Tuesday, November 27, 2012

How to Read and Use Histograms

How to Read and Use Histograms: "The histogram is a useful but often misunderstood tool your camera provides to help you get the correct exposure on your images.  In this article I’m going we’re going to look at how to read it, and use it to your advantage to help you do just that.  Getting the best exposure (there is not such thing as the “correct” exposure, as it’s all subjective, we’ll talk about this more later) in camera should be your goal every time you click the shutter. Using these tips should help you increase your success rate."

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14 Ways To Significantly Improve Your Photography Today

14 Ways To Significantly Improve Your Photography Today: "As photographers and artists, we all hit creative walls. We work and work to improve our skills, and we learn new things, and then it seems we hit a wall. Maybe our images start looking dull to us, like they are missing something. Sometimes I think we over complicate problems like this, searching for some magical trick out there that will give us the creative perspective we are looking for. If you are like me, you know that usually doesn’t work. Instead, here is a collection of tips you can go out and try today to improve your photography and creative eye. Pay no attention to the order, they are all completely random and spontaneous."

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8 Tips for Long Exposure Photography

8 Tips for Long Exposure Photography: "Long exposure photography has become very popular in the last couple of years, getting a lot of coverage in landscape photography magazines and on photo sharing websites. With the ever-increasing number of options for 10-stop neutral density (ND) filters on the market, there has never been a better time to give it a go."

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Why your Kit Lens is Better than You Think

Why your Kit Lens is Better than You Think: "Lenses are one of the most important pieces of camera equipment you can own. A good lens, well looked after, should last you decades, much longer than any digital camera body. That’s why professional photographers spend thousands on glass, and why so much has been written about which lens (or lenses) you should buy."

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Peak Design looks to put cameras on a Leash

Peak Design looks to put cameras on a Leash: "Feeling pretty good about last year's Capture Camera Clip, Peak Design is back with another camera-hauling accessory. The Leash is a versatile strap that carries and holds your camera in all kinds of convenient ways."

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Lighting Flowers on Fire for a Photography Experiment – PictureCorrect

Lighting Flowers on Fire for a Photography Experiment – PictureCorrect: "Flower photography may be particularly common, but not if you add a flame to it! Fire, indeed, is what chinese photographer Jiang Zhi used in his project titled Love Letters, a beautiful and dramatic set of photographs of flowers engulfed in flames."

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Photography Tips for Snow Scenes and Storms – PictureCorrect

Photography Tips for Snow Scenes and Storms – PictureCorrect: "
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In this final article on photography tips for solving the photo doldrums we’ll cover two more of water’s cold season photo op’s: snow scenes and snow storms."

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