Dave Beckerman Blogs

Written in 2009 Many photographers, especially when they're first starting out, are advised to find their own personal photographic style. And even after you've been shooting for many years, it's one of the things you wonder about. Do you have a p... 

A few years back, I did a video showing how I matted prints. Of course the matting is now done at FAA - but still - it may be interesting for a few people so I thought I'd post it.  

Published 2011 Hyper focal distance is a popular technique used mostly with rangefinder cameras. If you are using a Leica or Contax manual focus rangefinder - you'll find the lenses marked and easy to read the hyper focal distance. Look at the... 

Published 2011 Photograph: Manhattan Breakfast, 1993 When you're getting started the challenge is overcoming the fear of taking pictures of strangers. Since telephoto lenses are not normally used in street photography, how can you stand a few fee... 

Originally Published 2009 Most types of photography can be easily defined by their subjects. A wedding photographer takes pictures of weddings. A portrait photographer poses someone and takes their picture. The nature photographer covers a wide ar... 

THE LONG EXPOSURE, OR THE LONG AND SHORT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURES Usually, when photographers talk about long exposures they mean that the shutter is open for longer than can easily be hand held, though it's surely not as simple a definition as t... 

As I was re-reading a Sherlock Holmes story on my iPhone with Google Reader app (I like it very much) my eye caught sight a photographic print on the my bedroom wall. I wondered whether the print and paintings, what are considered part of home decor,... 

As an ancient citizen who grew up in the black and white darkroom era, and who worked, both at a pro lab, and in my own darkroom for a very long time, I tried to embrace inkjet printing as soon as possible. Ah, there was the great potential for excel...