Monday, February 17, 2014

Using Light Painting to Assist With Sports Car Photography – PictureCorrect

Using Light Painting to Assist With Sports Car Photography – PictureCorrect: "Photographer Alex Glass recently completed the shoot of his career when he partnered up with The DuPont Registry to create a photo of epic proportions. The following behind the scenes footage of the photo shoot takes viewers along for the ride as Glass and his team test out their Westcott Ice Lights on a a super sleek Ferrari California:"



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Backlight Photography Tips

Backlight Photography Tips: "Most people when they first start into photography learn or are told that they should find the light source, position themselves with their backs against it so that the light falls on your subjects and snap the shutter.

This holds true for the majority of photography. But every once in a while we yearn to try something else " break the rules" as it were and this can result in some very amazing pictures."



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Sony updates Cyber-shot camera range

Sony updates Cyber-shot camera range: "Sony has revealed the latest cameras to be added to it Cyber-shot line-up including its new flagship mega-zoom HX400V, which adds Wi-Fi with NFC and GPS to its 50x optical zoom capability. Other notable new cameras revealed include the compact WX350, and the 63x optical zoom H400."



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PowerShot G1 X Mark II heads Canon's compact camera line-up

PowerShot G1 X Mark II heads Canon's compact camera line-up: "With its large 1.5-inch type sensor and 24-120-mm F2.0-F3.9 lens, the PowerShot G1 X Mark II is the latest flagship compact camera from Canon, and it could be something special. It also boasts built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, a tilt-able touchscreen and promises to deliver the sort of image quality normally associated with interchangeable lens cameras and DSLRs."



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Video: Gizmag visits "the most digitally advanced retail experience in the world"

Video: Gizmag visits "the most digitally advanced retail experience in the world": "Every year, IBM releases a list of tech trends that it predicts will have a major affect on our lives over the next five years. In its most recent list, the company made the rather surprising prediction that physical retail shops will become much more popular than internet-based stores."



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School Of Digital Photography: Tips for Photographing Shorebirds

School Of Digital Photography: Tips for Photographing Shorebirds: "Shorebirds are mostly long and slender birds with large flat feet, thin long legs and elongated beaks. The Oxford dictionary defines shorebirds as those birds that frequent the shore. Their diet consists of fish, crustaceans, insects and other small organisms found along a shore, in mud or shallow water. So they are mainly confined to the narrow strips of shore that lines the dams, lakes, rivers, wetlands and oceans where their food is plentiful."



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Sunday, February 16, 2014

10 Things You Should Know About Your New DSLR Camera – PictureCorrect

10 Things You Should Know About Your New DSLR Camera – PictureCorrect: "You just bought your first DSLR camera and can’t wait to start taking some awesome pictures with it. But the manual for your camera is huge, and you’re not quite ready to trudge through it.

So what are the basic things you need to know to be able to use your new camera correctly? Here are some great pointers to help you take better pictures and possibly start a photography career down the road."



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Five Keys to Better Black and White Landscapes

Five Keys to Better Black and White Landscapes: "
We are blessed that we were born with the ability to see in color. Seeing the deep blue of a summer’s sky or the intense red of a spring rose is something that we perhaps take for granted. As we see in color so our cameras take pictures in color but sometimes all the colors of the rainbow are too many, sometimes just two colors and all shades between can evoke emotions so far beyond the spectrum of our color spectrum. The name of those two colors: Black and White. Of course, pedants might say that neither black nor white are colors, they are merely the pure light and the absolute absence of light, but I would imagine they would have a hard time explaining that to Ansel Adams. Today we are going to look at five keys to improving your black and white landscapes."



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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Improve Your Photography By Learning to Edit - Digital Photography School

Improve Your Photography By Learning to Edit - Digital Photography School: "You might have read the title to this post and thought that I was going to talk about how editing your photographs can make you appear to be a better photographer, but no, I really do mean better – behind the camera."



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Sunset Photography Tips: Avoid The Cliche

Sunset Photography Tips: Avoid The Cliche: "In the Cliché Olympics, long walks on the beach and sunset photography almost always tie for gold. In reality, either one of these would add a welcomed change to our day-to-day routine. The good news, then, is this: not everyone has a beach, but everyone gets a daily sunset."



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