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Gone are the days when you have to head to your nearest photo processing booth or picture kiosk to have your photos taken or developed. With the rapid advancement of digital photography and the wide availability of printers, it’s now all too easy to print your photos at home. Many people would also rather share […]
Street photography is a unique form of photography that involves capturing candid shots of people and objects in public spaces. However, it is essential to keep in mind the ethical and safety considerations when doing street photography. In this video, photographer Jonathan Paragas outlines some do’s and don’ts of street photography that can help you […]
To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe… act! Feel This is probably the hardest part of my process to describe. Hiking in the highlands, I am privileged to have access to some amazing landscapes,; as I walk through them I am overwhelmed by options. This makes it hard to […]
In this video, photographer Serge Ramelli shares his technique for creating focus-stacked photos of trees. He starts by setting up his camera with a low tripod and a wide lens, and positions flowers in the foreground to add interest to the shot. He takes multiple photos of the same scene, each with a slightly different […]
Most digital cameras share common features like exposure modes and focus settings. Various metering modes are found in all DSLRs. They offer different ways of reading the light values coming into a camera and determining the proper exposure. Metering mode can also be defined as “the area in the viewfinder that is metered.” In the […]
For a long time, DSLRs and mirrorless cameras have had an advantage over smartphone photos when it comes to creative photography. The manual mode in the cameras allows photographers to take creative control and lets them take photos that phone cameras previously could not. But today, even the phone cameras have come a long way. […]
A well maintained, clean lens is vital to any photographer. Here are 10 simple top tips for cleaning your digital camera lens. 1. Get a simple lens cleaning kit. They’re inexpensive and invaluable. A cleaning kit commonly includes a microfibre cloth, a blower brush, and some lens cleaning fluid. 2. Do not overlook your casing. […]
One of the greatest challenges with film photography is that you can’t instantly preview your results to assess exposure. Cameras come with a built in light meter but they can be easily tricked. This is why getting an external light meter can be a great investment if you are into film photography. Photographer Kyle McDougall […]
Why is the exposure triangle so important to creative photography? Well, without it there is no creativity to your photography which makes it really important. Oh, you don’t know what the exposure triangle is? It’s your three most fundamental keys in photography: aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, which together control how much light reaches your […]
While on a South American sojourn, Mark Wallace landed in Mindo, Ecuador. Standing right on the edge of a roaring river, Wallace gives us a perfect tutorial on how to use your circular polarizer and neutral density filter set (and a bit of post-production) to create a beautiful image that makes the water look as […]
