NeroTrigger camera trigger is faster (and smarter) than your shutter finger

NeroTrigger camera trigger is faster (and smarter) than your shutter finger: "There's something undeniably cool about photos of high-speed blink-and-you-miss-it subjects like balloons mid-burst or flashes of lightning. But, unless you've got the reactions of an about-to-be-swatted fly, they can be tricky to take. Luckily, more and more remote triggers are cropping up which use sensors to ensure you always capture the moment, no matter how brief. The NeroTrigger is the latest such offering which incorporates light, sound and laser sensors, among other things."

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Perspective in Photography – PictureCorrect

Perspective in Photography – PictureCorrect: "screen or on prints, we are looking at a 2-dimensional representation of a real 3-dimensional scene. And that is what photography is all about – capturing a 3D scene onto a 2D image. I used to wonder how do photographers demonstrate “depth” or sense of “scale” in a (good) photograph. Th"

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Wildlife Photography Tips | Wildlife Photography Blog

Wildlife Photography Tips | Wildlife Photography Blog: "Many people today are looking for a way to photograph animals at the zoo.

Understandably so, as they are unable to get the time/budget to travel to the locations where most of these animals are in the wild."

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Property Trax: 10 tips to avoid bad real estate photos in your home listing : Wsj

Property Trax: 10 tips to avoid bad real estate photos in your home listing : Wsj: "Anyone who's ever bought or sold a house knows how important the quality of online photos is in drawing serious buyer interest.
But how can you make sure your photos are top-notch?"

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Useful tips for shooting nature photos | www.palmbeachpost.com

Useful tips for shooting nature photos | www.palmbeachpost.com: "(Editor’s note: John J. Lopinot spent 33 years at The Post, retiring in 2008 as deputy director of photography. First-, second- and third-place winners will receive a one-day photography workshop in the fall of 2013 with him. See his work at johnjlopinot.com .)


The Palm Beach Post encourages you to submit photos to the 8th Annual Focus on Nature Photography Contest (digital submissions only, please). The categories are Animals, Plants, Close-ups, Landscapes/Scenics and Oceans."

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Fine Tune Your Exposures With Spot Metering

Fine Tune Your Exposures With Spot Metering: "The metering systems of today’s digital cameras are light years beyond cameras of just 10 to 15 years ago. What this means is that in many situations, the camera’s meter, left to its own devices, is going to do an excellent job at getting a good exposure. While evaluative (or matrix) metering and center-weighted average metering take into account the entire scene, albeit in different ways, spot metering mode provides a tool for metering only the part of the scene you as the photographer consider most important."

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Portrait Lighting Basics with a One Light Setup – PictureCorrect

Portrait Lighting Basics with a One Light Setup – PictureCorrect: "A one light setup is simple yet effective, and apparently, easy to do as JP Morgan from the Slanted Lens explains it. He starts off by saying that “everything in the world is a ball, a cube or a cylinder”. A key light is used to highlight across the face, leaving a shadow line which drops into a deeper shadow. The core is the area that transitions from fill shadow to highlight. He used a fill card to fill in the shadow side without obliterating the core transition to the front:"

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Improve Your Portrait Photography With Purpose And Passion – PictureCorrect

Improve Your Portrait Photography With Purpose And Passion – PictureCorrect: "Becoming a photographer is lot more than acquiring expensive cameras and an extensive lighting collection. To truly be a photographer, one must have creativity and a passion to create unique art. Unfortunately, capturing the portrait we have developed in our mind can sometimes be a challenge since we must somewhat rely on the subjects to convey our ideas. Luckily, as Marvell Smith divulges in the two hour long seminar below, there are things we can do as photographers to capture the poses we desire. Take a look:"

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