Understanding Colour on Your Digital Camera

Understanding Colour on Your Digital Camera: "Okay, I can think of plenty of good reasons for working in black and white, but it seems that most photographers work in colour a great deal of the time. And when you work in colour, you naturally want to configure your camera to give the best possible results. To do so, it’s important to understand how your digital camera records colour."

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Useful Tips for Spring Photography – PictureCorrect

Useful Tips for Spring Photography – PictureCorrect: "Spring is one of the best seasons for capturing the beauty of your natural surroundings. The flowers are in full bloom and the weather is just perfect – not too hot and not too cold. Perfect for practicing landscape photography."

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Tips On Building Lighting And Shooting On A DIY Green Screen | DIYPhotography.net

Tips On Building Lighting And Shooting On A DIY Green Screen | DIYPhotography.net: "So, first if you wander what a green screen is, it is basically a big. green. screen. The nice thing about a green screen is that most video editing software can separate the green screen from whatever is standing in front of it and overlaying the screen with burning ships, aliens, giant cakes chasing a mob or just whatever they can think of."

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Nature: Weekly Photography Challenge

Nature: Weekly Photography Challenge: "Earlier today we published the first of two posts in a series on Wildlife photography so thought this week we might give you an opportunity to practice the tips in it by making our challenge on the topic of ‘Nature’."

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Bokeh Lighting Techniques – PictureCorrect

Bokeh Lighting Techniques – PictureCorrect: "Times Square in New York is any photographer’s bokeh heaven – the stoplights, billboards, street signs and headlights make for an interesting backdrop to any photo. Whether you’re shooting wide open or otherwise, Times Square will not disappoint. Jay P. Morgan explains in detail how to experiment with different lenses and distances from the subject and background to create various bokeh effects"

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Tips For Better Waterfall Photos – PictureCorrect

Tips For Better Waterfall Photos – PictureCorrect: "Waterfall photography is a favourite subject for many a nature photographer. In fact, a good waterfall can be a magnet for almost anyone with a camera."

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LoFi-Fisheye Digicam shoots HD video, fits in the palm of your hand

LoFi-Fisheye Digicam shoots HD video, fits in the palm of your hand: "After a fruitless search for a teeny key-chain digital camera with a fish-eye lens out front, Greg Dash decided to design and build his own. The subsequent prototype was just intended for his own use, but when more and more folks asked him where they could buy one when they spotted him snapping photos, he hatched a crowdfunding plan to bring his LoFi-Fisheye Digicam to market."

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Luxi turns an iPhone into an incident light meter

Luxi turns an iPhone into an incident light meter: "For professional photographers, an incident light meter is rather important. Unlike a reflective light meter, which measures the amount of light bouncing off a subject, an incident light meter measures light before it reaches the subject. This is helpful in situations where lighting is inconsistent. A new product called Luxi is designed to turn your iPhone into just such a light meter."

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Learning to See, Part VII

Learning to See, Part VII: "In our previous readings in this series we learned how colour,  contrast and tonal range have a dramatic effect on the overall result.  Some teachers may say the first important rule in making successful pictures is composition, and indeed that may be so.  However,  I also like my intrepid readers to be unique and true to themselves.  Therefore, let’s argue that colour impact is more important than composition  ( remember folks, this series is for the novice and beginner  so please let’s not start a raging debate and muddle the waters. I want our beginners to have fun and explore for themselves – they will figure it out."

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17 Examples of Natural Frames by Digital Photo Secrets

17 Examples of Natural Frames by Digital Photo Secrets: "Natural frames are everywhere, and not just in natural places. In photography, a natural frame is anything that forms a border or part of a border around your subject. It can be literally natural, such as a tree branch, the mouth of a cave or a rock arch; or it can be man-made, such as a doorway, a bridge or the slats in a fence."

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