Being a seasoned photographer with years of professional experience is not necessarily a prerequisite to capturing beautiful, professional looking photos. Even the newest of photographers can capture breathtaking, award-winning photographs. Photography is a hands-on learning experience and practice makes perfect, but a few tips from the experts cannot hurt either.

A  white backdrop can highlight nearly any subject… But when used incorrectly, it can become a blown out or underexposed nightmare with significant technical errors. While using a white photo background, certain steps should be taken to maximize the quality of your image.

If you are interested in getting in to a niche photography market, you may consider entering the exciting world of food photography. As the name implies, food photographers capture enticing, rich images of food. This business is a commercial specialty. Food photographers strive to provide the appealing presentation of food products for use in marketing materials, packaging, and restaurant menus. In order to earn a reputation as an exceptional food photographer, you will need to work with a support team consisting of an art director, a food stylist, and several assistants. These creative artists will ease the process of breaking into food photography business.

The internet has brought us an endless source of information, lessons, and How-To blogs to help us learn how to do just about anything—from solving the Rubik’s Cube to cooking the perfect strawberry shortcake to photography. However, with all of these options that oftentimes provide contradicting advice, it can be hard to know where to go to get quality, professional-level advice. To point you in the direction of the best photography tips and tricks, here is a list of 10 of my favorite Photography Blogs to get some advice from, aside from Backdrop Express, of course!

If  you are displaying product photographs on your website or in a product catalog, you want to make sure your product photographs look professional. Taking the right steps when setting up your studio and photography backdrop will help achieve ultimate professionalism. There are four basic components involved; setting up the backdrop, positioning the product, arranging the lighting, and setting up any props that you might want included in the final photo.

If you are interested in taking photos of musicians, your photographic focus is probably promotional. In order to deliver exceptional pictures for magazines, billboards and posters, you need to capture the essence and personality of the artists. You can do this by following some simple preparation tips.

With photos in the music category, you want to make sure that you are taking stock photos. Music is very diverse and there is a wide selection of ways to take music related stock photos. There are no hard-set rules on how to take music photographs, but there are many choices for music genres, instruments, props and places to take these photos.