Learn more about photography skills, techniques, and tricks. We have resources and photography guides from local people in New Jersey. Including places to photograph, tools to use, and techniques for types of photography.
Whether photography is a passionate hobby or a professional job, when we all start out with our first cameras we are all a bit clueless. Generally, we start in “auto” mode and just start snapping. Eventually, with time and experimentation, we graduate to using manual modes to help capture the scenes as we see them by adjusting settings. (more…)
This past weekend, NJspots was pleased to host another GREAT meetup in Jersey City for the Sunrise on Saturday, March 30th. With about 25-30 attendees, we had some great laughs, photos, and conversations floating around all morning. (more…)
There have been spam bots, follow bots, liking bots, and every kind of bot you can think of that has infiltrated the Instagram atmosphere. With the recent crackdowns on spam services connected to Instagram, now’s the time to use REAL ways to grow your Instagram account.
After our successful workshop about branding and online presence with some of our passionate community members, we took some important things out of it that we wanted to share. Fellow creators and photographers around New Jersey could benefit for a few tips they should all be doing to help build their brand. (more…)
It was a bitterly cold week in New Jersey leading up to the first-ever NJspots workshop, but that didn’t stop the hot topics and ideas from flowing at the Work Home space in Millburn, NJ on Saturday, February 2nd. (more…)
There are many ways to switch up and enhance your iPhone photography skills— but first you have to know the basics! Take your iPhone photos to the next level with these tips.
There are a lot of factors to consider when taking landscape photos. Sometimes if it’s not the right time of day, then your photos could end up blown out — or maybe you didn’t focus on the right part of the photo to give you the most details. These are two of my favorite techniques to use to capture the most detail in my landscape photography.
The NJspots Team started the New Year with new ideas and goals in mind. Bringing together the community has always been an important part of what we do. This year we are going to be introducing Workshops in addition to more meetups throughout the year. Unlike meetups which are big gatherings in amazing spots around New Jersey, the workshops are going to be more intimate settings with smaller groups of people. The workshops will have specific purposes and topics behind each one so that way more people can learn about different things that they may find interesting. Some topics will relate to photography, types of techniques, professional skills for photographers, and more. (more…)
The Best of 2018 Photo Contest was the first of it’s kind. Normally the NJspots contests are running on Instagram, but we wanted to open up the competition to be bigger than just Instagram users. With 126 photo entries, 3539 votes, and over 36,250 views this was one of the greatest contests we have hosted. The NJspots Team wants to take a moment and THANK YOU for all your support and great participation during the contest! Now onto our winners! (more…)
