1) Start with a clear view. This first tip might sound very obvious, but it is key to make sure your camera lens is clean and if you are using a digital SLR, you also need to make sure that the sensor is clean. This is easy to do and will avoid your images having […]
Here’s a photo tip you aren’t likely to find anywhere else… how to use a monopod to get better photographs. A monopod (like the tripod) is an essential piece of camera gear. We all know that using a tripod will give us cleaner, sharper photos. That’s a given. But lugging around a tripod can often […]
Achieving perfect photography requires more than just in-camera skills in today’s environment. Yes, even the professionals now rely on post-production skills to PERFECT their images. One of the most important photo editing skills to learn is called “Masking” and a new in-depth guide was just released to help photographers master it. “This is THE no.1 […]
There are lots of ingredients that go into making a spectacular photograph, but the most important is for the picture to be in sharp focus. Even the slightest blur takes away from the picture, no matter how good the subject, lighting, and color. Photographers have somewhat varying opinions on what constitutes a tack sharp picture, […]
If you are a beginner photographer, you may wonder which gear is right for you. Are a single camera and lens enough, or do you need something more? In absence of proper guidance, you may end up getting unnecessary equipment that adds no value and just ends up being a burden. To help with a […]
One of the more challenging aspects of youth sports picture days is the proper posing of team photos. You could have perfect exposure, focus, and composition but if the kids aren’t posed properly the products will still look unprofessional. Like anything, the more time you spend practicing the better you will be at it. The […]
ISO is one of the important settings that you can manipulate in your camera. Understanding how ISO works in digital photography can save you from many difficult low light situations, which is primarily what this setting is used for. The term ISO has been widely used since the days where film cameras were popular. Those […]
Many photographers spend ages looking for inspiration for a subject to photograph. However with sports photography this changes to being very technically adept and trying to capture the decisive moment that shows the effort and emotion that goes into the physical struggle to be first past the line and the beating or peers. The 12 […]
Night/astro/star/star-trail photography—whatever you want to call it, this is a genre which has become increasingly popular over the past couple of years (partly connected with the increase in sensitivity of reasonably-priced camera sensors over the same period). The irony being that it’s also one of the easiest forms of photography that yields some of the […]
You have always wanted to try infrared photography, but you’ve been lead to believe that this can only be done using expensive IR cameras? This article is for you! Read about how you can build yourself a digital IR camera for just a few dollars. Notes to the Reader This article covers some of the […]
