Met Exclusive: Jason Lee's 10 Creative Kids Photography Tips As a trendspotting and inspiration site, My Modern Met has seen creative work go viral. Who holds the top spot? Which post is our all-time most visited? That title would belong to Jason Lee. A Father Who Creatively Captures His Kid has been seen over a million times in eight months. Since its been featured, it has been one of our top 10 posts of the day for every single day . The answer is simple: It connects with us and it inspires us. Jason started putting up pictures of his two daughters back in 2006 when his mother was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. Take a look at his photos and you can't help but be inspired to want to pick up your camera and shoot away at your son, daughter, niece or nephew. We've kept in touch with the photographer and today, we present to you, some of Jason's exclusive tips on how you can take creative kids photography, too. So now, without further, ado...here's Jason. Thanks, Alice... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Jason Lee's website and Flickr page
Breathtaking Long Exposure Photography and How to Capture It As you know, our first free e-Book was launched and so we were all, including me, busy making Photoshop resources. Thanks to you, the e-Book has met with a landmark success. Now I am free to focus on the other subjects as well. For today, I chose a form of trick photography. So after many weeks, here’s a super tutorial for learning Long Exposure Photography. As the name suggests, long exposure photo is when the camera’s image sensor was exposed to light for a longer period of time than usual. Examples Niagara Falls Exposure: 30 Seconds Image by John A Ryan Light House Exposure: 114 Seconds Image by MumbleyJoe (Tyler) Fireworks Exposure: 10 Seconds Image by Express Monorail Sky ways Exposure: 1 Hour Image by c@rljones Spinning Wheel Exposure: 20 Seconds Image by Sara Heinrichs (awfulsara) Waterfalls Exposure: 2-5 Minutes Image by Dene’ (Seattle) Miles Speed Exposure: 5-10 Seconds Image by Patrick Smith Photography Use of This Effect Taking the Shot Also try to capture a shot which I always wanted to. Extra Tips
Everything you need to know about buying a camera 184inShare Jump To Close By David Pierce and Vlad Savov Cameras are everywhere. Camera companies don’t exactly make life easy, either. Sticky TOC engaged! A guide to this guide As with our smartphone buyer’s guide, you should be careful not to treat this as a definitive dictum on what to buy. Basics of photography Basics of photography Every camera, from the tiny webcam embedded in your laptop to the full-frame pro cameras built by Nikon and Canon, operates under the same set of basic principles. The most common technique for making this recording is by channelling light through a lens onto a photosensitive material that soaks it up and turns it into an image. Since light is the only information your camera collects, it should come as no surprise that well-lit scenes typically come out looking sharper and nicer than dark and moody shots illuminated only by a streetlight — more light just gives you more information to work with. The key settings The key settings Other features that matter
My Modern Metropolis Camera Exposure: Aperture, ISO &Shutter Speed A photograph's exposure determines how light or dark an image will appear when it's been captured by your camera. Believe it or not, this is determined by just three camera settings: aperture, ISO and shutter speed (the "exposure triangle"). Mastering their use is an essential part of developing an intuition for photography. Achieving the correct exposure is a lot like collecting rain in a bucket. In photography, the exposure settings of aperture, shutter speed and ISO speed are analogous to the width, time and quantity discussed above. Each setting controls exposure differently: Aperture: controls the area over which light can enter your cameraShutter speed: controls the duration of the exposureISO speed: controls the sensitivity of your camera's sensor to a given amount of light One can therefore use many combinations of the above three settings to achieve the same exposure. By the Numbers. How it Appears. Slow Shutter Speed Fast Shutter Speed By the Numbers. How it Appears.
15 Tips for Low Light Landscape Photography A Post By: Natalie Denton (nee Johnson) Capturing scenes in low light remains one of the most challenging aspects of photography, yet the results when executed well can be truly captivating. Whether it’s an energetic cityscape or ethereal seascape the possibilities are endless. Here are a few essentials points to consider before you begin. It’s a good idea to formulate a plan of attack before the twilight hour so scout out a position while there is another available light and grab a few set up shots to make sure your scene works and will be free from distracting objects. Cityscapes are best viewed from a distance, whereas seascapes are more dramatic nearer to the shoreline. Image by V31S70 So start by setting your camera upon a solid tripod and switching the unit to manual or shutter priority if you are wish. Image by kern.justin Image by Paco CT Incorporate a foreground element to add interest, scale and to help contextualise the piece. Read more from our category Most Popular 12657 Shares
Stolen Camera Finder - find your photos, find your camera ALTFoto Top 10 Photography Hacks "Magic Lantern turns Canon DSLRs with video capabilities into near-professional video cameras." No, it does not. It's nice to have the lenses and the ability, but a single sensor Video camera is very far from a pro video camera. DSLR's are great for the slow motion no moving shots, if you need to get artsey with your 55mm prime, they are great! if you need to videotape a car race, news event, sports event, they completely suck. It's a great example of why a single sensor is not used in professional or even prosumer video cameras. Plus handheld, the optical IS system in my Canon video camera beats the IS in any of my canon DSLR lenses hands down. Finally, DSLR's cant record for 1 hour straight.
12 Essential Photoshop Skills Every Photographer Should Know (With Video) “…If you’re saying in your head, ‘Oh, I’ll just fix that later in Photoshop,” stop what you’re doing and slap yourself as hard as you can.” –Zack Arias If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while, you know that I’m a huge proponent of getting it right in the camera. One of the beautiful things about Photoshop is that there seem to be at least five or six different ways of accomplishing just about everything. Cropping While most of us think about cropping only in terms of preparing an image for print or web display, the truth is that the crop tool can be invaluable when it comes to either correcting or creating an entirely new composition. Brightness & Contrast Brightness and contrast adjustments can be a valuable tool in finding and correcting flaws in exposure. Curves & Levels As long as we’re on the subject, curves and levels are basically a more advanced approach to brightness and contrast. Saturation Working With Layers Sharpening Cloning and Healing Content Aware Fill Color Balance Wrap-Up
Essence of Bellingham - City of Bellingham, WA Each year, the City of Bellingham and the Whatcom Museum sponsor the "Essence of Bellingham" photography competition. Digital or scanned entries gathered over the previous year that capture the "essence" of Bellingham are showcased and added to a collection documenting Bellingham and the diverse nature of life in our city and county. Entries may appear in Whatcom Museum and City of Bellingham publications and in various places such as print, TV, and the Internet. Background As we transition from film to digital cameras in our society, there are countless images being created digitally. This competition aims to help preserve these images before they are lost. Eligibility All residents of Whatcom County are eligible to participate with the exception of those called upon to jury the competition. Jury Criteria A jury comprised of representatives from the Whatcom Museum, professional art community, and City of Bellingham staff will evaluate all eligible submissions received by the deadline.
Captured: The Ruins of Detroit | Plog — World news photography, Photos Posted Feb 07, 2011 Share This Gallery inShare850 Up and down Detroit’s streets, buildings stand abandoned and in ruin. French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre set out to document the decline of an American city. Their book “The Ruins of Detroit“, a document of decaying buildings frozen in time, was published in December 2010. From the photographers’ website: Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension. The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at some point, the volatile result of change of era and the fall of empires. Photography appeared to us as a modest way to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state. William Livingstone House # Michigan Central Station # Atrium, Farwell Building # 18th floor dentist cabinet, David Broderick Tower # Bagley-Clifford Office of the National Bank of Detroit # Ballroom, American Hotel # Melted clock, Cass Technical High School # Detroit?