Fine Tune Your Exposures With Spot Metering - Digital Photography School

Fine Tune Your Exposures With Spot Metering - Digital Photography School: "he 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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10 Quick Tips On Photographing Garden Birds

10 Quick Tips On Photographing Garden Birds: "Tip 1: You'll need a telephoto zoom (300-400mm) for capturing frame-filling shots and a tripod is essential. If you have one, fasten on your ball-head but it's not essential. "

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Merricks Art: EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT BEING MY OWN BLOG PHOTOGRAPHER (AKA TRIPOD PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS)

Merricks Art: EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT BEING MY OWN BLOG PHOTOGRAPHER (AKA TRIPOD PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS): "As we wrapped up 2013 last week, I was thinking a lot about the progress of my blog in 2013. When I look back at the beginning of the year, I see a big difference, and feel really excited about the changes I've made and goals that I've accomplished.

One of the things I worked extra hard on this year was my blog photography. When we moved to California, right at the end of 2012, I decided to take a fresh start and really focus on the photos I put on my blog. Of course, my photos weren't amazing right away, and even still (a year later) I'm still working to improve them, but the difference a year of practice, experimenting, trial and error, and creativity has made has been huge."

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Night Photography With Edwin Brosens

Night Photography With Edwin Brosens: "By combining longer shutter speeds with low light photographers can capture great imagery that's also fun to do. Here's a selection of images I took in the city of Antwerp Belgium and a few tips on how they were captured."

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Weekly Photography Challenge - Bicycles

Weekly Photography Challenge - Bicycles: "Earlier today I admitted my dirty little secret. I am addicted to photographing bicycles. Yes, it is true!"

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6 Tips for Getting Great Pictures With a Basic Camera – PictureCorrect

6 Tips for Getting Great Pictures With a Basic Camera – PictureCorrect: "Great pictures don’t necessarily come from high-end cameras and expensive lenses. Here are tips that you can apply even when using cameras like the one on the iPhone. If you can use these principles to get great pictures using basic cameras, imagine how much better a photographer you’ll be with serious photography gear!"

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Using the Develop Module in Your Lightroom 5 Photography Workflow (Video) – PictureCorrect

Using the Develop Module in Your Lightroom 5 Photography Workflow (Video) – PictureCorrect: "
More and more photographers are turning to Adobe Lightroom 5 as their choice post-processing software. While Adobe Photoshop CS6 equips all manner of visual artists with tools for their various crafts, Lightroom is a streamlined processing software tailored to photographers who need advanced image editing and management capabilities without unnecessary clutter."

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How to Get Paid What You’re Worth as a Photographer (Video) – PictureCorrect

How to Get Paid What You’re Worth as a Photographer (Video) – PictureCorrect: "Do you find it difficult to get the pay rate you think you deserve as a professional photographer? Do you often hear from potential clients that they love your work, but then they book someone else to do their shoot? Photographer Spencer Lum has some advice to help you raise prices without creating resistance:"

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5 Camera Setting Tips for Shooting Great Portraits - Digital Photo Secrets

5 Camera Setting Tips for Shooting Great Portraits - Digital Photo Secrets: "Intermediate Portraits are one of the most common photo ops out there. As a photographer, you’ll likely be asked at one point or another by family or friends to take their photo. Some photographers are naturals at capturing people while others freeze when the person is in front of the camera. They’re not sure how to pose them, how to find flattering light, or how to make the subject comfortable. After all, why should the subject be relaxed if your brow is sweating?"

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Photographing the Sea - Digital Photo Secrets

Photographing the Sea - Digital Photo Secrets: "One of the most dramatic subjects for your lens is the sea. It’s calm, powerful, seemingly endless, and ever changing depending on the lighting. With all those characteristics, you want to ensure that your trip to the sea with your camera pays off, so I put together a few tips of ideas you may not have thought of… so, pack your sunblock and beach towel."

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Improving your Mountain Photography - Digital Photo Secrets

Improving your Mountain Photography - Digital Photo Secrets: "Perhaps nothing is more breathtaking than a mountain. Snowy peaks in the winter, flowery slopes in the summer, a mountain looks majestic no matter what the season. So why do some mountain photos look, well, un-majestic?"

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Five Tips For Tack Sharp Focusing - Digital Photo Secrets

Five Tips For Tack Sharp Focusing - Digital Photo Secrets: "I know it’s happened to you, because it’s happened to me, too. It happens to everyone. You point your camera at something really cool. You shoot. You check your LCD. Awesome! You just grabbed the most amazing shot ever. You go home and open up the photo on your computer. And it isn’t sharp.

Oh no! What happened? What went wrong? And most importantly, how can you stop it from happening again?"

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Photographing that Winter Wonderland - Digital Photo Secrets

Photographing that Winter Wonderland - Digital Photo Secrets: "[Here's another article from professional photographer and writer Becki Robins on photographing the Winder Wonderland. It seems appropriate this week as much of the Northern Hemisphere is blanketed in a cold snap. If you are in those areas, please stay safe! - David]"

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