10 Quick Ways To Learn Photography. As people interested in photography or professionals trying to enhance our skills for business reasons, there are many ways that we can go about learning photography; this article looks at ten easy but sometimes overlooked ways to enhance our skills. Photography is an art-form. It takes practice, skill, and an eye for the unexpected. Not all people will take the time to study a landscape, wildlife, building, or other subject to find the hidden depth within, but when they do often they will find great meaning in the photo they take. Photographers spend their lives looking for new and different ways to shoot a subject. Digital photography is just one new way of taking a picture. Photo Credit: Depositphotos.com 1. Workshops are a great way to learn about photography, they are usually very informative and thought by experts in the field. 2. Books are a good way to learn photography because they are usually very specific but yet educational. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
What do you think? Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority: Exposure Lesson #1. Great Tips for Shooting in the Rain. Tips by Christopher B. Derrick 46inShare Rain, I feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane. Your love’s coming down like rain…. Okay, don’t shoot me for quoting an under-appreciated Madonna song, because that song has inspired me to take well over 100 photos with the self-imposed constraint of shooting during the rain or just after the rain has fallen, and the streets and/or land are still soaking wet (that’s an added tip, put self-imposed constraints on your photography and look at the results, they will amaze you… i.e. only shoot vertically).
If you’re shooting in the rain (you did make sure that you camera is going to be water-tight or you’ll need to perform an immediate drying maintenance after shooting), one of the things to consider is — do you want to see the raindrops or not? Photo by kitti Now maybe your cup of tea is to use the falling rain as means to add additional soft focus to your rain-drenched background.
Photo by Richard Ford Top image by enrico Like Our Site? Photography Techniques: Macro. Tips by Christopher O’Donnell 9inShare Macro photography is a unique style, which requires a specialized technique in order to capture what you want – lighting, focusing, and composition are all a bit different here. With that in mind, I’ve put together a few key areas of macro that you should be aware of – all foundational knowledge you need to know in order to capture the perfect macro image.
Composing Background Blur Working on the macro level means that you’ll almost always have a blurred background – the hyperfocal distance is much more dramatic here, so although there isn’t much physical distance between your background and main subject, it’ll be thrown way out of focus – even when using smaller apertures. Also consider readjusting your aperture for your background – wider to blur it more, and smaller to make objects more identifiable. Photo by Giovanni Orlando Manual Focus Auto focus on the macro scale is extremely delicate, which is why manual focus is often preferred. Lighting Rob Cox. 5 Tips for Creating Excellent Forced Perspective Photographs. Tips by Tara Hornor 8inShare Generally speaking, forced perspective photography is when a photographer takes advantage of depth perception and careful placement of a camera to give the viewer the impression that an object is larger, smaller, closer, or farther away than it actually is. While many think this art form is limited to humorous photography, there are plenty of practical applications.
For example, you can give your photographs the impression of being taken in a completely different location. Give Yourself Time! Image by sgoralnick (Steph Goralnick) You might be able to pull off a piece impromptu, but the best shots take time to both set up and capture. The point is that you need to give yourself time. Experiment with Depth Image by elghoul soufedj When possible and appropriate, experiment with making the field of depth greater or smaller. Framing and Composition Image by trixnbooze (Marty Portier) Framing and composition are critical for making forced perspective images work. 1 Comment. Using Lines to Improve Photographic Composition. Tips by Bill Jones 24inShare Photographic composition requires some practice to master, but when someone has reached a point where their personal style is really developing and becoming apparent they can then begin to “play” with the various elements of their photographs.
One thing that can be fun and exciting to “tinker” with is the lines in any image. Whether these are lines that frame the subject, are the actual subject, or serves as a major focal point in the composition, they can be extremely powerful and effective. Photo by Thomas Merton It is easiest to begin with the use of lines as the actual “theme” of the photograph. When lines are used as the theme they must form a recognizable pattern for the viewer to understand. Photo by Matteo Dudek Lines that are very distinctly “directional” such as horizontal or vertical boards on a building are best photographed in their direction.
Photo by hakahonu Like Our Site? 3 Comments Leave a Reply. Introduction to Night Photography. 9 Architectural Photography Tips. 5 Tips for Controlling Natural Light. A Post by Mitchell Kanashkevich – author of our eBook, Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool. In the post “Are you practicing these 5 Tips for Natural Light” I discussed 5 things which I consider to be the core ideas behind working with natural light effectively. In this post it’s time to discuss some of the specific ways in which we can control natural light or rather, control the impact that natural light has on the scene which we frame within the camera viewfinder. 1. Wait As I mentioned in the past post, the characteristics of natural light always change.
The wait can last for a few minutes, for example for the clouds in the sky to part, a few hours, for the sun to start setting, or, for weeks, for particular weather conditions. While we are at the mercy of mother-nature when waiting for a particular kind of natural light to shoot in, we can reduce some of the frustrations and be better prepared to take advantage of whatever light we are dealt. 2. 3. 4. 5. Unlock the Secrets of Using Natural Light: Interview with Mitchell Kanashkevich. 8 Tips To Take Better Travel Pictures.
5 Tips for Creating a Workflow for Speed Portrait Shoots. Quick Tips for Urban Photography After Dark. Before heading out to get some great images of the city after sunset, it is important to make sure you have the proper equipment. This means that you should definitely have a flexible tripod that can adjust to varying heights; a wide-angle lens; some sort of lens hood or a system for directing the flash outside of the frame; and a game plan. Urban areas can be dangerous locations in which to setup a camera and take a prolonged series of images. This is not due to the potential for crime alone, but also because of busy streets, and the fact that people do not see well in the dark. This translates to the need for a photographer to select their target shots and consider the settings that their camera might need to make the images they want.
If the camera has a capacity for custom “presets” a photographer who makes a regular habit of nighttime photography might want to dial in these settings in order to make their work as easy as the tap of a button. Photo by Werner Kunz Top image by Jes. 7 Secrets Every Aspiring Street Photographer Should Know. A Post By: James Maher Street photography ain’t easy. It’s a fast moving world out there and it takes a lot of practice to be able to capture it well. However, it’s not just about practice.
Every seasoned street photographer has a bag of tricks to make their lives easier when out on the streets. Below are few of my “secrets,” which I do not think are written about enough. Mona. 1. Do you treat your street photography as if you are taking a beautiful stroll through the city? The key is to slow down. Rucker Park. 2. If you want to improve your street photography (or portraiture) by a thousand percent then paying attention to a person’s eyes is the way to do it. In addition, direct eye contact can be extremely important. Death of a Salesman. 3.
Street photography is not only about capturing crazy juxtapositions or fitting as many different people or objects into an elaborate frame. Sleeping in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street. 4. Digital cameras these days are amazingly good at high ISOs. 5. Shooting London – Big City Photography. Photography Tips – How to Shoot Amazing Landscapes. Tips by Bill Jones 5inShare While many people believe that the trick to getting great landscape photographs is having the right lens or the proper setup, there are few successful images that don’t benefit more directly from composition than anything else.
A landscape photograph can have remarkable clarity and sharpness and ideal lighting, but utterly fail due to a lack of adequate composition and content. Composition is not all about rules and guidelines, but there are some reliable tips and techniques for making memorable landscape pictures through composition choices. Photo by hbuschme Let’s first look at the old “rule of thirds” which asks a photographer to divide their composition into three vertical and three horizontal rows to create a nine square grid.
Does this work in landscapes? Photo by Harshad Sharma Another tip for composing a landscape effectively is to use elements within the scene to frame the subject. Top image by luigi Like Our Site? 5 Comments Leave a Reply. Landscape Photography by ~photo-class on deviantART. 27 Black and White Landscape Images.