Photographing People. Landscape Astrophotography Tutorial - First Night Out. 10 Principles of Beautiful Photography. 10 Principles of Beautiful Photography by Trey Ratcliff – note: this article appeared in Smashing Magazine. Introduction A camera does not work like an eye; memory does not work like film. There is a fine line between a photo that is quite nice and one that is quite breathtaking. And, yes, it gets a bit touchy-feely here to determine if you have been able to cross that line.
The good news is that it does not require rune rites of scapulimancy to divine your way to a more beautiful photo. 1) Think about the brain I’ve always thought about photography differently. When you see out of one eye your whole life and then start using a camera in your mid 30’s for the first time, something happens to you! After birth, you have legs, but it takes a few years for your legs to get along with your brain enough to actually walk you around the savanna a bit. Now let’s fast forward to today. 2) Engage in the Neo-Global Salon 3) Get rid of your toy camera Oh, look at that camera you have!
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Guest Blogger – Brian Matiash. July 2010 : Saturday Jul 2010 : Saturday Introduction From time to time, I like to bring guest bloggers on here so that regulars can see other interesting artists. For a similar reason, I started HDRspotting.com with a friend so that we could help to showcase as many people as possible. Our guest blogger today happens to be one of the editors over there. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him in person, and he’s a great guy… so I’m happy to have him do this! BTW, each of the four photos below is from Brian. The Eye Before HDR by Brian Matiash Hey there, everyone! At the time of writing this article, I am midway through a two-week photo assignment, sailing across the coast of Italy on the world’s largest sailing vessel, the Royal Clipper. While scouting for new and compelling shots, I noticed something that, at face value, was not very surprising but after digging a little deeper, yielded some interesting results.
But let’s go back to the concept of seeing for a moment. To See More of Brian. Lightroom Tutorials. My Photography Tutorials - 360 Degree Reverse Photography - Gallery. In order to create a , you do not need to be an expert photographer or own expensive photography equipment. You just need to have a standard SLR camera, tripod and a 360-degree panorama software package and of course a good panorama to shoot. Follow these successfully achieving professional results in . First, pick a spot that is equidistant from every point in your photo. You should not have to zoom in and out. Since this will consists of a series of photos taken from one position as the camera is spun in a circle, a tripod is beneficial as it will give more consistent results.
Second, pick a lightly overcast day, to achieve consistent lighting across the entire photo. As a guideline, most outdoor require you to take photos between 11 am and 1pm on a sunny day so that shadows will not be cast. Thirdly, ensure that your camera is affixed to the tripod, which is sitting on a flat surface. There are so many different photos that you can take with your SLR camera. How to Make a Time Lapse Video With Your DSLR. Articles - Take it Outside. Summer is finally here. So who wants to be cooped up in a stuffy photography studio? Nobody, that's who. It's time to get outside and soak up some much-needed vitamin D. The good news is, you can bring your camera: photography is completely possible outdoors. All you need is some sturdy shoes and advice from some iStock experts on what to do when there's no ceiling to bounce a flash off.
All kidding aside: outdoor lighting conditions are obviously very different from the controlled situation of a studio. You have a huge, blazing source of light up there in the sky, and depending on the weather, time of day, and the reflective surfaces in your immediate environment, you may have all kinds of different light to deal with. You don't have to be at the sun's mercy though. Nuno, 4FR and Kangah are three of our most talented photographers here at iStock, who all have great shots in their portfolio taken outside. Nuno My best tip/trick is to use the sun as a "rim light". Here is how I work: 1. 2. Photography How To, What is Photography, I SHOOT RAW – FroKnowsPhoto » Photography How To – Fireworks Part 2.
I got the chance on July 4th to put into practice the settings that I researched for photographing fireworks. I have to say I had a blast just hanging out, setting up and waiting for the show to start. My goal was to not focus to much on the fireworks themselves but to focus on the whole scene as well as people. I started off with the Nikon D3s on the tripod with a 14-24 shooting horizontally.
I set the camera to manual exposure and manual focus. The F stop was set to F10 to start with the Shutter Speed being set to Bulb. I want to point out how great it was that I brought out a really good small flashlight which helped me set my lens to infinity focus. Here is a tip for focusing in pitch black. There will be a little bit of trial and error with your settings and focal length. One of the changes I made very early on when shooting was to switch from the 14mm to the 24-70.
All and all i was very happy with my first time photographing fireworks and look forward to shooting them again.