Category: Articles & Tutorials
How to Add Emotion to Photographs
The thing that separates a snapshot from an artistic photograph is the images ability to generate an emotional response in the viewers. To convey feeling a photographer must go beyond the basic laws of composition and develop something more free flowing and emotive. There are several ways a photographer can alter their photography style to [...]
Reasons to Turn off Your Autofocus
Autofocus is not always a reliable option when shooting certain photographs. There are certain situations that give reasons to turn off your autofocus: Contrast levels The camera’s autofocus finds it difficult to focus on plain surfaces and fine textures. This especially applies for cameras that use passive autofocus sytems, which look for contrast or light [...]
How to Train your Photographic Eye to See Creatively
There are photographs that even to the untrained eye are mesmerizing. It does not take a genius or a photographic aficionado to discern that there is something appealing and deeply truthful contained in the image. The untrained eye may not instantly be able to quantify what makes a photograph great, but they can see that [...]
How To Plan And Shoot A Long Term Photography Project
Choosing to undertake a long-term photography project is a clear indication of advanced photography skills and passion. This personal photography task not only calls for interest, but dedication as well. Long-term photography projects can take as long as five, fifteen, to even thirty years. Without dedication, such a project is doomed to fail. When considering [...]
The Secrets of Photographing Sunbursts
What’s more fun and exciting to do when it’s bright and sunny outside than having a picnic, going to the beach, taking a dip into the pool and doing other fun outdoor activities? But for photographers a bright and sunny day is a perfect time to grab their cameras and shoot away. Whether it’s portraits, [...]
The Fascination over Conceptual Photography
Conceptual photography is described as a genre where the photographer attempts to capture an idea or concept in a photo. You have a message or story you are trying to convey through an image and, more often than not, this takes preparation for the shot to be a success. It challenges your creativity and imagination, [...]
Portrait Photography: Tips and Ideas on Choosing Backgrounds
Portrait Photography is one of the most common types of Photography. A good portrait isn’t just composed of a nice subject and good lighting. Sometimes photographers become so preoccupied with their subject that they tend to forget another important element that greatly affects the composition, and sometimes the other way around: they focus too much [...]
How to Crop in Post-Processing to Get the Most Out of Your Shot
When taking pictures, a general rule of thumb is to compose the shot in-camera with the intention of making it as near as how you would want it as the final output. However, when composing, it is ideal to leave a bit of space at the sides as leeway for cropping options. Getting close to [...]
New Year Vacation Photos. Ready?
New Year is almost on the doorstep! A many-hours shopping marathon is over, we’ve already sent gifts to our remote relatives and put presents into socks for our family, we signed hundreds of cards in order not to leave anybody without our attention, cooked a yummy turkey, a lot of salads and many wonderful dulcet [...]
Knowing When to Use a Flash and When to Keep It
Camera flash can be very useful especially when shooting in low light situations. There are two ways to use a flash: on camera and off camera. An on camera flash is the one that’s attached to your camera like the pop-up flash and the speed light attached on the hot shoe. An off camera flash [...]
