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Another eBook released this week, EXPOSURE For Outdoor Photography by Michael Frye teaches photographers how to master natural lighting situations in landscape photography. The most essential technical skill a photographer must master is exposure. On the surface, exposure seems easy. It’s simply a matter of making the image bright enough—not too dark, and not too light. But […]
Simple Wedding Photography by Lauren Lim was just released today and covers everything you need to know to photograph a wedding and the business behind it. From diagrams of where you should stand throughout the ceremony to advice on all the final deliverables to the client. This 200 page ebook will be useful to wedding photographers of any experience level. It also comes with several extras including: a sample wedding album in pdf format, a screencast commentary on the sample album, as well as wedding worksheets and checklists to make sure you’re prepared.
Cars that were manufactured before the end of World War II (1945) are classified as vintage cars, while those manufactured between 1945 and 1975 are categorized as classic cars. Before you venture out to photograph cars, either vintage or classic, it’s a good idea to know the basics of car body structure. From the exterior, […]
The filmmaking collective known as Conscious Minds are known for using conceptual ideas in producing spots for the internet. When they teamed up with Levi’s, in 2010, they produced the viral video, “Guy Walks Across America.” The two-minute short features a timelapse of the crew’s journey across the United States. In making the film, the group employed the popular Canon 5D MKII to capture the trip. The director of the film also mentions the use of an Apple iPad, which was used to set up the proper framing of each shot.
Photographer, Rob Hanson, has taken the time to create a detailed video tutorial to teach viewers how to make HDR photographs. The five part video series exams the editing process from start to finish. Hanson takes a set of three identical photographs at different exposures and combines them to create one perfectly exposed image. He uses a variety of programs throughout the series to create the finished product including Adobe Photoshop and a collection of plugins and filters to accompany it.
The Unseen Sea, a timelapse video by San Francisco, California based photographer, Simon Christen, has gone viral on Vimeo, racking up over 1.5 million views since it has been posted. The camera work seen here took place at various locations throughout San Francisco over the course of a year. I am always shooting in full manual mode and then adjust the exposure as the light changes. The exposure really varies depending on the shot. For example a bright city needs shorter shutter speeds then fog illuminated by moon light. The night shots take a little while to capture all the light.
If you’re just starting out in digital photography, you’ll realize that many of your shots can get out of focus or ruined if you’re not careful with exposure and camera handling technique. One of the more common problems I find is the presence of shutter lag in digital cameras. You depress the shutter button on […]
As a photographer, you never know when the perfect opportunity to take photograph is going to come around. You have to always be prepared for the unexpected. For a portrait photographer who is used to working with a full studio light setup, that can be very tricky. To make matters worse, when photographer Eric Schwabel wanted to photograph The Burning Man festival in 2010, he had to add sweltering temperatures and frequent dust storms to the equation. Schwabel’s remedy to the discouraging elements was to construct a suit to hold his two Profoto Pro-b2 kits and Pro-7 heads. You can see the rig and some of his stunning results here.
When today’s market is full of high definition, high mega pixel cameras, we are missing the warm, grainy, imperfect effects from the era of analog camera and films. Nostalgia is just part of the human nature. When iPhone became a cult and one of the most popular camera phones in the world, app developers wasted no time in creating vintage photo apps which make your photo look like they were shot 50 years ago. These photos look like distant memories already the moment they are taken and they radiate a warm, nostalgic feeling.
Renowned photographer Joe Macnally takes us to a field in Florida for a shoot using the new Nikon D4. The circus is has actually been built as a set and the lighting rig specially designed to emulate the look of circus spotlights. Take a moment to watch, there are many valuable insights. A somewhat challenging shoot was that of an elephant with circus performer. As well as using the spot light effects Joe has two very large soft boxes directly above the elephant to give even lighting to the animals skin.
