Photography is fun, but it is a lot more than that. Photography is about talent, skill, training, professional equipment, creativity, vision, lighting, angles, and so much more. Professional photographers have been trained in all of these topics and others, and have experience to back up their training. Focusing on just a single issue, such as angles, can show you why professional photographers are worth their weight in gold.
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Why Take Family Portraits?
Most proud parents take literally hundreds of snapshots of their new babies right into toddlerhood, but eventually, especially after the second or third child, the idea of pictures falls by the wayside. Thankfully, there are the annual school portraits that many families rely on. It’s also easy to take a quick, candid photo of one or two of your family members at a gathering or special occasion, but it is not so easy to capture the whole family at one time. A family portrait is an important keepsake, or even a record, if you will, that can be handed down generation after generation.
Why You Need A Professional Headshot
Taking pictures of yourself is fun. Everybody does it now-a-days, just look at all the selfies on Facebook! Taking your own picture to share with friends on Facebook and other social media is fine, but when it comes to business…not so much. You only get one chance to make a first impression, and that’s why you need a professional headshot!
How Professional Photography Can Help Your Business
It’s tempting to hire an amateur photographer, or to take photos of your product or business yourself to save a few dollars. After all, we are in business to make money so we need to watch our expenses, right? Well, there are some expenses you can definitely avoid, but professional photography is not one of them. If your brochure or website features a grainy picture that looks amateurish, what effect will that have on your business? Let’s not think about it! Instead let’s talk about how professional photography can help your business.
Need A Professional Drone Photographer? Look No Further!
Drone photography has become extremely popular lately, and it’s no wonder, it’s amazing! Photos and videos taken with drones can provide you personally, or any business, with content competitors can’t match. But there is a lot to drone photography including knowing what kind of drone to invest in, how to man the drone with the right equipment, how to use a drone, and more. That is why the majority of people and businesses need a professional drone photographer. If you’re interested in drone videos or photographs, look no further, Doug at D-Squared Studios can help! (more…)
Education Requirements for a Professional Photographer
You may think that professional photographers are mostly self-taught, but the truth is there is a lot of education behind a professional. That’s why it is always wise to hire a professional photographer rather than an amateur, or your best friend (unless he or she is a professional, of course!). As with any other business person you might need to hire, you are paying for their expertise, skills, education, and experience. Below are some of the skills and educational requirements a professional photographer possesses.
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Are You Local? Promote Yourself!
The Dallas-Fort-Worth Metroplex is chock full of competition no matter what field you are in. Are you a carpenter, a roofer, a health and fitness instructor, a restaurant owner? No matter what business you are in, no matter how big or how small, you need to promote yourself and we can help!
A Professional, Or Your iPhone?
When it comes to hiring professional photography services you may be tempted to opt out and hire an amateur, or just get your cousin, a friend, or someone else to do it. Usually when this happens you are left with photographs that are hit and miss, and that you may end up truly disappointed with. I’m sure we can all think of examples of exactly that. Photography is unusual in that many clients are under the mistaken impression that they know a lot about the subject. Because it is an activity that most everyone engages in at one time or another i.e., during vacations, at birthdays and other family occasions, etc., we often begin to think it is easy and we don’t need to hire a professional to do it. After all, you have your iPhone, right?
Capturing Christmas Lights
Like the song goes, for some people Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. It certainly can be pretty and festive with all the Christmas lights and decorated trees both indoors and outdoors. We here at D-Squared Studios would like to share a few tips for capturing Christmas lights this holiday season.
Elements Of Lifestyle Photography
Lifestyle is a new and growing style of photography. The goal of lifestyle photography is to capture the day-to-day, commonplace elements of everyday life, but in a memorable, idealized sort of way. It takes creativity to bring ordinary moments to life and depicts them as if in a movie, so to speak. Lifestyle photographs are used for product photography, fashion photography, food photography, advertising and editorial photography and to supplement print or web articles.