Many of you are familiar with the lens jargon being tossed around. EF, EF-S, AF-S, DX, and so on and so forth may be bread and butter for most of you. However, it’s unlikely that you’re familiar with all of the lens acronyms. So, here’s a quick refresher on a majority of these. If you’re […]
Many photographers think that the only way to effectively blur the background of their photos is to use a wide aperture. Well, that is an effective method, but it’s only one of many. In this video, photographers Tony and Chelsea Northrup show us a number of ways to achieve background blur: Move Your Subject Away […]
Entry level photographers face a multitude of problems trying to make the two ends of photography meet. I’m referring to quality and budget. It’s hard to create quality work on a low budget. But it’s not entirely impossible. One of the problems faced by low-budget photographers is how to modify light without spending a ton […]
It’s amazing how photographers can be sucked into a world filled with newer and better gear. It’s a fact that photography gear manufacturers do tend to play to the gallery at times by releasing better, faster and more intimidating looking must-have products. It’s another thing though whether all that gear makes you a better photographer. […]
Thanks to digital cameras and smartphones the world of amateur photography has evolved. The evolution of the common photographer has branched out into many different species and subspecies. If the amateur photographer can be assumed as a class, its species would include many colorful varieties. This video by DigitalRev is an amusing attempt to classify these […]
If you’ve dabbled with long exposures but still aren’t getting the results you’re after, you might just need a few tweaks in your process. In this video, photographer Deborah Sandidge talks extensively about long exposure creativity and the use of various tools in order to shoot great quality images in low light. In this video […]
Focus stacking is an effective way to achieve deep depth of field; it’s a technique that’s especially used in macro photography. The idea is to make several images of the same scene—each one slightly off in terms of focusing distance—and then combine everything in Photoshop to create one image with big depth of field. The […]
You might know by now the difference between hard and soft light. But the concept may still be a little fuzzy. Either way, this small refresher video should be able to answer any niggling doubts that you may still have: Photographer Robert Grant uses two different light sources to demonstrate the effect of hard and […]
Natural light photography enthusiasts know that good photography is more about the light than the gear. However, there’s no denying that a few pieces of gear can take your photography to a new level. A neutral density filter is one such piece of equipment: Neutral density filters (or ND filters, as they are popularly called) […]
We love the odd cinemagraph effect, and most of us have probably tried it at least once, if just for the kicks. If you haven’t experimented yet, here’s your chance. This tutorial from Howard Pinsky shows you how you can create a cinemagraph using Photoshop and video footage: Steps to Make a Cinemagraph 1. Open Photoshop and […]
