The Daybook: your questions answered: photography and post processing. What kind of camera do you use? I have a Canon 5D Mark II What kind of lenses do you use? I use a Canon EF 85mm 1:1.8 lens and a Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 lens How did you learn photography? I first learned photography through a black and white film class my sophomore year of college. With film as my starting point, I found photography to be more difficult for me because I didn't have the immediate gratification of a digital to see if I was capturing the photos correctly. When do you take your pictures? Who takes your pictures? How do you get that golden/glowy effect on your pictures? I have a regular point/shoot camera. -Use great lighting! What camera would you recommend for someone just starting out in photography?
Moving on... Here we go...1. Happy Holidays. DIY - Create Your Own Bokeh. Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. In photography this term is used to describe the quality of the areas in the picture which are not in focus. When referring to Bokeh, we can distinguish some of it characteristics: – Is the light/dark gradient smooth or sharp? – What shape will a small dot of light take what it is in the Bokeh area? (mirror lenses for example, create a bagel like Bokeh) We can play with those two variants to create a special Bokeh. You will need : One large aperture lens (a Canon 50mm F1.8 (B&H) is used here, but Nikon 50mm 1.8 (B&H) will also do, and the superb Nikon 50mm 1.4 (B&H) will work even better)One sheet of black paperboard 1. 2. 3. Here are two shots to demonstrate this technique – one with a bare lens and the other with the hearted hood.
Here are the parameters for the example shown above: Lens – Canon 50mm F1.8“Lens hood” Diameter: 70mm (2.75 inch)Hole diameter: 15mm (0.6inch) Do you have a cool bokeh? The House of Smiths - Home DIY Blog - Interior Decorating Blog - Decorating on a Budget Blog. How to adjust shutter speed and ISO to create a non blurry image when taking pictures I'm so happy to welcome Emilie from Photo by Emilie back on the blog today! If you've been reading our blog in this past year or so, then you know that I credit almost all of my photo-taking-skills to Miss Emilie and her amazing photography classes that she hosts both online, and here in Utah. One technique that I was having issues with learning, was how to get those great action moments to be captured in a still, clear, focused image. Every time I tried to take a photo (no matter how much adjusting I would do) I ended up with fuzzy moving images for the end result.
So I reached out to Emilie and she schooled me in a little advanced lesson on how to capture a great quality image with a moving subject. I was so happy to FINALLY have a better understanding of how to photograph movement better, that I asked Emilie if she'd be willing to share with you what she taught me, and happily she said yes! *Practice. Improve Photography | Portrait and Landscape Photography Tips. Hover over this picture to pin this article on Pinterest!
This is the largest collection of portrait photography tips ever assembled on a single page of the Internet. To write this portrait photography article, I asked members of the Improve Photography community to submit their favorite portrait photography tips. This article is a combination of my favorite tips, mixed in with the tips from the community.
If you’d like to join the Improve Photography community, LIKE our Facebook fan page! 1. 2. 3. Window light 4. 5. I call it a “macro portrait.” 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Especially where brides are wearing white dresses, the bride’s teeth need to be perfect. 12. 13. 14. 15. Backlighting is great for hard mid-day light. 16. 17. 18. 19. Bubblegum can be a fun prop to help the model get a few casual shots. 20. 21. 22. Have the expert editors at Improve Photography review your photography portfolio in-depth and send you an audio feedback file for just $39 Check it out 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Manual Photography Cheatsheet. The Party Bouncer is Back in Business (Card) Yet another small internal flash bouncer.
I really like this one since it is the fastest one to make yet. I’ll estimate about 15 seconds. If you are a big executive and have your own business card, you can cut the time it takes you to get a business card and you are at 5 seconds. The results are not professional and there is some light lost, but when all else fails, it is a neat trick to have up your sleeve. It will defiantly work for Canon internal flashes.
I got this trick in the mail from Marko Helenius. I’ve been countless times in a indoor situation where the hint of light is just not enough to shoot even slightly sharp portraits from friends and family and you just know even without trying that the use of integrated flash in SLR would end up in a catastrophe. At one time I came up with extremely simple, cheap and diy Party Bouncer. Cardboard is great material for this Party Bouncer. Test photos below show the amazing overall light. No Bouncer – Everyone is sad. Inside-Out - The Official Topshop Blog: POLABOY. Tutorial: Instagram Photostrips.
I am obsessed with Instagram. I just can't get enough of the iPhone app. It's so much fun to take pictures and add fun little filters and effects. I like how it's also a mini-social network. Well, I love the app so much that I didn't want my favorite pictures trapped inside my iPhone for the rest of eternity. Don't they deserve to see the light of day too?!?!? I read in some magazine a while back about how you can turn your Instagram pictures into a miniature book. And then when I spotted my next project: Photostrips. I have been obsessed with the charming quality of Photostrips for a long time. Well, you can turn your Instagrams (and, frankly, any pictures you have) into super cute and, more importantly, tangible photostrips.
Here's how: I first picked out which Instagrams I was going to use. (I know, one is missing from the folder haha... not sure where it disappeared to!) In Photoshop, I made a "template" for the Photostrip. Can you see the white borders? Here are the strips on one sheet. Photography Tutorial: A Quick Guide to Understanding Your DSLR Camera. Hi guys! With Labor Day weekend coming up, I know a lot of us are going to be out there taking pictures!
:) Since we have a long weekend to practice, I wanted to share with you this basic intro to SLR photography. If you have an SLR camera and are nervous to take it out of auto mode, this is the tutorial for you. You may have heard words like aperture, exposure, and shutter speed and wondered just how on earth they come together to give you a better photo. I’ll give you a brief introduction on what they do and how they affect your photos turning out too bright, too dark, too blurry or JUST RIGHT. :) This guide will show you how to get the most out of your SLR camera and give you confidence to take it out of auto mode in no time!
Left: Canon T2i. To start, let’s put your camera in Aperture Priority mode or Shutter Priority mode. 1. Let’s talk a little bit about Aperture. A low aperture will also give you a shallow depth of field. Canon 50mm f/1.8 f/1.8 1/200 sec ISO 800 Now you try! 2. 3. Getting out of Auto with Gayle Vehar. We are honored to have the amazing Gayle of Gayle Vehar Photography and Mom & Camera as a guest blogger today! I stumbled upon Mom & Camera back when I was on my quest to understand the manual function on my camera. I have been hooked to her blog ever since. Her images are beautiful and her ability to teach is just as wonderful. She is going to get your camera out of Auto mode and you are actually going to understand what this camera terminology means! Please welcome Gayle Vehar to the blog! How to Take Your Camera Off Auto Mode and Start Getting the Photos You Want! By Gayle Vehar www.momandcamera.com www.gayleveharphotography.com When Lisa asked me to write about taking a digital SLR from auto mode to manual mode, I was thrilled.
You need light in order to make a photo. First, let’s talk about aperture. F-stops are the number that your camera uses to tell how open or closed the aperture should be. Aperture is also used to control the depth of field or how much of your photo is in focus. The Big Three of Photography Series | Photography Tips Blog by Mom and Camera. Using the “Big Three” to Get a Good Exposure This is part of a series of posts about How to Shoot in Manual Mode. Follow the links to read the other posts about WHY I USE MANUAL MODE, APERTURE, SHUTTER SPEED, ISO, and WHERE TO BEGIN CHOOSING YOUR SETTINGS! You can also download a helpful Manual Mode Cheat Sheet here. Now that we know all about aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, lets talk about how to get a good exposure using these three things.
To get the perfect exposure, the perfect amount of light has to hit your sensor. If you let in too little light, your photographs will be dark and generally “gray.” If you let in too much light, your photos will be very bright and generally washed-out in color. Think of aperture and shutter speed on either side of a balance scale. Some examples: Let’s say that I am outside taking photos of my kids. F/5.6 ISO 200 1/80 On the same day, I want some photos of the gorgeous mountains near my house. F/13 1/400 ISO 200 ISO–The Big Three of Photography Part 3. Take Better Photos–Getting Lovely Bokeh | Photography Tips Blog by Mom and Camera. This week,while I was editing lots of pictures, a picture came up that reminded me how much I love circle bokeh.
After viewing them, I really felt like I had died and gone to bokeh heaven. I used to get this kind of bokeh on accident. Whenever I did, I would shout for joy. Then I started to figure out how to get it on purpose. This type of bokeh isn’t possible at every location, but when it shows up it is a gorgeous background to your photo. I have posted multiple times about HOW much I love bokeh. I have even posted some tips about how to get bokeh. Today, I want to explain a little more.
Let me know if you have questions and I would love to see your examples of “circle bokeh!” Photo Friday–A Trip Around the Web | Photography Tips Blog by Mom and Camera. For today’s Photo Friday post, I thought I would add some of my favorite photography places for DSLR camera users around the web. I am sure that many of you have your own list of favorites, and I would love to have you share those in the comments.
So, in no particular order, here is my list: Pioneer Woman Photography: This was one of the first photography blogs that I began reading. She had a great post about exposure compensation and a learned a few new tips from reading. She doesn’t post as often about photography as she used to, but she has some wonderful info in the archives. MCP Photoshop Actions Blog: This blog has lots of valuable photography and Photoshop information. Shutter Sisters: This site is filled with lots of inspiration and regular photo challenges. I Heart Faces: This site has fun weekly challenges as well as some great tutorials and inspiration.
Hope you find a bit of information that helps you or a bit of inspiration that moves you to take your own photo!