More than a Vignette: The Simple Secrets of Dodging and Burning

More than a Vignette: The Simple Secrets of Dodging and Burning: "On the wonderful journey through the world of photography many of us have points where we stop to smell the roses for a bit. Maybe we change from shooting landscapes to portraits or delve into the miraculous details of the macro world. Either way, after a shoot we are inevitably left with some post-processing finesse to add to our images."

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Simple Fill Flash Tips

Simple Fill Flash Tips: "Learning some very simple fill flash tips will help elevate the quality of your photographs. This tutorial will teach you to fill in shadows and help create more professional looking portraits. These tips can be applied to shooting indoors with window light and can also be great for shooting outdoors in open shade (no direct sunlight)."

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How to Take Pictures of a Sunrise – PictureCorrect

How to Take Pictures of a Sunrise – PictureCorrect: "Waking up to photograph the sunrise isn’t the only hard thing about capturing the sun, there are plenty of technical details that a photographer must learn to make sure he isn’t crawling out of bed in the wee hours of the morning in vain. In the following video, Jim Zuckerman takes viewers along as he photographs sunrise at the picture perfect Portland Head Light and shares a few of his best techniques with us. Hopefully, you can use some of his tips on your next golden hour outing, take a look:"

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Photographing Buildings [Composition Tips]

Photographing Buildings [Composition Tips]: "I am a firm believer, at least with photography, that what you get back is directly related to the effort you put in. As with all activities, it’s certainly not linear and I am the first to admit that you can tip the scale in your favor to achieve some great architectural images armed with only a few basic techniques."

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Fall Color Photography Tips Released by New York Institute of Photography

Fall Color Photography Tips Released by New York Institute of Photography: "This week, the New York Institute of Photography released their annual update on tips for photographing fall color. Long a part of NYIP’s free photography articles, “How to Photography Autumn Color” was rereleased to the public last week, and NYIP’s newsletter subscribers got a sneak peak at the latest version."

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Nikon D800E Review

Nikon D800E Review: "The Nikon D800E will surely make a big wave, not only because of its massive image capture figure of 36.3 megapixels, making it Nikon’s highest res camera and possibly the industry’s highest figure for a full frame DSLR. It also should rival many higher priced medium format cameras and see deployment by fashion and ad photographers."

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Cleaning and Maintaining Your Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera – PictureCorrect

Cleaning and Maintaining Your Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera – PictureCorrect: "Despite how meticulous and careful I am with my equipment, it always amazes me how quickly dust, fingerprints, and overall grime builds up on and inside my camera bodies and even on lenses."

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Professional Photography Tips To Get Perfect Pictures | SUNFLOWERCOOP

Professional Photography Tips To Get Perfect Pictures | SUNFLOWERCOOP: "Photography is an enjoyable hobby that can give you unique art for your walls. Nonetheless, it requires some effort and know-how to do it correctly. The following article gives you those common sense pointers that helps you take great shots."

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Photography Depth of Field – PictureCorrect

Photography Depth of Field – PictureCorrect: "One the most fundamental techniques necessary to really to master creative photography is depth of field. It was always a bit of a mystery to me because of the link to aperture and understanding all those back to front f-numbers. I think it was more of a mental block because it is actually quite easy to grasp."

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How to Use Window Light for Portraits – PictureCorrect

How to Use Window Light for Portraits – PictureCorrect: "When used correctly, window light is a very flattering source to use for portraiture. In the hour long video below, photographer, Bambi Cantrell, takes us on informative behind the scenes look at a how to use the natural light properly and shares a whole heap of tips of on how you can pose your subject to make the window light even more flattering."

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