10 Tricks You Didn't Know Your Camera Could Do (and How to Make Them Happen)
Welcome to Time Out with Tanya, where I’ve put my fast paced graphic design career on hold in favor of adventures in motherhood. I’m capturing every moment on camera and you can come along, if you’d like. Sign up for my weekly email here so you’ll never miss a Time Out. Zach Sutton’s informative article, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Camera, on Tuts+ caught my eye last week. 1. Bracketing is a function I used to use in my old film days when I wasn’t quite sure which shutter speed to use for a proper exposure. 2. I recently started using back button focus and, while it took a couple weeks to get used to, I’m now wondering how I ever got along without it! 3. I shoot primarily in the RAW format, so I never really paid much attention to the picture style options on my Canon 5D Mark III. 4. The In-Camera HDR function in newer DSLRs is designed to save you some post processing time when creating HDR images. 5. This is another function harkening back to film photography. 6. 7. 8. 9.
50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Photography Skills - Smashing Magazine
Advertisement Photography is a wonderful hobby enjoyed by lots of people all over the world. It’s a very enjoyable passtime, but also a very technical one. With this in mind we’ve put together a list of over 50 free resources that will be useful to anyone involved in photography. We’ve divided these websites into categories for easy reference, but please bear in mind that many of these websites deal with more than topic. Beginner’s Zone These websites are an excellent place to start for beginners. Digital Photography School1 Very comprehensive photography resource. Photodoto2 Click on the Photography 101 link for an excellent set of articles for beginners. About.com: Photography3 Photography articles and techniques from the team at About.com. Inspiration The EOScars4 More and more digital SLRs are coming with a movie recording mode. Photography Now5 Portfolios from past masters and contemporary greats. World Press Photo6 Anyone interested in photojournalism needs to check out this website.
Namexif: Rename EXIF Photos
Description Namexif is a tool to automatically rename photos with the date they were shot. Digital cameras have their own clock and record the date to each photos with a precision of a second. Since the date and time is recorded for each photos (provided it is an EXIF compliant digital camera), Namexif is able to rename these photos according to the date. Renaming photos so will: make chronological order same as alphabetical one, set a unique name to your photos, synchronize photos from same event but taken from different digital cameras Download Version: 1.7 Size: 442 Kb (less than 1Mb) System Requirement: Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, Vista, 7, 8 Why does the name start with the year? Namexif renames photos starting with the year, then month, day, hour, minute, second. What if two or more pictures have the same EXIF date? This can happen if, for example, your camera has a high speed shooting mode. What if I select photos which have no EXIF data? What is the shift time by option? Questions?
13 of America's most photogenic places
By Marnie Hunter, CNN updated 4:28 PM EDT, Wed August 27, 2014 Get to Arizona's Antelope Canyon when the sun is at its highest, travel photographer Gary Arndt says, to see this light streaming through the slot canyon. Utah's Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, which is part of the Navajo Nation's parks and recreation system, has been a backdrop for countless Western movies. The most popular national park in the United States, Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosted more than 9 million visitors in 2013. Chicago's Millennium Park features cutting edge architecture and art, including Cloud Gate, shown here, which is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work in the United States. Skagway in Alaska was the starting point for the Klondike gold rush, which is why it swells in the summer months with cruise ship passengers. Everglades National Park in Florida is the largest protected wilderness area east of the Mississippi River. Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona Monument Valley, Utah
Top 10 Most Viewed Pages on StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is one of the highest traffic generating social networks for websites, and for good reason. When a user gives a page their thumbs up, they open the door to that page getting hundreds upon thousands of visitors in a fury. So what kind of content does well on StumbleUpon? Let’s find out by looking at a sample of the 10 most popular viewed pages in StumbleUpon. Be prepared to have your funny bone tickled and your skills tested! 10. Don’t worry animal lovers – no sheep are harmed in this test! This game, originally discovered on March 7, 2005 in Online Games, has been reviewed 1,649 times. StumbleUpon Page | Original Page 9. If you like optical illusions, you’re going to love sidewalk chalk guy. This page, originally discovered on July 16, 2004 in Arts, has been reviewed 2,512 times. StumbleUpon Page | Original Page 8. Want to know the pain that travel agents go through in their careers? This page, originally discovered on May 6, 2004 in Humor, has been reviewed 1,390 times. 7. 6. 5.
Divine Composition With Fibonacci’s Ratio (The Rule of Thirds on Steroids)
Are you a stickler for little details? Well, if you’re a photographer, you had better be. Discovering the rule of thirds is a big milestone for any photographer. Suddenly, you realize that all you ever did before was center your subject right smack dab in the middle of the frame, because that’s where the camera’s focus grid is located. Makes sense right? Enter Fibonacci’s Ratio… Also known as the Golden Mean, Phi, or Divine Proportion, this law was made famous by Leonardo Fibonacci around 1200 A.D. Since the Renaissance, artists and architects have designed their work to approximate this ratio of 1:1.618. This ratio can be used in many ways to compose a photograph. Video 1: Natures Number: 1.618 Video 2: Nature by Numbers Video 3: Golden Ratio Ok, hopefully that made things a bit more clear? In the above example, I placed the slightly more dominant eye of the horse on one of the Phi intersections. This one is slightly different. Conclusion
How to: Bird photography, Birding tips and tricks
Cattle Egret in flight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, 19 point AF, ISO 400, 1/6400s, f/5.6, Philippines. Cormorants fight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 200mm 2.8L II USM, Single point AF, ISO 200, 1/2500s, f/5.0, Spain. Cormorant in flight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 200mm 2.8L II USM, 19 point AF, ISO 100, 1/1000s, f/5.6, Spain. Long tail tits, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, Single point AF, ISO 800, 1/640s, f/5.6, Russia. Blackcap at the nest, Canon 7D, Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L II IS USM, Single point AF, 170mm, 1/50s, f/4, ISO 400, Canon EF 25mm extension tube. Blue tit in snow, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, Single point AF, ISO 1600, 1/100s, f/5.6, Russia. Male Reed Bunting with prey, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, single point AF, ISO 400, 1/1000s, f/5.6, Russia. Swallow in flight, Canon 7D, Canon EF 400mm 5.6L USM, 19 point AF, ISO 200, 1/2000s, f/5.6, Russia. Black kite attack , Canon 40D, Canon EF 200mm 2.8L II USM, 1/1250s, f/4, ISO 100, India
55 incredible examples of photo manipulation
We present collection of 55 incredible examples of photo manipulation. Some of them... you may know already, but another ones... could be new for you. What I'm sure about... all of them are simply worth of your attention.
Camera Shooting Modes - How to Understand the Camera Shooting Modes on Your DSLR
Understanding camera shooting modes can make a real difference to the quality of your images. Here is a guide to the five main shooting modes on your DSLR, and an explanation of what each mode does to your camera. To start with, you'll need to locate the dial on the top of your camera, with letters written on it. This dial will always include, at the very minimum, these four letters -- P, A (or AV), S (or TV), and M. There will also be a fifth mode entitled "Auto". Auto Mode.
