Photo by hupaishi
Do you want to know how to photograph fireworks? With 4th July just days away I thought I’d refresh this article in which I give 10 Fireworks Photography tips to help you get started.
Fireworks Displays are something that evoke a lot of emotion in people as they are not only beautiful and spectacular [...]
Bryan Peterson has written a book titled Understanding Exposure which is a highly recommended read if you’re wanting to venture out of the Auto mode on your digital camera and experiment with it’s manual settings.
In it Bryan illustrates the three main elements that need to be considered when playing around with exposure by calling them [...]
In a previous post I laid out some guidelines for helping you create stitched panoramic photographs. To help further inspire experimentation of this technique, I scoured Flickr for some prime examples of what can be accomplished. Each image links back to the Flickr page and most contain large or even original size images if you [...]
Back in the days of film cameras, creating a panoramic photograph meant either buying a particular, expensive camera or hours in the darkroom stitching images together by overlapping exposures onto the finished photo paper.
Panoramic photos were the realm of the professional with the time and funds to create gorgeous super wide angle shots.
But [...]
Photo by swanky
Should I use my camera’s Portrait mode when shooting Portraits or would I be better off manually setting my camera up?
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Unless you have a high end DSLR, most digital cameras these days come with an array of shooting modes (including portrait mode) for a photographer to choose from when out using [...]
In my last post I explained some of the basics of photographing a rock concert. Aspects like watching your ISO, using spot metering for tricky lighting situations and switching to manual exposure mode. In this post I’d like to explore the more creative side of rock concert photography. After you’ve read through these examples, please [...]
Digital Cameras present photographers with an ever increasing array of Automatic and Semi Automatic shooting modes. Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots - however many cameras also give options for different focusing modes (auto, continuous focusing for moving subjects and manual).
It’s no wonder then that many photographers never make use [...]
The nice thing about all the rules of photography is they can often be broken with great results. Some would even claim there are no actual rules of photography, just results. Whether the whole image or just part of it, I’ve complied 15 great examples of how overexposure can be used to enhance the end [...]
Photo by ojaipatrick
One of the most common questions that I’m asked is ‘how do I photograph waterfalls?’
Waterfalls do present themselves as a wonderful and challenging subject matter to photographers. Firstly they’re beautiful places, secondly they are often in tricky lighting situation and thirdly they’re a dynamic subject as they’re moving (and of course movement means [...]
I love heading for the coast and every year I attempt to head there at least once for a little rest and relaxation (which generally involves at least a few hours of photography each day).
Coastlines present the photographer with a wonderful array of photographic possibilities ranging from people shots on a crowded summer beach to [...]
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