Category: Articles & Tutorials
How to Take Great Photos in the Rain
Taking photographs during a rainy weather may not seem a good idea to some, but you can actually take advantage of the bad weather and come up with some interesting compositions. Although it isn’t easy to stay outside and shoot while it rains, you can find that the water from the rain can sometimes contribute [...]
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 [...]
How to Achieve Great Self Portraits
Why would anyone need to make self portraits? Well you don’t have always a model at your hands, and even if you have, you won’t find someone willing to stay long hours in front of your lens while you take your time experimenting and learning. So, who is better than yourself to be the model [...]
A Beginner’s Guide to High Speed Photography
The world is full of motion and moving objects. But, most of the time, those movements are too fast to be perceived by the human eye. Any moving object presents a multitude of possible photographs concealed by speed. High speed photography is the technique that allows us to discover and savor those fleeting moments which [...]
How to Take High Key Photos
High key is a lighting technique which produces images that are bright and not too contrasty. High key photos are characterized by the dominance bright tones and the lack, if not absence, of shadows. The histogram of a high key picture will be condensed on the right side (bright tones) but without loosing too many [...]
The Importance of Framing in Photography
Framing is such a basic photographic notion, that sometimes it’s neglected and not given the worth it deserves. You can have the most sophisticated SLR camera and the best lens, but if you don’t get your framing right you won’t be happy with the photos you get. This article will try to give you some [...]
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, [...]
The Magic of Black and White Photography
Black and white photography has been around for a very long time before the introduction of color film and still persists nowadays. Even in these days of digital technology, many are those who still defend and devote themselves exclusively to black and white photography. The subject will require several books to cover it in its [...]
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 [...]
Tips and Techniques for Taking Group Photos
Group photos are extremely frequent; there is always someone with a camera during a party, ceremony or a family gathering. It’s also very frequent that these photos are ruined by mistakes which can be easily avoided. This article will give you some tips and techniques that will help you succeed in taking great group photos, [...]
