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Getting closer to the action, yet staying a safe distance, is the key to photographing wildlife. By keeping your distance you allow the animal to be in their comfort zone and are more likely to get natural behavior. Safety is also a factor when photographing in the wild.
White color balance is so important for good color. I check my white balance often now. It’s good thing we can experiment with the digital camera. We can shoot many frames as they can be deleted or saved at no cost.
The White Balance function adjusts the color balance of digital cameras to adjust for tints in the surrounding light. For instance, sunlight has a slightly different tint to fluorescent lights, and the midday sun is closer to white than the more yellow early morning sunlight.
What is balance? Does it mean all things have to be equal? Well, yes and no. There are basically two types of balance. Formal balance is the balancing on opposite sides of a given point, either by one or more elements that are identical or very similar.
I would focus on the other features such as sensor size, MP count, zoom range, etc. and if those features are important to you and you have them on your ‘must have’ list for a digital camera, then having VR is a nice addition.
Have you ever seen a photographer outside in the middle of the day, using a flash? Did you ever wonder why he or she was doing that?
If you are carrying very new equipment into a country like Japan, it is wise to carry documentation to prove you bought it prior to arrival in that country, or the customs inspectors at your return airport may think you are importing new gear, and hit you with import duty.
Picture the scene, you are on holiday and having a wonderful time. You want to document the moment for posterity. The best way is to take a picture. There are a few simple rules to travel photography that will allow you to capture those special moments in the best way possible.
When someone talks too fast or too loud they tend to dominate the conversation. In photography, dominance is usually a much more positive experience. Dominance leaves no room for doubt; it forces your viewer to look at a subject, usually because there is nothing else there to see.
The key to finding the best shutter speed and aperture diameter settings for your scene is to experiment with several different combinations. Each will give your scene a unique ‘feel’, and you’d be surprised at the amount of times the ‘wrong’ settings will produce the best photo.
