Photo of the Week: Black and White Colosseum. Tomorrow I have a photo essay from Rome coming your way, so I thought that this would be a bit of a teaser. As my photo essay will explain, I wasn’t supposed to be going to Rome on this trip. However, a bad day full of mis-communications and one rude Milan hotel receptionist meant a change to my plans. I’m certainly glad my plans did change as I really enjoyed my time in Rome. I had a great time photographing some of the most famous buildings in the world in Paris and London , so getting to add places like the Colosseum of Rome to my list of photo spots was amazing.
As was been the case with most of the places I shot in Europe, my goal was to try and give a bit of a twist to a classic location and image. To do that, I tried to capture a really powerful black and white image of the Colosseum. How I Got this Shot There is all sort of tech to this image, but I don’t think I want to get into that. Obama joins Instagram. Food Photography Tips | How to Photograph Food Natural Light. We were hungry, really hungry and so were the dogs. So to fend off two hungry dogs and to appease our growling stomachs, we took this shot really quick because sometimes we have the patience to spend too much time on a photo. Our approach to food photography at home is simple and we don’t like to spend too much time on set up because we don’t want food blogging interfering with normal, daily life.
To be able to blog consistently and still enjoy what we do is crucial. We leave all the more time consuming, detailed shots to work. At home, we just want to be able to eat the food while it’s still warm! When we’re hungry, we want to eat! Basic setup in the natural light. We wanted a clean and crisp shot for our edamame soybean soup post. Old cabinet doors with old texture were used and placed them next to our patio door, which had a thin drape to soften the incoming light. The first few shots were rather bare, almost too minimalist. Below: They smell the edamame soybean soup. Diane and todd. How to Photograph a Rainbow. A Post By: Darren Rowse A Rainbow is something that has the power to stop you in your tracks when it unexpectedly appears when you’re least expecting to see one. They’re beautiful – but how do you photograph a rainbow? Following are a few Rainbow Photography Tips that come to mind – feel free to add your own to comments below: Find a Rainbow This is the most obvious but also perhaps the hardest part of the process.
Their appearance will depend upon the conditions and they are something that will often happen completely out of the blue. Having said this – you should especially be on the look out for rainbows when you have two elements present – falling/spraying water droplets and bright sunlight. Backgrounds As rainbows are not solid objects one of the keys to photographing them is to capture them in front of a background that allows them to stand out as much as possible. Composition Positioning – how you position the rainbow (and the rest of the landscape) in your shot is important. Aperture. 3 Ways to get Better Control of Autofocus. In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist talks about three ways to get better control of autofocus.
Sometimes autofocus can be really annoying. For some shots it’ll focus on the right part of your subject, but then the very next shot it may choose to focus on something far and away into the background. Sure, you could avoid this problem by always using manual focus, but autofocus is great when you need to focus quickly or when you’re photographing a landscape and you need to focus on a certain spot in the scene.
Well, autofocus doesn’t have to be annoying anymore, because here are three ways to get better control of it: #1 – Press your shutter button half-way to activate autofocus and then recompose Set your autofocus point to the center spot, then point this spot where you want to focus and press your shutter button half-way (don’t press it completely yet) to initiate autofocus. . #2 – Switch to manual focus after autofocusing #3 – Use back-button autofocusing. Your Photo Of The Day : The Picture Show. Travel photography lessons | What we've learned from five years of full-time travel | The Indie Travel Podcast | Travel magazine, travel info and free travel guides.
Travel photography is one of those things that can make or break your memories of a trip. And we’re not talking about boring your friends and family to death once you get home. We’re talking about how you take photos while you’re on the road. Photography has never been our strongest point, but we like to think our camera-work has improved with time. Hear about what we’ve learned by clicking play, or find episode 185 in iTunes: [display_podcast] How we take photos We’ve met people who quite happily travel without a camera, and those in tears when their memory card with four months of photos has just disappeared along with their camera.
We tend to take “too many” photos, working for a 5% success rate — that’s photos we’re happy to show other people! Quick photo skills Looking for lines and shapes that draw the eye and tell a story Here are the three ways you can (greatly!) Clean your lens! Keeping you camera lens free from dirt, dust and other gunk will greatly improve your shots. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 Situations When Manual Focus is Better than Auto Focus. Digital Cameras present photographers with an ever increasing array of Automatic and Semi Automatic shooting modes. Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots – however many cameras also give options for different focusing modes (auto, continuous focusing for moving subjects and manual). It’s no wonder then that many photographers never make use of their camera and lens’ ability to focus manually.
In fact this week I spoke with one DSLR owner recently who hadn’t even noticed the manual/auto focus switch on the side of his lens. Image by dsevilla When is Manual Focus Better than Auto Focus? Let me start by saying there is no right or wrong time to use either manual or auto focusing – both can produce great results in almost all circumstances – however there are a few times when you might find it easier to switch to manual focusing: 1. When doing macro photography I almost exclusively switch to manual focusing.
Image by maruchan313 2. Image by Jim Skea 3. Image by Djof 4. Automatic Exposure Bracketing (AEB) A Post By: Darren Rowse Have you ever been photographing a subject with tricky lighting or lots of variation between bright and darker areas but were not sure what exposure setting to go with? One way to work in such situations is to manually play around with your exposure control and take a series of shots – the problem with this is that it takes time and if you are photographing a changing environment (for example a sunset which changes from moment to moment) you can lose ‘the moment’ while you get things right. Most DSLRs (and some more advanced compact cameras) come with a feature called ‘Automatic Exposure Bracketing‘ (AEB) which can be useful to learn how to use in such situations.
By selecting it you can quickly take three shots (usually three) at different exposures without having to manually change any settings between frames. You can see an example of this below Check out your manual to see how AEB works on your digital camera. Images by lensflairdk. Nancy O'Dell from CreativeMemories Memories. The Photojojo Store! - the Most Awesome Photo Gifts and Gear for Photographers. Fisheye, Macro, and Wide Angle Camera Phone Lenses. Will these lenses fit on my phone? Yesiree! Our lenses are compatible with all iPhones, iPods, iPads, Androids ... basically any device that has a lens on it. If you can stick an adhesive ring on it, you can put a Photojojo lens on it.
Buuuut how about the iPhone 4/4S/5/5s/5c? Each lens comes with three special rings that we designed just for the iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5s, and 5c. What about my iPhone 3G/S or iPod 5? The lenses will work with the iPhone 3G/S and/or your iPod 5 - but not perfectly. Can I use these lenses with a case on my phone? You totally can! What if I want to take the rings off my phone? Just lift it off and wipe off the phone with a dampened soft cloth. How about those rings … how big are they and how many do I get? The diameters of the ring are 13.06mm (outer) and 9.38mm (inner). Ok, so how big are the lenses? The lenses range between 16mm to 25mm in diameter and are from 6.5mm to 10mm tall. What’s the magnification on these bad boys? What’s the focusing range on the macro lens? 5 Tips to Create Graphic Photographs.
A Post By: Jim Goldstein No “graphic photographs” do not have anything to do with adult themed images. Graphical photography is an image style that utilizes shape, geometry and color to resemble something that might be drawn or designed. Photographs that are considered graphic in nature have distinct curves & lines, color contrast and highlight geometry with in a particular scene. It may sound more complex than it really is, as I’m sure you’ve seen photos everywhere that fit this description. Finding and taking photographs with a strong graphic element takes an observant eye. Man-made objects such as machinery, architecture, roads, etc. are inherently great graphic photography subjects because they’re designed with geometry in mind by engineers, architects and civic planners. Nature subjects also have a strong geometric shape rooted in the molecular geometry of organic compounds like cellulose and inorganic compounds with crystalline structures like quartz. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Wild Wallaby – Cairns, Australia – Daily Photo | The Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast - best places to travel. Orange Flowers with a Visitor. Lifestyle Photography – Photographing Children in their Element. Travel Photography Subjects: Young People. How to Photograph Fireworks Displays. Do you want to know how to photograph fireworks? With 4th July just days away I thought I’d refresh this article in which I give 10 Fireworks Photography tips to help you get started. Fireworks Displays are something that evoke a lot of emotion in people as they are not only beautiful and spectacular to watch but they also are often used to celebrate momentous occasions. I’ve had many emails from readers asking how to photograph fireworks displays, quite a few of whom have expressed concern that they might just be too hard to really photograph. My response is always the same – ‘give it a go – you might be surprised at what you end up with’. My reason for this advice is that back when I bought my first ever SLR (a film one) one of the first things I photographed was fireworks and I was amazed by how easy it was and how spectacular the results were.
Of course it’s not just a matter of going out finding a fireworks display – there are, as usual, things you can do to improve your results. 1. 17 Beautiful Images with Shallow Depth of Field.