In my last post I talked about photographing children and gave a few tips for taking photos of babies.
After posting it I was scrolling back through some of my old photos from some shoots I’d done with children and was reminded of another technique that is especially effective when taking photos of young babies who [...]
I thoroughly enjoy photographing children and have opportunity to do quite a bit of it lately after many of our friends have had babies.
Probably the most important tip I’ve learned in photographing them is to get on their level. So many of my friends show me photos of their kids which are taken from 4 [...]
Of course it’s not just still life objects that become more interesting to look at when you examine them from new angles – people do also.
People come in all shapes and sizes and to photograph them from the stock standard six foot high standing position just doesn’t do them justice.
Experiment with getting down as low [...]
One of the most effective ways to make your digital images more interesting to the eye is to change the angle that you’re shooting from.
Let me use an illustration of a couple of pictures I took of a big pineapple (don’t ask – it’s an Australian thing).
In my opinion the first picture is more interesting [...]
Most digital camera users fit somewhere on a spectrum between two extremes when it comes to taking planning their digital images.
1. The Snap Happy Photographer – we’ve all see these digital camera users (and most of us are guilty of it ourselves also). Planning their images extends to switching on the camera, holding it at [...]
The difference between a ‘nice’ and ’stunning’ digital photograph can be as simple as a change in composition. The framing of shots, the angle from which you shoot at, the placement of points of interest and the colors and contrast of a shot all play important parts in taking digital photographs to the next level.
Over [...]
Here’s a neat tip for digital photographers trying to shoot at slow shutter speeds without image-stabilized (IS or VR) lenses. Actually, it can even be helpful for those using IS/VR lenses when you’re really pushing the limits of hand-holdability.
Set your camera to burst mode, frame your subject, brace yourself as firmly as you can, and [...]
I love getting out and about to sporting events with my digital camera. Recently I went to the Australian Open Tennis and took a few hundred shots over the day (you can see one of M. Sanchez Loren to the right – not shot in low light but definately action). So when Amy Renfrey from [...]
Every day we get emails from readers asking for tips on how to improve their digital photography and wanting information on how to make money from their photos. So we’ve assembled this list of five Digital Photography Resources/Courses to show some of the options available for online learning in these areas. Most are pitched at [...]
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