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High Speed Sync (HSS) is a quite handy feature in a flash system that allows you to use flash at shutter speeds beyond the camera’s sync speed. This is important as it lets you use a combination of wide apertures and fast shutter speeds to create dramatic portraits. In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey from […]
Getting your exposure correct in-camera saves you time from fiddling around in post. And, as you progress your career in photography, it’s one of those fundamental things you need to know how to do. If you haven’t watched part 1 yet, you can watch part 1 here. Setting your display brightness manually, referring to the […]
Being able to nail the exposure in-camera is something every photographer should be able to do. It’s quite essential as you’ll be able to deliver results with optimal quality and details. It also cuts down a pretty good chunk of time you’d otherwise spend in correcting exposure in post. Photographer Pye Jirsa from SLR Lounge […]
Reciprocity is the law of the relationship between shutter and aperture. It stipulates that one stop increase in aperture is equivalent to the shutter duration doubling. Both increase light by one stop. Thus, once you have the correct level of light for a perfect exposure, you can choose to increase aperture by one stop and […]
Colorful backgrounds and backgrounds with patterns have a special place in photography. They help in adding to the mood and character of the photograph. But that doesn’t mean that plain white backgrounds are boring and useless. They too have their importance, especially when you want to draw all the attention to the subject. In this […]
I have bad news. Great images require repeat attempts – sometimes over the course of years. Your first image of a particular place or subject will rarely be your best, but with some planning and the right approach you can shorten that path to perfection. With digital images today being almost ‘free’, it’s tempting to […]
We know a lot of photographers get scared when it comes to editing photos. The workflow is complex and adjustments can seem myriad. But the photo-editing process does not have to be complicated at all. If you’re worried about making the right moves in post-processing, we have the right video for you today. Professional photographer […]
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Many photographers swear by the idea that you should always shoot in RAW. While not a bad idea per se, there are certain situations where shooting in JPEG makes more sense. The matter of whether to shoot in RAW or JPEG is thus very much situational. In today’s insightful video, we have photographer Phil Steele […]
How many beautiful nature pictures have we all seen with little or none of the sky-scape? You may think of the sky as only some unavoidable background for most of your nature photo subject matter, and the more blue it is, the better. Well guess what? Mother Nature has a treasure trove of eye catching […]
