A Beginners Guide to Taking Still Life Photography. Still life and tabletop photography is a great way to improve your photography skills. In this article, we will show you how to get those perfect still life photos! So what constitutes a still life photo? Still life photography is the photographic counterpart of still life painting. Common subjects for still life photography include inanimate items — flowers, food, plants, rocks, etc. Tabletop photography is a branch of still life photography that focuses on capturing items placed on a table. [Note: ExpertPhotography is supported by readers.
Why You Should Try Still Life and Tabletop Photography You can learn a lot from still life photography. With still life and tabletop photography, you are totally in control of every single aspect of your photo. Despite the “commercial” nature of tabletop photography, you are not limited to photographing still life in a commercial way. What Do You Need for Your Still Life Project? A professional may require a suitable set-up and expensive equipment. David Lorenz Winston | Jalisco Notebook - Weekly images from Mexico 2017-2020. How to Photograph Splashing Liquids. Photographing a splash of water can be tricky business. You have to make sure you use just the right amount of light to be able to freeze the water splash without overexposing the background or other elements of the image.
Fortunately, Gavin Hoey has taken the time to create the following tutorial which gives viewers the step-by-step breakdown: Splash photography can be a fun project to sharpen your strobist skills without having to invest in a lot of equipment, it’s also a great project to work on when the weather outside is less than desirable, as Gavin mentions at the beginning of the clip. The image above is the basic setup Gavin used to capture his awesome splash shot. With a little trial and error, you can capture a refreshing splash: Best Photos of 2014 by JMG-Galleries Blog Readers. Adventures with My Son II – Deer Crossing the Merced River If inspiration is what you’re looking for then the following 201 “Best Photos of 2014″ entries should keep you busy for a while.
As with years past Best of Photos project entries there is some amazing new talent to discover. I continue to be amazed that this blog project attracts so many talented and passionate photographers. Participants spanned a spectrum of skill levels from hobbyists to professionals and covered a wide variety of genres including landscape, macro, nature, photojournalism, portraiture, event, wildlife, fine art photography and more. There are likely many names you’ll recognize below, some famous, and many others you won’t.
I highly recommend visiting each entry as I have. If you’d like to take part next year and be informed when submissions open for the “Best Photos of 2015″ blog project add your name to my mail list. Thank to everyone who took part! Best Photos of 2014 Thanks to all who took part. Night photography arches national park. Oil and Water Gallery Photo Gallery by Stew Gitlin at pbase.com. Full review of SmugMug Pro, great online portfolio. SmugMug Review Saving Money with SmugMug If you end up reading the review and agree with me, that SmugMug is the best, then you can sign up on SmugMug now and use the coupon code of “STUCKINCUSTOMS” to save 20% off ALL their packages. Why package to get?
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3) Photo organization. Photo Cascadia Blog. Fireworks are not what most of us here at PhotoCascadia normally spend our time photographing. However, a technique I recently learned is so much fun and creates such magical and whimsical images that I just have to share it. I first found out about the technique, called fireworks focus blur, from the blog of Portland photographer, Gregg Kerber.
In the last year or two this technique has really taken off in popularity. To see what I mean just do a search for “fireworks focus blur” on Google Images or Flickr. As you can see from my images and those of others, the results are beautiful, impressionistic and captivating. To try out this technique you will need a few things including a tripod, a camera with manual shutter speed and aperture controls and a lens with a manual focus ring.
Find a good location with a clear view of the fireworks. The basic concept is actually very simple, but getting the timing right can be a challenge. Finalists. Ansel Adams: Landscape Photography at its Finest. Mind-Blowing Kaleidoscope of Colors at Painted Hills [50 Fantastic Pics] John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a 14,000 acre National Park in Oregon that is divided into three widely separated units. The monument’s main headquarters is at the Cant Ranch Visitor Center in the Sheep Rock Unit. There is also the Clarno Unit and the Painted Hills Unit. This is a breathtaking example of Painted Hills. Photo #1 by Misserion Wow, these are more of the stunning multi-colored Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
John Day Fossil Beds. Waves of Color from the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in central Oregon. “Mars and Venus had a Baby Planet,” the photographer joked. Stitched shot of the painted hills near John Day Fossil Beds National Monument – Painted Hills Unit near Prineville, Oregon. Basalt Cliffs at Sunset. Purple in the Hills – In 1861, fossilized rhinoceros teeth were discovered in the area.
Cathedral Rock in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. View of Sheep Rock with a rainbow. Green Mud? Nature photography by Patrick Zephyr. Posted on March 17, 2011 in Photography If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter . Thanks for visiting! Rate this Post (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ... So... Check this out on our Partner Network. Ankeny_Fields_by_CezarMart.jpg (900×581) Macro Stacking. Focus stacking is a very useful technique for increasing your depth of field while still maintaining an appealing level of background blur. The focus stacking tutorial creates a solid foundation for the technical aspect of stacking.
Armed with this knowledge, we can explore a method to photograph flowers through refracted dew droplets. Chrysanthemum refracted through a dew droplet Required Items You will need the following items to create these photos: Camera Macro lens Flash (preferably off-camera) Dry mat (optional, but recommended!) Cameras set up with off-camera flashes and custom diffusers The photo above shows my typical macro flash setups. You're going to need to be shooting at around 2:1 to get close enough (68mm of extension tubes on a 100mm macro lens is fine), although I'm normally shooting at about 3:1 with my MP-E 65.
Technique Set your flash to E-TTL and Flash Exposure Compensation to its normal position (+1 FEC with the 430ex). Side droplet refractions in sharp focus.