Kelly Shea Photo

Picture this: you're in a beautiful location, maybe a romantic beach at sunset or a cute lookout spot on a hike. You want to preserve the memory with your partner but there's no one around to take the photo. You settle for a timer photo but it always seems like one of you blinked. We've all been there but I have some simple solutions to fix this common issue. Read on for some advice from a professional photographer on how to take Instagram-worthy photos with your S/O. Setting Up Your Photo Prop up your Phone Find a waist-height (or even a little higher if one of you is tall) spot to prop up your phone. This could be on some rocks or even on a little pedestal that you built out of surrounding objects. You do not want your camera too low since this will create a "superhero" feel, which you can read more about here . A low angle might be good for sunset photos but not many other instances. You also do not want your camera too high for a variety of reasons. When your

Surprisingly, photography is a career path that is full of controversial topics. Since my last blog talked about the ethics of Photoshop, I thought it would be a good idea to explore some of the other controversies in photography. I did some research and found an article by photographytalk.com, which you can find here , that discusses what they think are the most controversial topics. I also found an article by digital-photography-school.com, which you can find here , which talks about some of the same controversial topics from another angle. In this blog post, I'll discuss these topics from both points of view, give my opinion and talk about a survey that I conducted about these questions. Should you ask permission before you take a photo of someone in a photojournalistic setting and do you need a model release? Yes , you should have to ask permission before you take someone's photo in a photojournalistic setting. The subject of the photo could be doing something that they do