How to Combine Flash With Ambient Light for Cool Bokeh Shots – PictureCorrect

How to Combine Flash With Ambient Light for Cool Bokeh Shots – PictureCorrect: "Bokeh almost always looks awesome in portraiture. Photographer Jay P. Morgan shows us how to combine an awesome Christmas light setup with flash to create some festive portraiture:"



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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Composition – PictureCorrect

The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Composition – PictureCorrect: "With all of the gorgeous new gadgetry coming out this season, it’s easy to get caught up in the shiny, techy part of photography. (New Nikon D810, anyone? Or a Canon 7D Mark II? Or the sweet new GoPro Hero4 Black?) Lest you fall into the terrible hole of DSLR expectations vs. reality, though, we’ve got a video for you today from CG artist Andrew Price, who’s here to talk about the basics of understanding composition:"



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How to Take Better Photos of Christmas Lights – PictureCorrect

How to Take Better Photos of Christmas Lights – PictureCorrect: "Here is an article describing how you can get better photos of Christmas lights. I’ve focused on the tree, but these concepts will work for most any lighting display."



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The Photograph as Art - Digital Photo Secrets

The Photograph as Art - Digital Photo Secrets: "What’s the difference between art and a snapshot? The answer is not usually very obvious. Art is subjective, and sometimes we recognize it subconsciously rather than consciously.
How does a photo make you feel? "



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Taking Zoo Photographs That Don't Look Like They Were Taken at the Zoo - Digital Photo Secrets

Taking Zoo Photographs That Don't Look Like They Were Taken at the Zoo - Digital Photo Secrets: "Every photographer is planning to go on an African safari some day, even those of us who know we’re probably never going to go on an African safari. But dreaming is fun, and if you don’t really think you’re going to ever get out there in that zebra striped jeep chasing elephants and watching lions take down wildebeests, there’s a next-best thing. That’s right! It’s your local zoo. And if you play it right, your photos might look as if you actually went out on safari."



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What Makes Some Photographs Better Than Others? – PictureCorrect

What Makes Some Photographs Better Than Others? – PictureCorrect: "Art is so subjective that there is no correct answer to this question. But there are some things that can help you analyze a photograph. I find it interesting that the majority of people can tell the difference between an average and a great photo and choose the ‘better’ one, but they struggle to articulate why. Here are some of those harder-to-explain things that might draw them toward the ‘better’ picture. I’m sure there’s many more things I’ve missed—we never stop learning:"



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6 Tips for Better Portraits on Location

6 Tips for Better Portraits on Location: "Whew it’s been a while since I actually wrote a tutorial here on dPS so I thought it was time. Some of my most popular articles are about portrait lighting patterns and other aspects of creating great portraits. In this article I want to give you a few tips to help you take better portraits on location, flatter your subjects and make sure you are all happy with the final results."



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Natural light photography: how to find the right angle for your shot | Digital Camera World

Natural light photography: how to find the right angle for your shot | Digital Camera World: "On a very sunny day the difference in brightness between objects in sunlight and those in shade increases, which results in more contrast. For faces, the hard direct light from the sun can be unkind.

But this doesn’t necessarily mean we can’t go out and shoot portraits on a sunny day – we just need to know how to work the angles."



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Using an Egg to Understand Portrait Photography Lighting – PictureCorrect

Using an Egg to Understand Portrait Photography Lighting – PictureCorrect: "So, how exactly does an egg teach you about lighting? Well, it’s actually pretty simple. As Joe Edelman outlines in the following video, by standing an egg upright and moving a light in a 360-degree rotation around it and over the the top from front to back, you will be able to see exactly what effect the placement of the light source will give you. Still not making much sense? Take a look at the video and you can see for yourself:"



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6 Tips for Near-Macro Photography with a Telephoto Lens - Digital Photography School

6 Tips for Near-Macro Photography with a Telephoto Lens - Digital Photography School: "Macro photography is the art of capturing the fine detail of very small subjects that may not be able to be seen by the naked eye.  Technically, to fall under the term ‘macro’, the subject should be captured with a reproduction ratio of 1:1, i.e. the subject will be captured on the sensor at 100 % life size."



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