Enjoy NYIP’s great collection of Photography Tips and Articles

This collection of photography tips and articles is designed to help you learn more about the art and business of photography. From photo tips on holidays and sports to people, pets, outdoors and digital, these articles offer photography tips in a variety of categories. Written by our expert professionals, these photography articles are packed with valuable information and techniques.

The Minimalist Guide for Buying a Camera to Travel With

Advanced point and shoot cameras may be the most misunderstood type of camera type available today. People hear "point and shoot" and automatically write it off as a tiny pocket sized model. As you'll read, it's actually quite the contrary.

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Beach Photography Tips

What's a beach? To us, it's any sandy stretch on the edge of a lake, a river bank, or the ocean. It's a great place for fun and relaxation, and we hasten to add, a great place to take beach photos‚ anytime!
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How to Photograph Flowers - Part Two

El Niño or not, it's springtime in the Northern Hemisphere and the tulips and daffodils are poking up around our toes. The magnolias are ready to pop and the cherry blossoms aren't far behind.
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How to Photograph Flowers - Part One

Every year, the April showers do their job and in all parts of the Northern Hemisphere, flowers abound in May. Far to the North, spring may just be getting started, but wherever you are you'll find lots of flowers just waiting to have their picture taken.
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NYIP Student Perspective: Monica Starks

We first heard about NYIP Graduate Monica Stark's success in photography when she posted on our Facebook page that she'd "made 50K with just one client." Intrigued we set out to learn more about how this came about and more about Monica's photography career.
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Acing the Art of Wildlife Photography

Like the fabled tales recounted by seasoned fishermen, photographers also have stories about the "one that got away." Peering deep into the horizon they sigh while uttering, "if only I had my camera ready, it would've been a real prize winner." It's this elusive pursuit of beauty that makes wildlife photography both challenging and rewarding.
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Picture of the Month: He's Safe

This month we feature a terrific baseball photo by NYIP Graduate Jason L. Jones.NYIP Contributing Editor Richard Martin will evaluate this image using NYIP's Three Guidelines, a simple Three-Step Method for setting up every photograph.
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5 Things The Camera Store Won't Tell You

I'll never forget my first camera buying experience. I wanted to pay with a credit/debit card and the salesperson started waving his arms, yelling "Plastic!? Noooo...come on....show me the green, show me the green!" I think his outburst left an impression on me.
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NYIP Photoblog is now Live!

We are proud to announce our new NYIP Photography Blog featuring industry leading content and tips. Having just celebrated the school's 100 year anniversary, NYIP draws on a rich history of training photographers from all over the world. The blog features a wide variety of fresh content designed to help photographers of all skill levels reach their goals.
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