Author Archive: Valentin Gavan
Valentin Gavan is a self-taught photographer who is passionate about photography. He also does concert photography for an online metal magazine. You can see some of his works via his profile
How to Make Wonderful Sunset Photos
Sunsets are a popular subject in photography, especially when it comes to travel photography. The nature offers a wonderful show of light and color during a sunset and this is of course a great moment to photograph. However, this type of photography presents two main issues. The first is that taking a photograph directly towards [...]
Tips for Taking Great Aerial Photos
Aerial photography is a very difficult form of photography. People have always been fascinated by the images taken from the sky, as they offer us a different and sometimes impressive perspective of the things we have on earth. Aerial photography refers to the technique of capturing photographs of the land from an elevated location. Usually, [...]
People and Portrait Photography
People have always been an interesting subject in photography. Every person is different from the others. Photographing people will allow you to capture the expressions or feelings they have in a particular moment, and as it’s said, a photograph is worth a thousand words. Through working on your composition and showing the context of the [...]
A new DSLR from Nikon, the D7000
A few days ago Nikon announced a new DSLR, the D7000. There were a lot of rumors about this new camera and it is a highly anticipated release, as the new D7000 will replace in the near future the D90, one of Nikon’s best selling DSLRs. After Nikon changed its entry-level DSLRs and released the [...]
Depth of Field in Photography
You probably remember seeing photographs where a close subject is very clear and sharp (in focus) while the rest of the background is very blurry (out of focus). Or, photographs where both the close subject, let’s say a flower, and the background which can be some far trees, are clear in the image and in [...]
How to Make Panoramic Photography
Panoramic Photography Sometimes a photograph can’t capture everything we want from an image as the frame of the camera we use has its limitations. To overcome this, photographers adopted different techniques to create an image with a larger field of view. By doing this, a new type of photography appeared, in the form of panoramic [...]
A Beginner’s Guide to Astrophotography -part 2
Astrophotography is a type of photography that is aimed at recording images of the night sky and of astronomical objects. In the article “first part of the article”, we discussed how to take astrophotography images using only a camera and a tripod. In this second part of the article, we will discuss astrophotography with the [...]
How To Take Great Photographs While You Travel
Travel photography When you travel, if you either go for a vacation or just for business reasons, you can come across interesting places and people, and if you’re carrying a camera, those could turn into great memories. If you like photographing the places where you go, you may tend to overdo it and to photograph [...]
How To Take Great Concert Photographs
Concert photography Taking a great concert photographs is not so difficult. If you like live music and photography you’ll find that those two blend perfectly in the form of concert photography. It is one of the most difficult types of photography, but it is also one of the most rewarding ones. Photographing at concerts will [...]
