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Tips for Better Photographs - How to Take Great Tourist Photos in New York City #2
From 42nd to 47th Street, with Broadway and Seventh Avenue running through it, Times Square is really a series of several small, open squares rimmed by New…

Tips for Better Photographs - How to Take Great Tourist Photos in New York City #1
New York is one of the world's top travel destinations for tourists and sightseers. Every year, millions of visitors come from across the country and around…

Tips for Better Photographs - How to Photograph Landscapes: Part One
Landscape photography has one essential component – a landscape. This generally calls for a large view of some type of natural scene. If there are people in the photograph, they're generally small and are used for a sense of…

Tips for Better Photographs - Planning for a Photo Vacation
After surprisingly little deliberation, my wife and I decided to spend our rare, work-free week exploring the beautiful state of Maine, specifically, the awe-inspiring rocky coastline that extends from Rockport/Camden to Acadia…

Tips for Better Photographs - Shooting The Eclipse
One of the wonderful things about photography is that whatever your interest, it can be enriched with your camera. If you love to travel, taking pictures in exotic lands is half the fun. If you love scuba diving, underwater photography is part…

Digital Photography Tips - Winter Photography and Snow Capped Landscape Photography
One of the recent additions to the NYI staff is our Digital Photography Course student advisor Tom Cavalieri. Tom has had an interesting career and comes to…

Tips for Better Photographs - Taking Flower Photos Further
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. No matter where in the world you live, it's…

Flower Photography & Garden Photography Tips
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…

Tips for Better Photographs - How to Take Great Photos at the Zoo
When we look at great photographs of animals we imagine the romantic life of the professional photographer traveling to faraway places, living an exotic life, and enjoying all manner of adventures. It's true that a lot of great animal…

Tips for Better Autumn Photographs - Fall Photos
In the wooded areas just north and west of New York City, the fall colors are starting to show. A sure early indicator in this part of the country is the change in the Virginia Creeper vines that twist into trees and climb telephone…

Special Report: How to Photograph the Lunar Eclipse
Weather permitting, on Wednesday, October 27 in the U.S., (Thursday, October 28 in other parts of the world) a total eclipse of the Moon will be visible in much of North and South America as well as Europe and Western Africa. This is an…

Tips for better Photographs - Winter Camera Tips
'Tis the season, and we're getting lots of letters from NYI students and other Northern Hemisphere Web visitors about taking photos in cold weather. There are lots of great photo opportunities out there whether your idea of a good time…

How to Take Great Photographs of Sunsets with a Film or Digital Camera
We know a photographer who visited Hawaii exactly once, and then only for two hours while changing airplanes for a flight to Japan. He had time to take a few pictures right around the airport, including a photograph of that evening's…

Photographing the Season – Autumn
Here are some ideas to help you take pictures that capture the essence of the current season – winter, spring, summer, or fall. Even if you're in a different latitude and your climate is considerably different from ours in New York…

Boating Photography Tips For Great Photographs of Boats, from Boats, and on Boats
Raise high the mainsail! Batten down the hatches! All hands to the poop deck! Port outbound, Starboard home!

Underwater Photography
If you’re thinking about heading someplace warm this winter, or if you’re lucky and the summer season is just starting where you live, why not dip your big toe into underwater photography? You don't need to buy any expensive equipment…

Photography on the Beach
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 pictures – anytime! While we have summer's warm…