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Regardless of how good a photographer is, if you were to ask for a piece of advice on photographing animals or kids they would probably say, “Don’t work with either!” There are good reasons, too. But then, the promise of a bunch of cute photos is too much to pass on an opportunity to photograph […]
Technicalities aside, it’s composition that defines an image. Your viewers probably don’t care what settings or equipment you used, or how you took the image. They are more concerned about what they see, and what they see is composition. In still life photography, composition is even more important. Creating visually interesting photos out of everyday […]
Setting up a home photography studio might seem like a straightforward option at first. All you should need is some lights and a background. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? The reality is once you start looking, the options can be overwhelming, as well as the price tag. Creating a successful studio to help you deliver great […]
ISO is considered one of the three fundamental aspects that control the brightness of an image. Aaron Nace of Phlearn explains how ISO works: The exposure triangle is made up of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Aperture Aperture relates to the opening on your lens that allows light to enter the camera. Shutter Speed Shutter […]
Last century, back in 1984, I clicked through an entire roll of film, shooting cars on the Southern Motorway, with my camera shutter locked open. The tail lights ahead were jiggling like demented glow worms as we tried in vain to keep our vehicle steady. From these long exposures, only one frame was any good, […]
Skylum has launched the new version of Photolemur 3, winner of the Red Dot Award 2018 for High Design Quality. So, what’s new in Photolemur 3, and how can it help you enhance and streamline your photo editing? Photolemur 3 has been designed to make the sometimes confusing process of photo editing a lot easier […]
A fundamental aspect of even the most basic lens is that at some point it will produce a sharp image of an object when that object is at a distance of one focal length from the lens. The same principle is used in photography lenses, except that unlike rudimentary lenses, such as magnifying glasses, the […]
These popular photo editing presets are designed to help photographers instantly bring out the best attributes of their landscape photography with exposure adjustments, clarity, vibrance, saturation, split toning, highlights, shadows, sharpening, noise reduction, vignetting, graduated filter adjustments and much more. Found here: The Landscape Photographer’s Lightroom Presets A premium collection of over 100 presets designed […]
We’ve seen timelapse and we’ve seen hyperlapse. But what’s time slicing? To quote photographer Dan Marker-Moore, “A time slice is more than a photograph. A time slice takes a series of photographs and combines them into one single image. It takes slices of the same photograph offset in time from several seconds up to a few minutes.” […]
What is it that sets great photographers apart? Is it that they are naturally gifted? Or do they practice the art religiously? Actually, there are quite a few common qualities that among well-known photographers. Tony & Chelsea Northrup discuss some of those traits in this video: 1. Persistence Persistence is key. Everyone comes across certain […]
