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The importance of composition in photography can’t be understated. If you want to quickly improve your photography, the best way is to work on your composition. But that said, composition – especially when photographing landscapes – comes with its own set of challenges. For instance, a big challenge is to capture a three-dimensional world in […]
If you’re consistently struggling with poor auto-focus performance and want to know how you can improve, this video from Steve Perry is a treasure-trove of ideas that you can use. A camera’s auto-focusing performance depends on a number of aspects and any one of them can throw it haywire: 1. The Lens Needs to Be […]
If you believe that waves, waterscapes, and waterfalls pretty well use up all the opportunities that water provides for picture-taking, think again. Here are seven more photography tips with water—remedies for the photo doldrums! 1. Reflections For a mirror reflection on water, the surface must be still and can’t have sunlight shining directly on it. […]
The term noctilucent translates to night shining. It’s true that with Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) they are actually only seen shining in the middle of the night. They are formed when ice particles are formed around particles in the mesosphere of our atmosphere at extremely low temperatures during summer. They can be typically observed from latitudes […]
Getting the best focus while shooting landscapes isn’t always easy. Imagine standing at a beautiful vista with a fantastic foreground, mid-ground and background. You’d definitely want to have all of the scene in focus. So where in the world do you focus to have most of the scene looking sharp? We’ve all faced such a […]
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Street photography is undeniably one of the most popular genres of photography. In fact, many beginners start off with this genre as access to subjects is easy – right outside your house. But the problem is the uncountable number of “rules” that try to define what street photography is. This takes all the fun out […]
Introducing shadows in your shots is a great way of creating a more dramatic look. It adds a punch to an otherwise flat image and makes it more flattering. This is why it can be a good idea to search for ways to add shadows intentionally. And using lace is one of the easiest ways […]
Beginner photographers are sometimes startled with the idea of using strobes during outdoor photo shoot. But once you get used to balance flash with daylight, you can get amazing results. This is specially true while shooting a portrait with the warm ambient light of the golden hour, and even during twilight. Photographer Jay P. Morgan […]
Whenever you want to fill your frame with the subject, you have two options. You can either walk to get closer to the subject, or zoom in if you’re using a zoom lens. Both of these options for filling the frame have other implications for how the image turns out. Factors like background compression, depth […]
