Author Archives: Tom Szabo

Earrings – Shark Teeth & Turquoise

Earrings Fossilized Shark Teeth Pierced Earrings are here! They delicately suspend 2.6 grams total weight shark teeth dating back as far as 25 million years ago. Tom Szabo finds shark teeth, whale bone, manatee bone and other fossilized bone and … Continue reading

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Your Rights – Public Photography

Your Rights Often photographers will ask about their right to photograph people in public? Do I need a release? Let’s start by asking where are you? Legal rights vary from country to country. They may even vary from state to … Continue reading

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Photographing Flowers – Easy?

Photographing Flowers! In a recent article by Hana Tavener for I-News – The Essential Daily Briefing, she listed five suggestions to help you photograph flowers. 1 – Get Close 2 – Focus/Depth of Field 3 – The Whole Wide World … Continue reading

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Underwater Archeology Site

Archeology Diving archeologists have been working on a site in a Florida river. The results are helping to dispute that the Clovis group were the first humans to be in the area. The sire has exposed an ancient butchering site … Continue reading

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Photography As Therapy!

Therapy – Ahhhhhh. Photography as therapy? Ask any photographer and they’ll tell you they started out as a “pitcher-taker”. After all the gear, classes, workshops and pulls of the shutter, they’ll tell you how now they now spend more time … Continue reading

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Pin Hole Camera – Make Your Own

Pin Hole Camera – Make Your Own Pin Hole Camera? What’s that you ask? This is the most simple form of film photography you’ll find. It’s a great way to make your own camera and learn more about photography. If … Continue reading

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Scuba Diving In Key Largo, FL

Scuba Diving In Key Largo, FL Scuba Diving In Key Largo, FL In March of 2016, my wife Diane and I vacationed in Florida. What a great time to leave NE Ohio! Out With The Old! As a photographer, it’s … Continue reading

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Light, It’s All About The Light!

Light, It’s all about the light. Light! My wife Diane and I like to vacation at Siesta Key Florida. The beach has the softest and whitest sand you’ll see anywhere. During our walks on the soft powder white sand, Diane … Continue reading

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Photo Phuss – So What?

Photo Phuss – So What? Photo Phuss is created by professional photographers. Nope, it’s not a new technique. It strictly involves money! Photographers make money by creating pleasing images and $elling them. With the proliferation of cell phone cameras and … Continue reading

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Film Photography – Dead?

Film Photography – Really? Film, remember that stuff? With the explosion of digital cameras today, most of you would likely wonder why shoot on film? Let me back you up a bit. Before digital, you had to put more thought … Continue reading

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Scuba Season Around the Corner!

Scuba Season Around the Corner! Scuba – If you are a diver in Northeast Ohio and you’re looking for a dive buddy, let me know. My schedule permits for a flexible dive schedule, weekdays and weekends. A good place for … Continue reading

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Lion Fish Inavade Atlantic Ocean

Almost every diver who’s been the the western Pacific Ocean will come home bragging they saw Lion Fish. They are a beautiful species! However, they’ve become a big problem in the Atlantic Ocean. Why? They are considered an invasive species. … Continue reading

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Scuba Divers Set World Record

How cool is this? 173 scuba divers in Italy set a new world record for the longest underwater chain of divers. They even have a video showing it happening. I’d love to do this!   Italian Scuba Divers Break Guinness … Continue reading

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School Pictures And Special Deals

School Picture Business School pictures are a real tradition for families. People often ask if I provide that service. My answer: well I’d like to. I learned a long time ago this is a very difficult market to break into. … Continue reading

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Jewelry – What’s In A Name

Jewelry – Name Needed! So many of you may be aware of my new line of jewelry. The line is based on fossilized shark teeth, whale bone and manatee bone. There’s a couple photos to show some samples of my … Continue reading

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Baby Portrait

Baby Portrait Baby portraits can be fun or a disaster – trust me! If you have a 6 month old child, wake them from their nap, bundle them up, put them in a strange location, in front of a stranger … Continue reading

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Necklace By Tom Szabo, Jeweler

Necklace by Tom Szabo. This is a new necklace created by Tom Szabo. The pendant consists of a 1 inch long Tiger Shark fossil tooth below a 5/8″ X 7/8″ Turquoise stone. The two pieces are silver plated wire wrapped … Continue reading

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Fashion Mags – Photo Lighting Tips

Fashion Magazines – Photography Tips Fashion magazines – OK, I admit to looking at them. No, No, really, I’m not that way. The fashion industry spends A LOT of money on photographers to advertise their products. So it stands to reason … Continue reading

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Light Planning

Light Equals Photography Light plays a powerful role in photography. In addition, it is relative. A scene/subject will often have varying degrees of illumination. These are commonly know as highlights and shadows. Both highlights and shadows can be a creative … Continue reading

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Diarrhea Photography

Crappy Photography There’s no doubt that cell phone cameras have changed they way we approach taking pictures. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve heard me talk or rant about being smarter than the camera. With everyone walking … Continue reading

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Light – Composition For Photography

Use Light and Composition If you’ve been following me for a little while, you’ve heard me comment about understanding light in order to improve your photography. In the article attached to my post, I’d like you to examine the photographs … Continue reading

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Golden Hour Photography?

Golden Hour vs. Mid Day The Golden Hour as referred to by photographers as the hour around sun up or sundown. The sun and atmosphere combine to give the photographer unique and colorful lighting. Photographers often avoid shooting mid day. … Continue reading

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Portrait Creativity

Portrait Photography And Creativity. Creativity, portrait photography can be the the most intimidating art form. It intimidates the photographer and the subject. Often you’ll hear subjects ask “what should I do?” and photographers themselves will wonder how to pose and … Continue reading

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Scuba Diver Brave, Stupid Or Lucky.

Scuba Diver Touches Shark! I caught this scuba diver article on my FB feed. The image was of a diver reaching out from a shark cage to touch the snout of a great white shark. Brave, Stupid or Lucky? Apparently … Continue reading

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Portraits – Duck Lips & Selfies, OUT? Let’s Hope!

Portraits are to become more creative and to speak more about the individual(s) according to report of what’s trending in photography for 2016. So, to become more creative in your photography, does that mean you may actually understand how to … Continue reading

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This Portrait Video Will Make You Think About Lighting

Portrait Photography And Lighting. Portrait photography requires that you always think about lighting. It doesn’t matter if you’re using a boat-load of studio equipment or a cell phone. I found this short video demonstrating 3 different set ups. These set … Continue reading

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Scuba Divers + Underwater Gardens

Scuba Divers have begun to plant gardens underwater. I suppose if certain aquatic plants will do well underwater, than why not vegetables. Using huge bubbles in 26 feet of water, they have started growing lettuce. The whole project has been … Continue reading

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Think About The Colors To Enhance Your Portraiture

Do you really love your family? Silly question right? Because you love them, why would you share them through lousy pictures? Today with the proliferation of smart phone camera technology, it’s too easy to shoot without thinking. I suggest taking … Continue reading

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Sharks – Why I love Scuba Diving!

As a scuba diver, I get to see a world that very people get to see. A lot of people ask me: Aren’t you afraid of sharks? I usually tell them I’d rather be w it sharks down below that … Continue reading

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Make Shutter Speed A Photography Tool

If you have read some of my posts, you may have read this before: “You’ve got to be smarter than the camera!” That means understanding how the camera works and camera limitations. Cell phone manufacturers want you to believe that … Continue reading

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Photography To Tell A Story

Newspaper and magazine photographers always intrigued me. They would take their camera to a  story and find just the right images to help convey the story. Think about story telling the next time you have your camera in your hands. … Continue reading

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Cell Phone Camera – Finally Some Helpful Info!

I’ve read a lot of articles written about how to use your cell phone camera to get what’s inferred to as professional results. The articles are generally written by a “technology” writer not a photographer. They all sound the same … Continue reading

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Don’t Photograph Children Sports Unless You Mean It!

Do Your Kids Play Sports? I see a lot of my friends on FaceBook posting pictures of their kids playing sports. Frankly, the pictures are not very good. Sorry folks, but I calls em as I sees em!  As in … Continue reading

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Photographers – We All Were Beginners!

As a photographer and a Scuba Instructor, I often tell beginners: “We all started as beginners”. It’s a thought we should all remember. We need to be reminded that we had to work to get where we are today. Here’s … Continue reading

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Photography – The Camera Made Simple!

This is so cool! A blog post recently came across my inbox that contains a diagram that totally explains your camera and lens operation. Check it out, I’m sure you’ll want to bookmark it for future reference. http://www.thephoblographer.com/2015/09/04/infographic-the-complete-guide-to-photography-for-beginners/#.Ve8NMbRgwi8

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Portrait Of A Proud Young Man!

Recently one of my high school seniors wanted to go on-location in addition to his studio session. No problem, where would you like to go? Being a member of the swim team, he replied: Let’s go where there is water! … Continue reading

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