10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits

15 creative and nerdy wedding invitations « blah blah blah… <——– To keep updated with my blog, take a minute and like me on Facebook! Thanks for the support, Stumblers! :) Ah, I love these! They make me want to get married just so I can have a super creative invitation. I think my favorite is either the record or the movie tickets or the…. Become More Photogenic by Knowing How Genuine Facial Expressions Feel Can you tell the difference between a real smile and a fake one? There's a neat test you can take to find out. [www.bbc.co.uk] I got 13 out of 20 right, which is apparently a really good score. Based on overall test results, people seem to be notoriously bad at telling real from fake. 35mm or 50mm for street photography ? » Yanidel Street Photography Obviously, any focal length will do in street photography and your creativity is really the only limit to how you perform with them. It is therefore not uncommon to see people hit the street with a 21mm, 28mm or even 75mm lens as their standard focal length. Nevertheless, the 35mm and 50mm focal lengths have traditionally been favorites of street photographers due to their versatility and ability to reproduce a field of view similar to the human vision. Many photographers, especially in reportage, actually do use both focal lengths (or have a zoom that covers both), yet they most often do have a preference for one or the other. Indeed, one is either a 35mm or a 50mm shooter.

Japanese Scientists Say Tripods Increase Camera Shake Scientists at the Nishi Lab of the University of Electrocommunications have developed a tool which measures camera shake. The surprise is that putting the camera on a tripod can actually make things worse. The measurements were designed to check the effects of mirror slap and shutter vibration in SLR cameras. Vibration caused by the mirror is well known — as the mirror flips up to let light onto the sensor of film, it shakes the camera and — according to the Nishi Lab — lowers resolution by up to 75%. Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Women – Part I This is the first in a series of Posing Guide posts by Kaspars Grinvalds from Posing App See below for links to the full series of posing guides including for kids, men, couples, weddings and more. Check out our new Portrait Posing eBook and Portrait Posing Printables for more advice and posing ideas. If you ever run out of ideas, get stuck in creativity or simply need some guidance when shooting female subjects, you may use following posing samples as a “posing cheat sheet”. Many pro photographers use such a technique when preparing for and during the photo shoot. The poses in this article are selected as initial reference. I would advise to look at the poses together with your subject, especially if she’s inexperienced.

Andrea Joseph (Weekly Story Theme: Romance) There is no other love like an illustrator’s hand and its pen. These two spend hours together everyday, inseparable, and when they are not together, the hand years for the cool grip of its beautiful slender pen. Andrea Joseph hand knows this feeling well, and his hand and its pen have been committed to each other for years now, and now on Creative Tempest they renew their vows.

Macro Photography Tips for Point and Shoot Digital Cameras A Post By: Darren Rowse Much has been written on the topic of Macro photography for those photographers fortunate enough to own a DSLR with macro lenses – but what about if you own a compact point and shoot camera? Can you get great macro shots too? While the results achievable with a point and shoot camera in macro mode probably won’t compare with a DSLR with a purpose built macro lens I’ve still seen some remarkably good shots with compact cameras (all three shots in this post were taken with compact cameras).

The correct way to hold a DSLR camera (Great tips!) Hold your mouse over the picture and click "PIN IT" to put this pic on your Pinterest! Introduction My inbox is filled each morning with questions from students in my online photography classes asking various photography questions. I’m glad to get the questions because it helps me to think of what I should write about here on Improve Photography. How to Take Extraordinary Photographs, Part 1: Exposure SitePoint’s latest book release, Photography for the Web, contains a wealth of information that will help you take stunning pictures and share them online. It will show you how to save a fortune on stock images by designing and capturing your very own shots. We’re making Chapters 1 and 2 of Photography for the Web available as part of the free sample PDF of the book.