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Theory Behind What I'm Doing Approach #1: Counting Stops Count the number of f-stops you extend your exposure time and reduce your ISO by the same number of stops. How did I do that? Klaus Weiland playing "das Loch in der Banane" Canon's Tips: How To Care For Your Camera - StumbleUpon. Camera gear is expensive and getting them repaired when something happens to them is even more expensive. So knowing how to take care of your gear is vitally important to maintain the health of your gear (and your pocket too). Canon Service and Support has released the following video on how to take care of your camera and lenses with recommendations on how to clean and store your camera. It’s a good basic video for new photographers to learn proper maintenance of your gear, or photographers like me who usually will just send my gear in for cleaning because I don’t want to “mess things up accidentally.” And who knows?
This 8 minute video might save you an expensive trip to the Canon repair center and possibly extend the life of your stuff. [Via PetaPixel/CanonUSA] Custom Functions: A Hidden Treasure in Your Camera. Famous Black and White Photographers : The Masters. We bring you a selection of the most famous black and white photographers. Each and every one of these photographers were not only famous, but they were master black and white photographers. Black and white photographers of today still reference the work of many of these photographers, as they remain the gold standard in black and white photography.
Ansel AdamsArguably the most famous black and white photographer of all time, one of Ansel Adams’s photographs are the first thing that springs to mind for many people if they think of black and white photography. The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) Ansel Adams Robert FrankRobert Frank’s book titled The Americans, earned him a place as one of the best street and black and white photographers of all time. The Americans is also one of the most iconic photo books of all time. The Americans : Trolley, New Orleans, 1955 Robert Frank Damm Family Mary Ellen Mark Irving PennIrving Penn was a master portrait and fashion photographer.
Spain, 1933 Beekeeper. How to: Bird photography, Birding tips and tricks. Cattle Egret in flight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, 19 point AF, ISO 400, 1/6400s, f/5.6, Philippines. Cormorants fight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 200mm 2.8L II USM, Single point AF, ISO 200, 1/2500s, f/5.0, Spain. Cormorant in flight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 200mm 2.8L II USM, 19 point AF, ISO 100, 1/1000s, f/5.6, Spain. Long tail tits, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, Single point AF, ISO 800, 1/640s, f/5.6, Russia. Blackcap at the nest, Canon 7D, Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L II IS USM, Single point AF, 170mm, 1/50s, f/4, ISO 400, Canon EF 25mm extension tube. Russia. Blue tit in snow, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, Single point AF, ISO 1600, 1/100s, f/5.6, Russia. Male Reed Bunting with prey, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, single point AF, ISO 400, 1/1000s, f/5.6, Russia. Swallow in flight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, 19 point AF, ISO 200, 1/2000s, f/5.6, Russia.
Black kite attack , Canon 40D, Canon EF 200mm 2.8L II USM, 1/1250s, f/4, ISO 100, India. 13 of America's most photogenic places. By Marnie Hunter, CNN updated 4:28 PM EDT, Wed August 27, 2014 Get to Arizona's Antelope Canyon when the sun is at its highest, travel photographer Gary Arndt says, to see this light streaming through the slot canyon. Utah's Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, which is part of the Navajo Nation's parks and recreation system, has been a backdrop for countless Western movies. The most popular national park in the United States, Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosted more than 9 million visitors in 2013. The park straddles Tennessee and North Carolina.
Chicago's Millennium Park features cutting edge architecture and art, including Cloud Gate, shown here, which is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work in the United States. Skagway in Alaska was the starting point for the Klondike gold rush, which is why it swells in the summer months with cruise ship passengers. Everglades National Park in Florida is the largest protected wilderness area east of the Mississippi River. 50 Awesome Opencourseware Links to Effectively Get Your Photography Degree for Free - StumbleUpon. Whether you are a first time digital camera owner, or someone looking to start a professional photography business, knowledge is key. Utilize these 50 courses, guides, and more to bring out the best in your photos.
For Beginners These courses are a must for the first time photographer, or those looking to brush up on their camera skills. 1. Photography Course: This site offers free photography lessons ranging from the basics of film, optics, cameras and light to web page layout and digital photography. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. For Advanced Users Now that you know the basics, learn how to truly master everything from setting up a photo, mastering the complex SLR, and more. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Photojournalism For those looking to go into reporting, learn how take pictures like the professionals do from the stunningly beautiful to the deftly haunting. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.
Free Guides and Tips 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Specialty Courses 40. 41. 10 Tricks You Didn't Know Your Camera Could Do (and How to Make Them Happen) Welcome to Time Out with Tanya, where I’ve put my fast paced graphic design career on hold in favor of adventures in motherhood. I’m capturing every moment on camera and you can come along, if you’d like. Sign up for my weekly email here so you’ll never miss a Time Out. Zach Sutton’s informative article, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Camera, on Tuts+ caught my eye last week. He brings up a few special functions available on most digital cameras these days that some of you might not know how to use. Here’s his list, with links to some of my favorite tutorials explaining how to make them happen: 1. Bracketing is a function I used to use in my old film days when I wasn’t quite sure which shutter speed to use for a proper exposure. 2.
I recently started using back button focus and, while it took a couple weeks to get used to, I’m now wondering how I ever got along without it! 3. 4. 5. This is another function harkening back to film photography. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Via Tuts Plus. 7 Simple Photography Hacks. Reverse Key Lighting @ Evan E. Richards. I used to work with a cinematographer named Rob Draper (Halloween 5, The Spitfire Grill). He was having me practice one day by shooting a product shot for a whisky bottle.
I had set the bottle up in front of a seamless backdrop and put a light in front of the bottle at about a 45 degree angle. Rob came in to see how I was doing. His first comment was “What made you put the light in front of the bottle rather than behind the bottle?” Reverse Key Lighting is also called “short lighting” or “narrow lighting”. Reverse Key Lighting can be used in closeups And in wider shots Outdoors Indoors It can be used in animation In a two shot With a lot of fill light Or very little fill light One of the strengths of reverse key lighting is the way the shadows falloff across the face.
When you place the key light on the other side though, the light rakes across the face and you can see the light falling off into shadow on the side of the face closest to the camera. Top 20 Photography Websites 2012. Coming from a photography tutorial background myself, it’s no surprise that these websites mainly focus on learning, and reader evolvement. You can learn something new everyday with photography, and just when you think you know it all, something else comes along to challenge your abilities. That’s why I’ve compiled a list of what I believe to be the top 20 photography websites in the world.
I’m a self taught photographer, and when I first started, websites like these really helped me along, so I know what to look for in a great photography website. The order of these websites have nothing to do with who writes them, or how many people follow them; it’s all about the content they produce. This is a sequel to last year’s top 20. Without further ado, here they are… Top 20 1 - Fstoppers Number one. This isn’t a traditional tutorial website like many of the others on this list, but I find their content to be just as interesting. 2 - PopPhoto 4 - Strobist David Hobby is the man. 6 - PictureCorrect. The 8 Best Inexpensive Canon Lenses. In the last few years, I have reviewed more lenses than you could possibly imagine.
My photography students are always asking which lens is right for them, so I spend a significant amount of time looking for lenses that offer superior quality at lower price points. These are the best inexpensive Canon lenses I could find. There are many others that I’m sure people will mention in the comments, but only 6 could make the cut for this list.
These lenses are the ones that I recommend very often on the Improve Photography Lens Finder. If you haven’t tried my lens finder, you’re crazy!!! I spent thousands of dollars and over a year developing the lens finder. I must mention from the outset that I use “the triad” of lenses (explained later), so I’m comparing the lenses in this list against the highest quality lenses in the Canon system at any price. Also, I must issue a disclaimer that the word “inexpensive” means different things to different people. Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Lens Canon 100mm f/2. Introductions - Christine Wilson. Sometimes you just never know when you will find a persons work that really appeals to you. I have known Christine Wilson, or know of her work for a while, but recently when I started my Flickr account, she started following me.
As you do when someone follows you, especially if you know them, you go and take a look at their Flickr page, and as soon as I saw it, I thought, I must see if Christine will give me permission to feature her work here on one of my Introductions posts. Which, I think you will have gathered she has. One of the first things you notice about her work, on her blog, on her Flickr page, and various other places, is that it is all black and white.
How long have you been taking photos for? I’ve always taken photos ever since I can remember, but I guess I got more serious about it in about 1990 when I bought my first SLR – a Pentax P30 N which I still have. Why do you take photos? What is your inspiration? There is a timeless quality to her work as well. Like this: Skpfoto. 500 Pictures. The Constant Buzz. CS 178 - Digital Photography. Course materials Course schedule (click here for the lecture notes) Course description (meeting time, units, prereqs, etc.) Course outline (textbooks, coursework, grading policies, etc.) Archive of class business (the "What's new? " Top 5 Camera Features You Don’t Use But Really Should | Learning DSLR.
10 Photography tips to help edit your pictures! - I Heart Nap Time. Welcome! If you missed the beginning of this Photography series start with the posts below (click the links): For a long while there, I was obsessed with scrapbooking. I loved adding all of the embellishments, using fancy scissors on the patterned papers, being over run with ridiculous amount of ribbon and adhesives, and having a lasting document to chronical what I valued as our most important family moments. Although I still love scrapbooking, I’ve come to a pretty epic revelation: I was so focused on the stuff around the pictures that I failed to take great pictures that I wanted to remember.
I’ve rounded up 10 of the best photography tips that I’ve found around the internet that will help you from starting to take awesome pictures all the way to how to edit them in Photoshop. . { Photography tips } How to Shoot with Window Light via Blue Cricket Design Hard Light Tutorial from Pioneer Woman How To Improve Photography on the Web via Pioneer Woman Food Photography Tips from Sweet C’s Designs. 9 Weird Photography Tricks That Actually Work!
Sometimes I feel like I spend so much time reading photography tricks and tips online that I never see anything new anymore. So, I set out to make this useful collection of some weird and cool photography tricks that aren’t your usual run-of-the-mill variety. I hope you find some joy and learn a new tip or two. When you’re done, comment below with what cool photography hacks you’ve learned! Tripod in a pinch! 1. Want to take a group photo but don’t have a place to set the camera? The thread size of the bolt on a lamp shade is exactly the same size as the filter thread used on tripods, so your camera will easily attach. Not only will your party and indoor pictures look better, but you’ll look like MacGyver in front of the group. Gets attention of the kids and you can give them a treat for looking at the camera! 2. Shooting photos of kids can be quite the feat.
The perfect solution is to buy a simple PEZ dispenser on the hotshoe of your camera! 3. Turn your flash to FULL power! 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The Photography Tips that 96 Photographers Wish They Would Have Learned Sooner. Two weeks ago (I know, I’m slow…) on the Improve Photography Facebook fan page, I asked our community what photography tips they wish they would have learned sooner. I was looking for lessons that many photographers procrastinate learning and it ends up keeping them back from progressing as photographers. Over 96 photographers commented on that facebook comment with their hard earned lessons, and I grabbed the most popular lessons from the group to share here. I hope that this article teaches you many ways to save yourself from making rookie mistakes (like I still seem to do every day!).
Lesson #1: Envision, plan, and then create There is nothing–at all-wrong with looking at great photography to get creative inspiration. Lesson #2: The histogram is NOT optional Spending just 5 or 10 minutes to learn how to use the histogram can make a huge difference in your photography. This photo would be pretty dull without great off-camera lighting... Lesson #4: Learn to change the active focus point. 7 Photography Projects to Jumpstart your Creativity. The 15 Most Popular Photography Tutorials from the 2nd Half of 2012. A Great Graphic for Understanding How ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed Work.
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