Aside from the camera, a photographer’s arsenal includes a variety of equipment used for effect or to just make things easier when setting up a photo shoot. Many photo accessories are quite expensive or hard to get, but the good news is that you can also make use of ordinary materials lying around your house… Continue reading Ordinary Materials You Can Use as Photo Accessories
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Lens Flare: How to Reduce or Avoid It?
What is Lens Flare? Veiling glare, or most commonly known as Lens Flare is an optical occurrence most of us experience especially when shooting outdoors on a sunny day. Lens Flare occurs when intense light enters the camera lens and hits the digital sensor. This occurrence is common when you are shooting outdoors or shooting… Continue reading Lens Flare: How to Reduce or Avoid It?
Beautiful Examples of Photography in Green
Green is a very nice and popular color that is mostly associated with nature and harmony and is often used to symbolize balance. Today I have collected some beautiful examples of photography in green. If you like the color green I am sure you will love the following examples.
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… Continue reading An interview with Cristian Tzecu about photography on expeditions
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… Continue reading Tricks Used in Food Photography
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… Continue reading Creative Examples of Silhouette Photography
The Impact of Depth of Field in Your Shots
One of the most ignored, yet useful tools in photography is depth of field. It serves many purposes, all of which can make your shot more appealing. Simply put, depth of field is the distance of the image area that remains relatively sharp. Depth of field can be “shallow” or “deep” depending on how much… Continue reading The Impact of Depth of Field in Your Shots
Using Ordinary Objects to Create Interesting Photos
Objects that we see and use every day may appear commonplace and boring, and we often cannot imagine how they could be the focus of interesting photos. Paper clips, stones, grass, keys, clothespins and the like are usually thought of as ordinary, and seldom do they end up as the main subjects in photographs. In… Continue reading Using Ordinary Objects to Create Interesting Photos
Playing with Shutter Speed
In photography, one of the three exposure settings is shutter speed, which dictates the length of time that the camera shutter is left open. By experimenting with the different speeds, you can create various kinds of interesting results. Slow shutter speeds allow more light to pass through to the image sensor (if it is a… Continue reading Playing with Shutter Speed
Camera Shake — Avoiding a Basic Problem
Camera shake, a common cause of blurred pictures, is such a basic problem in photography that many solutions and tips have been written to avoid it. Even camera and lens makers have pitched in to help solve this problem by installing stabilizing mechanisms into their cameras and lenses to offset unwanted hand and body movements.… Continue reading Camera Shake — Avoiding a Basic Problem