Photography tips: beyond the basics | Rob Knight Photography

Photography tips: beyond the basics | Rob Knight Photography: "So you want to be a better photographer. Maybe you have taken a few classes or had your photographer buddies give you some pointers. Either way, you understand the basics, right? That’s important."

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Workshop to give tips on smart photography

Workshop to give tips on smart photography: "Jaidah Group, organisers of the “SeeMyDoha” photography competition, is holding a workshop that will show participants how to take photographs with maximum impact using a smartphone, as well as simple procedures to upload and showcase them via Instagram."

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The rule of thirds will make you a better photographer

The rule of thirds will make you a better photographer: "If you have been taking photos for even a short time, it’s likely you have heard about photographic composition."

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10 Photo projects ideas that will make you a better photographer

10 Photo projects ideas that will make you a better photographer: "One of the best ways to make yourself a better photographer is to do projects that will make you focus on a specific thing and allow you to explore all you can within that specific area to make you learn all you can and get you proficient in that area."

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How to buy a digital camera

How to buy a digital camera: "To save your family memories, everyone needs to have a quality digital camera. There are so many choices on the market now it is very hard to choose the best digital camera for you."

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These Lightroom Presets Will Change Your Digital Workflow – PictureCorrect

These Lightroom Presets Will Change Your Digital Workflow – PictureCorrect: "My personal digital workflow has changed a lot this year – I used to start in Photoshop with adjustment layers to do my primary processing. But now I power up Lightroom and go straight to Trey’s Lightroom Presets as a starting point (and I am often surprised to also end with them). We reached out to Trey Ratcliff who agreed to give our readers 25% off until next Friday, simply use the discount code picturepresets at checkout."

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10 Secrets for Better Flower Photography

10 Secrets for Better Flower Photography: "This article should give you the basic understanding of what can be done to get pictures of flowers that will be envied by your friends. It is assumed you already know how your camera works and how to expose ro get decent results. If you follow these easy steps your flower photography will change for the better. Let’s begin!"

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“Continuous Shooting” Mode: A Useful Feature in HDR Photography – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series

“Continuous Shooting” Mode: A Useful Feature in HDR Photography – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series: "With HDR photography, we are often consecutively capturing 3 or more shots with different exposures of the same scene to create a final HDR image. If we are manually capturing the shots in our HDR sequence, the chances of detail reduction in our images will increase as you might cause the camera to shake every time you press the camera shutter (not to mention ghosting caused by a longer duration between shots)."

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Two-Light Portrait Photography with Continuous Lighting – PictureCorrect

Two-Light Portrait Photography with Continuous Lighting – PictureCorrect: "For a long time, strobe units have enjoyed an untouchable place in the world of professional photography. Now, with the improvement of compact fluorescent bulbs, high ISO performance, and the introduction of DSLR HD video, continuous lighting is making a comeback in a big way. More and more, people are combining stills and video in the same shoot, and having a solid lighting setup can facilitate both needs at once. In this video from The Slanted Lens, the team displays the dynamics of a continuous two-light setup:"

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Aperture: Get Creative – PictureCorrect

Aperture: Get Creative – PictureCorrect: "The primary purpose of the aperture setting is to regulate the amount of light that passes through the lens. Along with the shutter speed, it determines the quantity of light that reaches the camera’s sensor (or film) and forms a third of the ‘exposure triangle’. But, of more interest to most photographers is the creative potential of the aperture and shutter speed settings. I wrote about shutter speed a few weeks ago and today I’m going to explore some ways of making the most out of aperture"

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