Tricky Astrophoto: Is It Day or Night? Mike Salway is an astrophotographer with a keen eye. I featured his lovely photo of the Milky Way over Australia’s Bungle Bungles recently, so when he contacted me again with a new picture, of course I was interested. Then I saw it and laughed out loud. Let me ask you: In this picture of Mitchell Falls, is it daytime or nighttime? Photo by Mike Salway, used by permission It looks like day, right? The Moon, that’s how this can be. But to the camera, especially in a time exposure, the moonlight adds up. The result is lovely. Salway also created a time-lapse video of the scene that shows the shadows cast by the Moon creeping along the ground: It’s difficult to see the stars in the little patch of sky to the upper right, but if you add all the photos together they become obvious: Tricky, isn’t it? What you see is not always what you get.
Night Photography | Digital After Dark » Blog Archive » Photographing Falling Snow At Night For those of you who still have winter weather to deal with (like me), I thought I’d throw out some tips for shooting in falling snow at night. Of course, as with any type of night photography, you need some sort of light to illuminate the scene. If you also wish to show the snowflakes falling, you’ll need another source of light for that. If there’s a lot of snow on the ground, it doesn’t take a tremendous amount of light to illuminate the overall scene because the snow is so reflective. That’s why shooting in cities works so well during snow. Bodie Island Lighthouse in snowstorm. If the snow is falling when you take the picture and you don’t do anything to illuminate it as it falls, the snowflakes will not show up in the image because the overall exposure is not enough to make a single snowflake record during the brief period of time it is in front of the lens. To record the snowflakes, you have to throw some additional light into the scene. Bodie Island Lighthouse in snowstorm.
5 Uncommon Snow Photography Tips That Can Transform Your Winter Scenes. Couple in Sheep Meadow, Central Park It’s that time again when we get to burn off those holiday pounds by trudging through the snow to capture those stunning winter shots. I’ve got a few extra ones this year, so you’ll see me out there a bit more than usual. In this article, I want to share with you a few, fairly uncommon tips that I often use, which can make the difference between an average snow photo and an epic one. Do you do any of these things? 1. The purpose of a vignette is to keep the eyes from falling off the edge of an image and to lead the eyes back to the center of it. So use a white one! This is such a simple tip, but it can make all the difference, as seen in the photo above. Brooklyn Bridge at Sunset, During Snowstorm 2. I’m usually one to hold back a bit when retouching photos, but for winter captures I often throw all of that out the window. Compare the untouched negative below to the print at the top of the post. Couple in Sheep Meadow, Original Negative 3. 4. 5.
My Journey with Meg Bitton | Jamie Salup Photography My Journey with Meg Bitton- Raw In January of this year, I set out on a journey. I had hit a point in my photography that I have tried to write out many times. Each time, I realize that no matter how detailed I get pictures can truly speak a thousand words. Enclosed I will show the day that I had an amazing 1:1 hour with Meg. To give a slight back story of why this “journey” came to be. Fast forward, to January 2014. For the next 31 days, and yes I mean everyday, I learned how to love what I saw through my lens again. As promised here are the images that I took with Meg along with the stories that go with them. The top image was on my own. As we moved our way to the beach, Meg again was very simplistic. Over the next 15-20 minutes, I learned SO much. Aside from the play by play’s, most of you can look at my “blog” history and see this is about the most I have ever written. More images from that day SOOC and not edited.
Pebbles and Polka Dots & Meg Bitton Souls.Imagined 2014 ALL INCLUSIVE BEACH retreat in Melbourne, Florida December 12th, 13th and 14th 2014 » Pebbles and Polka Dots Photography Meg Bitton, Souls.Imagined and Pebbles and Polka Dots Photography have teamed up AGAIN to bring you an amazing LL INCLUSIVE beach retreat workshop in 2014 that will change your photography forever. At this workshop, we will be setting up scenes NEVER seen before with props exclusive to this workshop. All newborn props and model clothing will be one of a kind. Meg and Mary are so excited to release the details on this amazing retreat celebrating the art of capturing the soul from where it begins to where it flourishes. Join us for this event as we explore maternity, newborn and child photography under the halo of forest trees, and learn how to capture your newborn in the studio with lights to get that natural organic look. Are you struggling with posing your pregnant client and creating comfort so she’ll reveal bare skin? Be confident in offering maternity, newborn, and child sessions. Carry all that into your childrens sessions as well. Melbourne Florida – December 12th, 13th & 14th 2014
Photography Tips for Amateur Photographers I’m sure each and everyone of us were pretty excited when we first got our DSLR. I mean, who’s not right. And the next thing most of us will do is – start abusing the shutter and snapping non-stop. That’s just how we learn. Photography is a beautiful form of art with no hard rules. It’s all about creativity and individual style. 1. Long shutter photographs are always amazing. examples Photo credit Photo credit Photo credit Photo credit So, you got a rough idea on what exactly is long shutter photography. Technique To take amazing long shutter photographs, you have to first learn and completely understand what exactly Shutter Speed is. These are the time for which your shutter will be open while taking a particular photograph. 2. custom bokeh shapes According to Wikipedia, the definition of bokeh is: "In photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light” Examples (Bokeh) Photo credit 3.
Night Sky -- Photo Tips -- National Geographic Photograph by Jim Richardson Contributing editor Jim Richardson is a photojournalist recognized for his exploration of environmental issues and advocacy for the night sky. His photos appear frequently in National Geographic magazine. Something wonderful has happened in photography: Ordinary people can now photograph the universe. Shoot for the Stars Go for great images of the night sky. But don’t stop at just capturing the moon, a few stars, or the Milky Way. For instance, Arizona Sky Village in Portal, Arizona, is a dark-sky housing development. Stunning Underwater Maternity Photographs Like You Have Never Seen Before Share on Facebook Tweet Google Plus Keep a look out for the name Adam Opris as we are reasonably sure it will be popping up all over the place very soon. Why? Because he is a photographer who doesn’t think blue sky or outside the box. No, this man is a creative genius who clearly is very keen to break the boundaries of tradition and ignore what everyone before him has done. Based out of Fort Lauderdale in Florida, USA, Adam Opris has been breaking with convention for some time and has already gathered quite a reputation for his underwater wedding photography.
Stunning Underwater Maternity Photographs Like You Have Never Seen Before Share on Facebook Tweet Google Plus Keep a look out for the name Adam Opris as we are reasonably sure it will be popping up all over the place very soon. Why? Because he is a photographer who doesn’t think blue sky or outside the box. No, this man is a creative genius who clearly is very keen to break the boundaries of tradition and ignore what everyone before him has done. This man is an original, a one-off, a maverick, but one with a creative eye for detail and impact that is quite mesmerizing. Based out of Fort Lauderdale in Florida, USA, Adam Opris has been breaking with convention for some time and has already gathered quite a reputation for his underwater wedding photography.