’s amazing how much work, how many shots and how many well-thought details were put together to make this possible. I think this this movie [...]

I’ll start by suggesting that if you can scrounge up the money, you should avoid the aluminum dish reflector type work lights that lots of beginners seem to use. They will work though, if needs be. I’ve got three lists here, the first is setting up a workable system for under $1500 USD, the second [...]

There are lots of ways to introduce studio lighting and it seems like every book I’ve ever read has a different way of going about it. I think that studio lighting is like telling a story, you can be a master of grammar but without a good idea, the story will be lackluster. The same [...]

digg_url = ‘http://www.photoaxe.com/how-to-photograph-white-object-on-white-background/’; First, let’s see what I used: a white textile (canvas or so) and not a paper. Why? Because I want the result to be realistic and not plane. Also, it’s important that the background surface should not be glossy. Natural light plus a tungsten light (two of them would be even better) [...]

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What Should I do to Start a Successful Photography Business? – Everything you want to know from A to Z. Marketing is the Key to Success Now that you learned to think about how to please the costumers, you must also learned how to grow your business with little marketing and advertising tricks. This is [...]

What Should I do to Start a Successful Photography Business? – Everything you want to know from A to Z. Where Should I Sell My Photos? Sooner or later it would have happened: thinking about entering the stock photography business. Before even looking for a reseller of your photos, make sure you have the right [...]