Capturing the Unseen World with Microscopic Photography
Microscopic photography falls under many names, including “microscope photography”, “micrography”, and “microscopy”. The microscope is primarily a scientific apparatus designed to magnify tiny objects that are usually invisible to the naked eye. Imagine the power of a microscope used to capture images that may never before have been seen by the average person.
An interview with Cristian Tzecu about photography on expeditions
Cristian Tzecu is a man who loves adventure and photography, two aspects that can be seen on his website, momente.ro. In this interview we’ve asked Crisitan Tzecu to share with the Photopoly community some of his experiences and some tips on taking photographs in difficult conditions. Photographers who share the same adventurous spirit as he [...]
Tips on Photographing Museums
Museums are one of the best and most interesting places to visit. More often than not it’s also one of the best places to take that camera out and start taking shots of the things that can be seen inside and outside of the museum. You will never run out of ideas and subjects because [...]
Polishing Your Panning Technique
Sometimes it’s hard enough to get a great shot of a subject that is standing still right in front of you, so imagine the challenge of having to capture a relatively clear photo of a subject that is quickly moving out of your view. The panning technique is an effective way to solve this problem, [...]
Photographing Still life on a Black Background
There are lots of interesting ways of shooting products and still lives. Most product photos I’ve seen were shot on a white background. But some people choose to photograph products and still lives on black. There’s this one exceptional style where the subject in the photograph seems to float on blacks and shadows. Some people [...]
Tricks Used in Food Photography
Good photos of food have the ability to whet our appetite and make us long for a taste of what we see. They trigger hunger pangs and the yummier the food is displayed in the shots, the more we crave for them. It’s no wonder that the food industry spends millions of dollars on print [...]
Creative Examples of Silhouette Photography
Silhouette photography is a creative form of photography which can reflect emotion and drama in a picture. A silhouette is generally defined as an image of a person, an object, or scene, consisting of the outline as well as a featureless interior. The key of taking a nice silhouette picture is choosing a strong subject [...]
The Micro Four Thirds camera
The Micro Four Thirds system was announced in 2008, it’s a standard created by Olympus and Panasonic. Micro Four Thirds camera has characteristics that can be found on compact or point-and-shoot cameras and digital SLRs. It has the size and convenience of a point-and-shoot camera as it is smaller and less bulky compared to digital [...]
Choosing the Best Waterproof Housing for Your Camera
We are being surrounded by beautiful creatures and sceneries, but there’s nothing more beautiful and amazing than experiencing its magnificence and capturing it on camera. One of the most superb things to experience in this world is to see things and creatures that we cannot usually see in our everyday lives, like underwater creatures for [...]
Tips on Shooting Frighteningly Fun Halloween Photos
Halloween is the time of year when the scary, the creepy, and all things dark and dreary are celebrated by people of all ages. Skeletons, pumpkins with faces, cobwebs, and ghosts adorn the houses and everyone gets to play dress up, even their pets. You can find countless opportunities for taking fun shots of your [...]
