15 Tips for Low Light Landscape Photography. A Post By: Natalie Denton (nee Johnson) Capturing scenes in low light remains one of the most challenging aspects of photography, yet the results when executed well can be truly captivating. Whether it’s an energetic cityscape or ethereal seascape the possibilities are endless.
Here are a few essentials points to consider before you begin. It’s a good idea to formulate a plan of attack before the twilight hour so scout out a position while there is another available light and grab a few set up shots to make sure your scene works and will be free from distracting objects. Cityscapes are best viewed from a distance, whereas seascapes are more dramatic nearer to the shoreline. Image by V31S70 So start by setting your camera upon a solid tripod and switching the unit to manual or shutter priority if you are wish. Image by kern.justin Image by Paco CT Incorporate a foreground element to add interest, scale and to help contextualise the piece. Read more from our category Most Popular 12657 Shares. Explode Your Brain With All of These Great Photography Links « Light Stalking. This week has been full of great tutorials, photography and truly interesting blogs to enjoy and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy collecting links to share with everyone.
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I try to keep this ship on course. By Admin on in Photography Product Reviews Recently, we were lucky enough to receive a review copy of Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook from the good folks who work with Kevin. It’s a new addition to Kevin’s already impressive work in education material and we have been going through it quite thoroughly. For those of you who like the detail of a “how to” guide when trying to figure out how certain images are taken, then this might well be for you. This is the literary equivalent of looking over a working photographer’s shoulder as they shoot. Oh, and Kevin was nice enough to autograph it too – nice touch!
Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook – 101 Lighting Styles and Setups for Digital Photographers Publisher: Wiley So what’s it all about and who is it for? Who is Kevin? What Is the Lighting Notebook? What’s In It? Each setup is set out in a very logical way. Who Is This Book For? The 15 Minute Makeover: Photoshop Beauty Retouching. Skin needs to be retouched. Even beautiful skin with great makeup. The problem with most of the Photoshop techniques I’ve experimented with over the years (burning & dodging individual pores, Surface Blur filter, Dust and Scratches filter, etc.) is they take too long, aren’t very convincing, or - worst of all - make the subject look like a victim of plastic surgery gone bad. In this article I’m going to show you a combination of techniques I regularly use that results in beautiful, smooth skin that still looks totally real. Best of all, it won’t take all day to accomplish. From start to finish, an experienced Photoshop user should be able to do this in about 15 minutes.
Our workflow follows three basic stages. 1. 2. 3. Before we get started I want you to beware of and avoid what I call Photographer’s Tunnel Vision - that compulsive desire to do the fun stuff first. The first tools we'll be reaching for are the Clone Stamp Tool and Spot Healing Brush. Cloning and Healing. Learn photography business - Free guides for photographers help with sales & marketing. Optimizing Exposure. Why Do Camera Makers Give Us19th Century Exposures With Our 21st Century Cameras?
Lace and Forest. Clearview, Ontario. July, 2011 Fuji X100 @ ISO 400 A Bit of Background Information In 2003 I wrote a tutorial titled Expose Right. To my knowledge this was the first generally available essay that discussed the realities of digital exposure, as opposed to that required for film. The main points of that essay, summarized and updated, are as follows..... A cameras sensor is an analogue device. So What? OK. Cloud Painting. Fuji X100 @ ISO 200 Black Cats and White Cats Let's imagine two cats. What do these look like? Why? Take a picture of a typical scene, one with light tones, dark tones and medium tones, and a light meter or even the nifty 500 segment super-meter in your DSLR will do a pretty good job.
The Clever Photographer But, of course we're more clever than our dumb cameras. Right? But – Not For Digital! Why? Well, there is the story of Willy Sutton the famous American bank robber. Some Caveats. How Lytro's Weird Design Tells A Story About Revolutionary Tech | Co. Design. If you had to give an award for the year’s most breakthrough piece of consumer tech, there’s a good chance it would go to Lytro, a camera company which recently unveiled its first product. Unlike other cameras, you never need to focus it. Rather, the images it takes are interactive--you can change their focus later, meaning that you can take pictures of a fleeting moment without having to check whether the right thing was in the picture. And because the camera never needs focusing or adjustments, it never has any shutter lag. It is truly just a point and shoot. [An actual Lytro image. Click on the left and right edges of the image--the focus changes accordingly.]
Many tech-savvy people have gone gaga over that promise. This is perhaps Lytro’s defining feature, and the design tells two stories: One, about the underlying technology. From the outset, the project was faced with some extreme constraints. [An example of a compact camera with a huge lens cantilevering from the body.