Blog photo Photodoto Current Photographer Photography Blog Black Star Rising Flak Photo The-Digital-Picture.com Perfect Exposure Every Time: A Guide to Metering in the Viewfinder You'd be surprised how much information is available through your camera's viewfinder. In today's tutorial, we're looking again at one of the most important elements of photography - exposure - and how you can expose a perfect photo using just the information shown in your camera viewfinder! Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in June of 2010. Perfect Exposure When I first began learning photography, mastering exposure settings seemed to be one of the trickiest things to grasp. Armed with this knowledge, I could at least figure out how to interpret my test picture and adjust the camera settings accordingly a few times until I was happy with the result. This brief tutorial is for complete beginners who, like me when I first started, have no clue how to make your fancy camera take a picture that isn't either too dark or too bright. Exposure: The Basic Idea Conclusion
Conscientious Articles Contemporary Photographers Diane Meyer May 6, 2013 – According to the artist, Diane Meyer’s Time Spent That Might Otherwise Be Forgotten “is based on photographs taken at various points in my life and arranged by location. Sections of the images have been obscured through a layer of embroidered pixels sewn directly into the photograph. Book Reviews, Photobooks Review: Naked by Rimaldas Viksraitis May 3, 2013 – A few years ago, Rimaldas Viksraitis won the Discovery Award at the Arles photography festival for his work in the Lithuanian countryside, depictions of scenes that for many critics and viewers brought to mind photographers like Boris Mikhailov or Richard Billingham. Review: Kiev by The Sochi Project Apr 26, 2013 – The release of smaller, purely photo-centric books, has been a part of The Sochi Project for the past years now. Archives » Conscientious Extended Longer articles and interviews about fine-art photography and extended interviews with its leading practitioners.
Strobist Lighting101 (Photo by Strobist reader Sam Simon) Welcome to Lighting 101. You may not realize it yet, but you have just stepped through a door that may change your photography forever. Over the past few years, over four million people from nearly every country in the world have begun their lighting education right here. And if they can do it, you can do it. Photography is literally writing with light. You'll learn how to take the removable flash that you probably already have on the top of your camera and use it off-camera to make beautiful, more three-dimensional photos. The Good News: The Gear Doesn't Cost Much Basic lighting gear is also refreshingly inexpensive. You can even make a lot of light modifiers yourself for next to nothing. For the most part, it's the location of the light that is most important. Click on a reader's picture to learn a little more about how it was made. (Photo by Strobist reader Ken Brown) Which is exactly what you'll soon learn in Lighting 101.
The Designer’s Guide to Taking Better Photos I’ve mentioned several times before that photography is one of the most natural complements to your skills as a designer. We designers are in constant need of very specific imagery and this can and does lead to hours of searching, unnecessary stock fees and ultimately the use of imagery that has a high likelihood of being found on the projects of countless other designers. Becoming a decent photographer can save you time and money and provide you with a serious competitive edge in the form of truly unique imagery that no one in the world possesses but you. The principal problem of course is that you simply don’t have the time or budget to become a professional photographer in addition to the career you’re pursuing as a designer. The Equipment I’ll get the most unpleasant part out of the way first: the initial expense. Now before you skip this section, you might not need to spend as much as you think. The Lens Dilemma Ditching Full Auto A Story of Light How Do I Make my Photos Brighter?
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