This week, we highlight the work of a fast learner, Caleb Long. “Decisions, Decisions” is a photograph that has grown in our hearts every day since it was discovered. We’ll share the photo, and we’ll tell you why we love it so much in this week’s spotlight.

Portraits, emotion, photographing time and shooting with what you have – this week’s inspiration from Aishath Azleena covers all the bases.

I have often preached that self portraits are a great way to experiment and learn.  So when I see a great self portrait, like Brian Day’s self portrait, Boomtown, I feel the need to share.  Brian has been featured here on Shutter Photo once before in our spotlight of his photo, Awakenings. If you compare [...]

Travelers stuck in limbo – a long lay over, a delayed flight, unfortunate events.  Mike Garza was one of those travelers back in February at Chicago O’hare International Airport.  Some travelers sleep (clearly).  Others, like Mike, grab their camera and take some shots of what they find.  It’s a great way to pass the time.  [...]

For this week’s inspiration, I let each of our readers the opportunity to crawl inside my mind and find out samples of what inspires me and the fundamental philosophies that serve as a basis for what I consider inspiration.

Learn the cause and how to eliminate the demonic look of read eye in your candid portraiture.

Shooting a live performance can be a lot of fun. But don’t go at it blind. Here are a few tips that will help you the next time you are shooting a live performance.

Photography and music go hand-in-hand. Some of our most well-known musical icons are forever preserved in iconic photography. This Abduzeedo inspired post brings you my true path to photography, and discusses how photography helped to raise the musical icon.

See the work of Mlss Lujansky, a contributor to the SP@Flickr Group, who has brought us this wonderful example of silhouette photography. Read on to see the photograph and to see what you can learn from it.

It’s been a while since I posted current photos of the kids.  So I figured it would be a great opportunity to post some of my latest portraits.
Alert – Natalie is now about 8 months old.  She’s alert, loves to look around and just be aware of everything around her.  She especially loves it when [...]

Some more experiments with self portraits.  This one taken during a snow storm.

I like to play with self portraits.  Not only is it a great way to practice and/or learn about your equipment (check out my article Self Portraits – Have Fun and Gain Experience), but it’s fun to do.  This particular portrait is the first portrait I’ve done with my new 50mm lens.  And here’s a [...]

Year end is always a great time to look back on your works and pick out what you feel are your best works.  I am going to share with you what I feel my best works are, and why.  I wish I could claim the idea as my own, but I have to credit Jim [...]

I love to see do-it-yourself projects in action.  Wired Magazine’s Blog is chock full of excellent DIY projects, and occasionally we see some photography related posts:  Like Syl Arena’s 12-strobe rig (Shown here with Ben Willmore, photo by Syl Arena).  Arena created this massive rig out of twelve Canon 580 EX II (bhphoto.com) strobes and [...]

Jim Talkington of Pro Photo LIfe has proven, yet again, why his blog is an incredible resources on the web today.  While most photo blogs (my own included) spend a great deal of time discussing technique and technical aspects of photography, Mr. Talkington always manages to interject some of his wisdom and experience into the [...]