Haje Jan Kamps

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3 days ago

The Pre-Photography Checklist

So, you're ready to do a photo shoot? No, seriously, are you really ready for your shoot? A while ago, I was challenged with creating a pre-shoot checklist for photographers - I figured it'd be rude not to, so I gave it a whirl. Before you press the shutter button... Check your settings – Is your camera set to the mode you planned to use? Is the ISO set to a useful setting? Fill the frame [...]

1 week ago

The most photogenic festivals in the world

Are you dreaming of travelling the world, camera in hand? Sure, you can go to the world heritage sites, the famous waterfalls and the prettiest viewpoints around the world, but if you really want to capture the essence of a place, it's worth doing some planning, and capturing the festivals and events that make the local cultures sparkle with awesomeness. I've collected 25 of the most photogenic [...]

1 week ago

Winners of the Macro Challenge announced

Update: A winner has now been found - see the bottom of this post for the answer, and thank you for playing everybody! :) Can you guess what this is? (If you've read my book on macro photography, you're disqualified from entering, as it contains the answer ;) To help you along a little bit... The photo is taken with a Canon MP-E 65mm lens. That's a particularly epic lens for macro photography; it [...]

1 week ago

A love story

Some times you find a lens that is so relentlessly delicious that you simply have to write it a love poem. Since I'm not a poet, I fear it may merely have to be these words. Think of it as short prose, perhaps, masquerading as free-form poetry. This photo: was taken with a Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens. The Non-image-stabilised version. It costs $570 / £420, and is a truly magnificent piece [...]

1 week ago

Red eyes and how to avoid them

The Red Eye phenomenon is something that occurs when you take a picture of someone. If you have a compact camera and you’ve taken a few rolls of pictures, chances are that you have stumbled across the phenomenon, during which the eyes of your subject end up glowing an eerie red glow. It's easy to avoid, and easy to fix if you failed to avoid it, but  in this article, we'll take a quick [...]

2 weeks ago

Gallery: Embedded with the Territorial Army

For one of my final years of university assignments (I was an International Journalism student at Liverpool John Moore's University), I contacted the Territorial Army to see whether they would let me come along on a training exercise. They agreed, and I spent a long week-end in the rain and the fog, chasing people holding guns with my Canon. This was back in 2003, and I just re-discovered and [...]

2 weeks ago

How much should you charge for a photograph?

The other day, I received a really interesting question from one of my regular readers. Danielle lives in Ohio, is a Senior in high school, and wants to be a professional photographer. I’ve seen some of her photos, and while she still has quite a bit to learn, she certainly shows a lot of potential. Her question, in a nutshell, was ‘I want to sell my photos. How much do I [...]

2 weeks ago

How to use a grey card

White balance is a topic that can cause rather spectacular headaches with even the most seasoned of photographers - but it doesn't have to be that way. In this video and article, I'll show you how you can use a gray card to get the perfect white balance - every time. Let's start with the video introduction     Why should you use a gray card? When you're shooting in raw (and you [...]

3 weeks ago

25 time-lapse videos reeking of awesomeness

I've recently done a lot of work on the Kickstarter-funded gadget I invented; the Triggertrap. Among other things, it does timelapses. I'll be honest; before I started work on the Triggertrap, I never really saw the appeal of them, but in order to create a good project, I spent a lot of time on the Interwebs, scouring for good Timelapse projects. Let's just say that I've found out what the appeal [...]

4 weeks ago

25 Flickr accounts worth following

Flickr is a wonderful resource for up and coming photographers and also has a solid group of advanced photographers on their site. It's easy to use, a great way to show off your photos, yadda-yadda-yadda. To me, the most exciting thing is that there's so many fabulous and unusual photographers on there to keep your creativity challenged. So, every year, I spend a bit of time exploring [...]

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