Flickr Photographers Who Inspire Me

Looking for new inspirations from the best (in my opinion) photographers that I have found on Flickr to date, check out each of these photographers photostreams. I originally found each of these photographers in the Explore section on Flickr, they consistently produce stellar images.

• Alex Stoddard Creative Self-Portraits
• Ben Hopper Masks & General Nakedness
• Ian Komac  Self-Portrait
• Brian Oldham Portraits
• Maysa Askar Concert photographer with a great eye for action
• Alex Piechta Overall Kickass Compositions
• Agnieszka Kacprowska Luthien Elve Studio Lighting Expert
• Kakhabad Surreal Portraits 
• Marie Killen Delinion Phenom of Portraits

B. Farnum Photography

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Flight of the Bumble Bee

Flight of the Bumble Bee, a photo by Brian Farnum on Flickr.


Gear Used in this shot:
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon Telephoto EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Autofocus Lens
Manfrotto Tripod

5 Things To Remember When Hand Holding Your Camera

Here are some tips that I have learned, that will improve your images when hand holding your camera.

1. Keep your elbows tucked towards your chest to help steady the camera, this will improve the quality of your photos.
2. Use fast glass, try to use a lens that is f/2.8 or faster.
3. Remember its hard for most anyone to hand hold anything slower than 1/60 of a second. You have two options to increase the shutter speed, one is shoot wide open at the lowest aperture your lens has, the other is raising the ISO. Just remember if you raise the ISO to much you will reduce the clarity of your images.
4. Steady your self by leaning against something sturdy
5. Don't simply push the shutter button, roll your finger across the shutter release