Understanding Flash Metering modes

Understanding Flash Metering modes: "When you use your camera’s metering system, the meter will measure the reflected light from your subject (see Metering Modes and How Your Camera Meter Works).  This is not the case when you use your camera with a flash, either a pop-up or mounted on your camera’s hot shoe and set to one of the TTL modes. (TTL is an acronym for Through The Lens) Irrespective of which TTL flash mode you choose, the exposure is not based on reading the ambient light,"



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Photography tips: light painting - Australian Geographic

Photography tips: light painting - Australian Geographic: "ONE THING IN photography that really brings the kid out in me is light painting. Lately I have been using light painting to expand on my night-time photography. I recently used it, while on assignment, to illuminate the environment of scientists doing night work with tree kangaroos. In the photo here, I used the technique to light a climber ascending the ultra-classic chimney route Agamemnon in Mt Arapiles in Victoria."



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5 Sports Photography Tips for Beginners

5 Sports Photography Tips for Beginners: "Sports photography combines the thrill of action with the science and precision of photojournalism. As a sports photographer, you’re capturing something that is near and dear to the hearts of your viewers, and also trying to make a point with your image."



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10 Photography Hacks that will Dramatically Improve Your Photos

10 Photography Hacks that will Dramatically Improve Your Photos: "here is a widely accepted rule called The Pareto Principle also known as the 80:20 rule. In short, it states that 80% of the results come from 20% of the efforts. I find that in learning photography, this can even skew much higher. This means that potentially improving 5% of your photographic knowledge in the right places, could improve your photography by 95%!"



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8 Reasons You Should Organize Your Photo Collection

8 Reasons You Should Organize Your Photo Collection: "Editing and organizing our websites, print portfolios, business collateral and promotional material is something every professional photographer does at least once if not several times a year. It allows us to present the best possible vision of our work to our clients."



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Spring Landscape Photography Tips

Spring Landscape Photography Tips: "Spring is a time of new growth, flowers and colour, in the Lakes it is a time where we lose the beige of late winter, and the old bracken, and get the fresh spring greens.
 
Before you go out looking for spring landscapes, take a moment to consider what constitutes spring. In the Lakes, I think of Rannerdale valley, with it's open carpet of bluebells, fresh spring growth and new bracken unfurling to open up and cover the dead bracken of last year."



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