Boost Your AF Performance - Outdoor Photographer | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Birds flying directly toward the camera are easier to deal with than birds flying erratically across the frame. Keep the AF point on the bird’s head (very difficult, but gets easier with lots of practice). Don’t worry about the composition; you can crop as desired when you process the image. Concentrate on the moment and keeping the AF point on the bird’s head.
Nikon D300, AF-S NIKKOR 300mm ƒ/4D IF-ED, 1/4000 sec. at ƒ/4, ISO 800"
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Landscape Photography with a Split Neutral Density Filter – PictureCorrect
Landscape Photography with a Split Neutral Density Filter – PictureCorrect: "Often when taking landscape photographs, you’ll find that the sky is much brighter than the landscape. This can make it difficult to keep detail in the sky without the landscape being too dark, and to keep detail in the landscape without the sky being too bright."
Anna Gay’s Picks for Self Portrait Challenge #1: PROPS
Anna Gay’s Picks for Self Portrait Challenge #1: PROPS: "Let me start by saying that I am so thrilled by the number of entries for this challenge. I can tell that all of you are going to make it very tough for me this week in choosing my picks! I am also really happy to see that this was the first time many of you had taken a self-portrait, and equally thrilled that this encouraged you to participate in your first dPS challenge!"
Exposure Compensation: Manual Shooting Without Being In Manual
Exposure Compensation: Manual Shooting Without Being In Manual: "Digital cameras are incredibly intelligent and powerful tools. They can detect and read light, decide exposure values, adjust for white balance, detect contrast to achieve focus, and a whole list of other things that go on behind the scenes that we never even notice."
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
How To Pan for Action Photography – PictureCorrect
How To Pan for Action Photography – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever wanted to capture great action photographs but always seem to come up with mediocre images? Want to know how to pan properly? Well, here is how you do it."
Self Portrait Challenge #1: PROPS
Self Portrait Challenge #1: PROPS: "Earlier this week, when I learned I would be issuing some self-portrait challenges for dPS, I was absolutely thrilled! Self-portraiture has been a very important aspect of my career as a photographer thus far, as well as many of my photography buddies – both professional and hobbyist."
Monday, May 9, 2011
Dance Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect
Dance Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect: "Have you always wanted to capture the excitement and emotion of dancing? Do you want some easy steps to enable you to take great dancing photos?"
Your Camera Wants You To Be Average
Your Camera Wants You To Be Average: "I’m going to let you in on a secret but first I need you to put your camera away. You see, cameras are becoming smarter and smarter every year as the ability to pack more and more information and programming into their circuits becomes available thanks to the march of progress."
Top 10 Tips on Portrait Photography – PictureCorrect
Top 10 Tips on Portrait Photography – PictureCorrect: "1. Use a lens that has a wide aperture like a 1.2, 1.4, 1.8. The 50mm 1.8 is only $100, and it is a terrific lens! My whole body of work is done with a 50mm 1.8 and a Canon Rebel XS. So with that 1.6 crop factor it becomes an 80mm lens that is a perfect perspective to take portraits!"
How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography
How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography: "Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects."
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