Photography

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Panning: Weekly Photography Challenge: "This week your photographic challenge is to take and share a photo that uses the technique of panning. We’ve written a tutorial previous on how to master the art of panning (also check out this one on panning too)so you may like to go read that one first – but the challenge essentially revolves around photographing a moving subject and attempting to keep it in focus by panning your camera along with it. The result is hopefully a relatively in focus and sharp subject with some lovely motion blur around it"

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Steps to Macro Photography and Tips – PictureCorrect

Steps to Macro Photography and Tips – PictureCorrect: "
Learning to use your camera’s macro feature, on camera or lens, will open up a whole new world in your photography and may just get you into trouble. Why? Because it can become an addiction and lead to more expensive equipment. Above all it is fun and easy to do."

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Aperture and Shutter – Science of the F-stop – PictureCorrect

Aperture and Shutter – Science of the F-stop – PictureCorrect: "We all use cameras in our day to day lives. However, most of us know nothing more about the devices than “point and shoot”. If you ever wondered how to take portrait photos of a subject with a blurred background, or how they take those pictures of trailing lights or water across a landscape, keep reading."

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Street Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect

Street Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect: "When you’re getting started the challenge is overcoming the fear of taking pictures of strangers. Since telephoto lenses are not normally used in street photography, how can you stand a few feet from your subject, put the camera to your eye, focus, and click the shutter without getting nervous? A good street photographer is not only fearful in the beginning (this is a good sign of being sensitive) but they also don’t want to do anything which will change the how the subject is behaving."

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RAW Processing for a Poppy High Contrast Look – Weekly Lightroom Edit Episode 1

RAW Processing for a Poppy High Contrast Look – Weekly Lightroom Edit Episode 1: "This is the written article for our Weekly Lightroom Edit – Episode 1 that was released on November 18, 2011 on SLR Lounge. To view this tutorial in video form, click here.

The nice thing about doing written tutorials is that I get to include a bit more explanation as to why we are going to do certain things. Without further adieu, let’s get started."

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Make Your Party Photographs Stand Out by Digital Photo Secrets

Make Your Party Photographs Stand Out by Digital Photo Secrets: "Parties and get togethers are a great excuse to take pictures of your friends. Everyone is together and having a good time (plus they’re rarely sober so their fun side comes out). But even though everyone’s having so much fun, most party pictures look the same. In an effort to make your next event more memorable, I’ve put together a few tips for getting better pictures at parties."

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Give Your Subject Space to Look Into

Give Your Subject Space to Look Into: "In my last last post I wrote about the rule of thirds and placing your subject to one side of the image in an attempt to create balance."

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Share Image Files – No Size Restrictions

Share Image Files – No Size Restrictions: "If you have a digital camera with more than 8 MP, chances are that you spend most of your time resizing photos before you can upload them to services like Flickr. Some of photo-sharing services resize the photos for you, resulting in image quality loss. Facebook is notorious for this."

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