An Introduction to Astrophotography with your X Series – The Fujifilm Blog Taking stunning photos of the night sky, capturing crystal clear skies and pin-sharp stars can be tricky for beginners. In this article, Steven Hanna tells you everything you need to know about how to take great Astrophotography photos. An Introduction to Astrophotography with your X Series By Steven Hanna I’ve always had a love and a fascination for space. 40 Tips to Take Better Photos Many years ago when I was a starry-eyed undergrad I would ask every photographer I came across the same question: “How do I take better photos?” I was extremely lucky to have many talented and generous photographers take me under their wing to show me the ropes.
Article Details Updated: February 28, 2019| Published: January 8, 2013 For years, Canon EOS cameras have offered photographers an option to change the way autofocus is activated. Often referred to by pros as “back-button AF,” this feature lets the user customize the camera so that focusing is performed by pressing a rear button with the photographer’s right thumb. The shutter button still wakes up the camera with a half-press, and fires the shutter with a full press downward. By separating AF activation from shutter release, it’s possible in some cases to be more effective with AF, and not have the focus thrown off if something momentarily enters the picture area while you’re shooting. Canon was actually the world’s first camera maker to incorporate such a feature, launching it back in 1989 with the EOS 630 (35mm film SLR).
How Using a Manual Focus Lens Can Make You a Better Photographer Back in the days of all manual, focusing your lens was a skill that every photographer had master. Focusing used to be that thing that made your camera an extension of your hand, therefore a direct extension of your photographer’s eye. That whole agenda came to an end in the early 1990s with the arrival of autofocus systems that were able to actually focus faster than us humans. 7 Essential Lightroom Tricks I Use Daily Everyone’s list of Lightroom tricks and shortcuts is a bit different and when I started to compile mine I wasn’t 100% sure what they were exactly. It’s funny how you don’t even realize you’re using these handy timesavers as they become second nature when you apply them within your editing workflow. In this 6-minute video, I review my list of 7 essential Lightroom tricks that I use on a daily basis.
Fujifilm X-T30 review: a little wonder of a camera ForFor Fujifilm, shrinking the phenomenal X-T3 down into a smaller package was always going to be a winning proposition. For several years running, the company has followed up on its flagship X-series mirrorless camera with a more portable (and more affordable) option that still offers many of the best features and capabilities of the flagship. This step-down series is actually Fujifilm’s most popular camera line; the X-T20, introduced in 2017, became the company’s best-selling camera ever. And now its successor is here. With the $899 X-T30, Fujifilm is trickling down some of the most impressive aspects of the X-T3 into a camera that costs a whopping $600 less.
Use Composition to Enhance Your Candid Photos Composition doesn’t make a candid, but a good composition can enhance it. It can amplify what you feel about the subject matter or invoke a reaction all on its own. Today I’m going to share with you 5 tips on composition to enhance your candids. Simple Lightroom Trick Helps You Find Sensor Spots (or Anything Else) in Your Photos Using Lightroom to remove spots caused by sensor dust is a pretty straight forward process: just click “Visualize Spots” and use the Spot Removal tool, right? Well, photographer Anthony Morganti thinks that he’s discovered a better way, and in the video above he shows you a “hidden” Lightroom trick that makes it easy to systematically search your images for sensor spots… or anything else for that matter. The key word above is “systematic.” The “trick” isn’t some sort of special hidden feature baked into Lightroom Classic, but a keyboard shortcut that allows you to zoom into your photo at 100% and search it, block by block, without missing or overlapping a single pixel. It’s like an infinitely more optimal version of dragging your image around manually. Here’s how it works: