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Slow Sync Flash

Slow Sync Flash
One camera function that can be a lot of fun to play with (and that can get you some interesting results) is slow sync flash. Low Light Photography Options When shooting with a subject in low light situations you generally have two options; either to shoot with a flash or to shoot with a slow shutter speed. 1. Flash – When shooting in low light with a flash in auto mode your camera will choose a relatively fast shutter speed. 2. Both of the above options are legitimate technique but both have their weaknesses. What is Slow Sync Flash? Slow Sync Flash is a function found on many cameras that tells your camera to shoot with both a longer shutter speed as well as firing the flash. Rear and Front Curtain Sync If your camera gives you some manual control when it comes to slow sync flash you might find yourself presented with two options called ‘rear curtain sync’ and ‘front curtain sync’. Tripod or Handheld? Post your Slow Sync Flash Shots over at our forum assignment on the topic..

10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits How do you take Portraits that have the ‘Wow’ factor? Today and tomorrow I want to talk about taking Portraits that are a little out of the box. You see it’s all very well and good to have a portrait that follows all the rules – but it hit me as I was surfing on Flickr today that often the most striking portraits are those that break all the rules. I want to look at some ways to break out of the mold and take striking portraits by breaking (or at least bending) the rules and adding a little randomness into your portrait photography. 1. Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. Get up high and shoot down on your subject or get as close to the ground as you can and shoot up. 2. It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. A. B. 3. There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. 4. 5. The shots were amazing, surprising and quite funny. 6.

Advanced Tips for Tack Sharp Images A Post By: James Brandon One very common question I get from photographers is why they can never get their images as sharp as the ones they see online. This is a loaded question, and it really made me think about all the things I go through to get tack sharp focus on my images. Sure there are the obvious tips like holding the camera properly, squeezing the shutter instead of stabbing it, tucking your elbows in, and so on. The truth is, that is just the beginning to taking sharper photographs. Let me start off by saying that I still take blurry images from time to time. Back Button Auto-Focus I can honestly say that about 90% of the photographers I talk to don’t use this built in feature on almost all cameras. On most (nearly all) cameras, there is a button on the back of the camera titled “AF On.” Read more about Back Button Focus in James’ post – 3 Reasons Why You Should Switch To Back Button Focus Single Point AF AI Servo Focus Tracking Funny name, serious setting. Enter AI Servo Conclusion

How To Give Your Photos a Dark Processed Lomo Effect This post was originally published in 2010 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Follow this step by step post processing guide to give your photos a dark lomo style effect with high contrast, blue tones and vignette burns. The effect is based on the popular lomographic technique and is similar to the processing effect used in many fashion shots and advertisement designs. Overall this effect does a great job of adding impact to a plain photography with cool colour casts and unusual saturation. View full size photo effect Begin by opening your photograph of choice into Adobe Photoshop. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and tweak the tones of the image. At the bottom of the Layers palette, click the Adjustment Layer icon and select Curves. Change the drop down menu to Green and tweak the graph for the green channel to further alter the tones of the image. Finally alter the Blue channel, creating an inverted ‘S’ shape to enhance the blues to give a cool colour cast.

Food Photography Made Easy: The Lunch Box Shooting vittles can be as complex as you want to make it. But it is pretty easy to get elegant, well-lit food photographs with almost no money out of pocket. Hit the jump for a gastronomic update on a Strobist cheapskate classic. Of the 1,000+ posts on Strobist at this writing, one of the most popular is the $10 Macro Studio -- a cardboard box hack that makes it almost impossible to take a bad shot of a small object. With a little alteration, that same concept can be used to create classic food photography lighting with a light source as simple as a desk lamp. Thinking Outside of the Box The classic direction for lighting food is from the top/back. For this walk-through I raided the fridge for some fresh tomatoes. This hard light almost makes the 'maters look as if they are made of wood and painted glossy red. Here is the same shot with a wider lens. You could easily soften that light with an umbrella if you have one. And if you use a razor knife like I did, please be careful. Fast Food

Il Portale Della Fotografia Grande Formato Da anni sto cercando, dopo la “carneficina” digitale, di ritrovare quel look anni 80-90 che solo la carta ciba-ilfochrome sapeva dare. Parliamoci chiaro, a meno di clamorosi colpi di scena, assai improbabili vista la complicazione nel processso produttivo sia del materiale che dei chimici e i relativi costi, quell’epoca se n’è andata per sempre. Ma non è detto che la ricerca del passato sia sempre la via da seguire, anzi, bisogna abbracciare i nuovi mezzi espressivi e cercare di usarli al meglio. Ebbene, posso dire senza tema di smentita che i progressi al riguardo ci sono stati e che, sebbene “quel” look sia oggettivamente inarrivabile, sono disponibilli delle carte che ci si avvicinano molto e anzi, mettendo sul piatto della bilancia la relativa semplicità della stampa digitale e le infinite possibilità creative e di intervento, alla fine siano pure preferibili. Ma veniamo alla breve rassegna di carte inkjet “simil-cibachrome”. Read the rest of this entry »

Max Wanger Photography Slow Shutter Shoot-Out - 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techniques A Post By: Chas Elliott Experimenting with Slow Shutter Speeds can be a lot of fun. Today Charles Clawson from blog.chaselliot.com sums up three types of slow shutter techniques and invites you show off your attempts at doing them. There have been some great articles and interest lately on long exposures so I thought I would put together a hodgepodge of techniques and then turn it over to DPS readers to see what they can come up with. 1. Digital Photography School Forum member Sodaman420 couldn’t have done a better job introducing the technique of Light Painting. 2. Blur isn’t always a bad thing, especially when it captures the movement occurring in a photo. 3. I recently talked about this on my blog, but on a good moon lit night, it’s fun to create the illusion of photographs being taken in daylight but with the added effects that come with slow shutter speeds. Share Your Slow Shutter Speed Shots Have you played with slow shutter speeds? Further Reading on Shutter Speed

21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should K Some are very basic while others go a little deeper – but all have been selected from our archives specifically for beginners and new camera owners. Enjoy. Introductions to Useful Modes and Settings on Your Digital Camera 1. Digital Camera Modes Explained – I spoke with a family friend recently who had just bought a new point and shoot camera. 2. 3. 4. 5. Other Basic Camera Techniques 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Camera Care and Maintenance 13. 14. 15. 7 Digital Camera Predators and How to Keep them at Bay – this tutorial talks you through 7 of the most common ways that digital cameras get damaged – what to look out for and what preventative action to take to avoid them. Composition Tips 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Of course the above 21 Settings, Techniques and Rules for beginner camera owners just scratch the surface of all there is to learn about the art of photography. Join this great new dPS course here. Summary Article Name 21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should Know Author

Andrea Olivotto's Home Page | Foto di matrimonio Ultimo aggiornamento: 19/02/2010 Introduzione Questo articolo nasce come sunto di tutta la mia (limitatissima) esperienza di fotografia di matrimonio, e da quanto ho letto e raccolto nell'immenso mare di Internet. In parte si tratta di pensieri e opinioni personali, assolutamente contestabili e non condivisibili. Però spero possa servire a tutti i fotografi amatoriali come me che si sentono chiedere "Mi faresti le foto al matrimonio?". Sia a quelli che risponderebbero "Ma certo, che ci vuole!" L'articolo rimbalza tra consigli per il fotografo amatoriale e tecniche ed esempi dei professionisti. Le foto di questo articolo sono prese dai siti dei fotografi citati, e a loro appartengono tutti i diritti relativi. Come sempre, buona lettura. Disclaimer Provo a tradurre in inglese... Indice Le leggi divine della fotografia di matrimonio (secondo me) Cominciamo subito con le regole fondamentali, secondo la mia personale opinione e limitata esperienza. Mi faresti le foto al matrimonio? L'attrezzatura

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