The Art of the Headshot - Google+ Photographer's Conference. Location Portrait Shoot. DLC: Article Print: Long Exposures: Capturing the Passage of Time. "The hyperfocal distance is the closest distance at which a lens can be focused while keeping objects at infinity acceptably sharp.
" One of the great things about photography is the myriad ways of conveying a scene to the viewer. In the end, it always comes down to a press of the shutter. For most people, making a photo begins with capturing a moment in time – 1/250, 1/60, or even 1/1000 of a second. Shutter speeds such as this will stop most action and freeze that moment.
However, at the extreme opposite end of the spectrum is capturing the passage of those moments, by using a long exposure. Typically, when using a long exposure, the shutter is kept open for anywhere from one second, to several minutes. When planned for, long exposures can create the illusion of movement within the frame. Some Photography Tips... from 1859. If you pick up a photography magazine today, you probably know more or less what to expect: reviews of cameras, some examples of work by leading photographers, and some tips on how to improve your own shooting.
As it turns out, this is a formula that's been in place for pretty much 150 years; a magazine published in London called "The Photographic News," serving a fledgling community of photographers, contains just about the same content. A number of issues are available in Google Book Search, and although photos could not yet be represented in print, it looks like with each issue, readers would get a photograph taken by a well-respected practitioner. We could probably call the intended audience of this publication "amateur photographers," but then again, we're talking about a time when the concept of a "professional photographer" didn't really exist. The cover of "The Photographic News" As a result, the entire tone of the publication is essentially scientific.
Lightroom Photo Import: Digital Photography Review. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was developed as a workflow solution for photographers who need to import, organize, edit and output large numbers of images, particularly those in Raw file formats.
And as with most software tools, there are multiple ways to go about achieving these goals. In this four-page article I'm going to show you what I consider to be the most efficient workflow for importing and organizing your images in Lightroom. Lightroom is of course, a database-driven application which stores information about your photos in a 'catalog'. Upon initial installation, this Lightroom catalog is empty. You have to import photos into the catalog before you can do anything with them. Getting organized. Tips on Shooting Photos For Professional Agencies. Many photographers dream and aspire to work for the professional agencies.
Having a name like Magnum, Getty, Zooma, Associated Press etc. sure means that you’re good and at the top of your game. Most photographers though don’t know what these agencies call for. From my time working for Magnum Photos, Spotlight Press and talking to Brad Elterman of Buzzfoto, I learned quite a bit that shocked and amazed me and even colleagues of mine. Some of those tips after the jump. Some photographers may know and criticize Getty’s approved camera list. High Quality Files While different agencies may differ slightly on their terms regarding equipment, they all require high quality and very sharp images. “All images must be uncompressed 47.5-52 MB TIFF files, (flattened, with no layers, paths or channels), 24 bit RGB Color, 8 bits per channel (8 bit file) before importing into the Getty Images Preflight Tool. Now, not all cameras can render 47.5 MB TIFF files even after editing in RAW.
Lenses Cameras. Using and Choosing the Right Neutral Density Filter for Landscape Photography. How to Get Your Photographs Accepted at Stock Libraries. These days more and more people are considering selling their images via stock libraries.
However some people find initially getting into a library be it macro stock like Alamy or micro stock such as iStockphoto a hugely frustrating ordeal. You prepare and send your very best images time after time and keep receiving the dreaded submission failed email. Today we have a look at how to prepare images for stock so that your submission is accepted. Shoot What's Needed!
Claim Your Free Camera Craft Cheat Sheet Print it out and keep it for when you really need it - when you're out shooting! Perhaps one of the biggest mistakes, would be stock photographers make, is sending their best images. How to Prepare Your Photographs for Submission Once you have established what the library is looking for and found suitable images to send, it is time to prepare them for uploading.
For the exposure check that the histogram graph lies within the limits at either end. The 10 Things All Staff Photographers Must Do Right Now. Home » Business » The 10 Things All Staff Photographers Must Do Right Now Posted by: Grover Sanschagrin Date: January 11, 2010 | 12 Comments During the last few days of 2009, the Washington Times unexpectedly eliminated all nine of their staff photographer positions.
The news spread fast and furious throughout the photo community. Photographers who were still fortunate enough to maintain a staff position somewhere got another wake-up call – they could be next. Digital Photography School » 6 Portrait Lighting Patterns Every Photographer Should Know. One Light Soft Portrait Lighting. Baby Photography Tips and Ideas.