The Natural Light Cycle for Photographers Natural light is what landscape photography is made of. Other forms of photography rely heavily on flash, but most landscapes rely entirely on the sun’s rays as their light source. That natural light from the sun is changing every second of the day. A picture taken at 9:00 a.m. will look fundamentally different than picture taken at 7:00 a.m., even if it is a picture of the exact same subject, from the exact same angle, using the exact same camera settings and focal length. Therefore, understanding these changes that occur throughout the day is critical to improving your landscape photography. These changes in natural light don’t just affect the overall lighting and exposure level of your photos, but also things like color and contrast. Morning Let’s start with the morning. Some of the best photo opportunities occur before the sun is up. But with that hurdle overcome, there are distinct advantages to shooting before the sun comes up. Twilight Blue Hour Sunrise After sunrise Afternoon Evening
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10 camera techniques every beginner photographer should learn While it can take years to master the camera techniques you need to take amazing images, whatever your skill level and whatever you choose to shoot, it often pays to keep things simple. To help you along we’ve put together 10 essential camera techniques every photographer should master. We’ll start with taking control of focus then move on to using features like exposure compensation, white balance and more. From focusing and photo composition to white balance and lighting, this straightforward guide should cement your basic shooting skills, rid you of bad photo habits, and leave you to concentrate on simply getting better images. When trying out these techniques it’s often recognising what could go wrong that will help you avoid making the same mistakes over and over again. So with that in mind, we’ve also included handy examples of common problems and mistakes that can happen to anyone, whatever their experience, and how best to correct them. Get white balance accurate every time 1. 2. 3.
Don't Be Afraid of Manual Focus If you’re a beginner in the wonderful world of photography, if you’ve never used an older film camera, or a combination of both, you might be unfamiliar with the workings of manual focus. Even if you are, you may not have thought about how you would use it in real-world situations. Fortunately as DSLR owners, we have the best of both worlds between manual and automatic focusing; we have a choice as to how we decide the subject of our photo, and other points that aren’t as important. But keep in mind, you’re not learning manual focus as a replacement for automatic focus, you’re learning it as a compliment. While modern DSLR’s and their lenses have varying degrees of complexity for automatically focusing on a specific point within a scene, film cameras before them relied on a manual system to focus. You might think, why would I want to do it any other way? There are a few reasons, in fact, but first, let’s cover how to use manual focus in the first place. How to manually focus your camera
How to enable RAW image support in Windows XP, Vista and 7 - ins Most digital cameras today support the RAW image format. Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t. RAW images cannot be viewed in Windows image viewer or Windows Live Photo Gallery, and Explorer doesn’t show thumbnails of RAW images. Thankfully, the Windows Imaging Component for Vista and 7 makes it possible for 3rd party tools to add support for RAW image formats to Windows, complete with thumbnails in Explorer. FastPictureViewer WIC RAW Codec Pack is such a third party platform that brings support for more than 20 different RAW image formats to Windows. The codec pack currently supports the TGA raster image format along with the 20 raw image formats from more than 13 camera manufacturers, covering about 300 camera models. FastPictureViewer WIC RAW Codec Pack supports both 32 and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3. To enable thumbnail support for other image formats not natively supported in Windows XP, you can use ThumbView.
Akvaforum.no - Akvarieforum, akvarium og akvariefisk Photography Tips for Beginners If you are just starting out in photography and you don’t know where to begin, or perhaps you have been taking pictures with your camera for a while and want to improve your shooting skills, the collection of material compiled in this article will not only help you in building up your photography knowledge, but also assist in advancing you to the next level. On this page, you will find everything from basic photography tips for beginners all the way to more advanced techniques and tutorials to help you grow and get the best out of your equipment. Let’s start out with the essentials. 1) Know Your Camera Before you start learning about photography, you should first get accustomed to your camera, so that you can find the relevant camera settings when we go over them further down in the article. If your primary camera is a DSLR, it does not hurt to know what a DSLR is and how it works. 2) Buying a Camera Want to put together a great camera kit? 3) Learn Photography Basics 8.1) Lens Filters
How to Shoot a Star Trails Selfie There are times when planning and patience can result in a killer shot. This nighttime star trails selfie (above) that I captured in the Canadian Rockies was one of those times. I’d planned to shoot star trails over Mount Rundle and the town of Banff, Alberta while hopefully capturing reflections in Vermillion Lake, surrounded by melting ice. My initial vision was for a completely cloudless sky, but the small yet persistent low clouds ended up adding an ethereal quality to the shot I hadn’t expected. When I looked back at my first 30 second exposure, I knew right away that this shot had some potential. I’d like to share with you exactly how I shot and processed this image so that you too can try your hand at star trails, and maybe even a selfie like I did. Required Gear Capturing the Shot Step 1 – Location and conditions In this case, my location was already set because I wanted Mount Rundle to be central in the composition. Step 2 – Composing the shot The Sony Timelapse App
Tips for Getting Proper Exposure for Night Photography Exposure settings for this shot: Shutter speed of 4 seconds; aperture at f/5.6; ISO 400. Night photography can be much more rewarding than photography during the day. Because everything looks different at night, you don’t need to go somewhere exotic to get great pictures. The main challenge when photographing at night is getting a proper exposure. The principles of exposure work the same way at night as during the day – you will just need a lot more time to allow light into your camera. Exposure settings for this shot: Shutter speed of 4 seconds; aperture at f/11; ISO 400. # 1. The first tip is to make sure you are shooting in Manual mode. When shooting at night, your camera will be on a tripod and you will be working slowly. #2. Manual mode only works for exposures up to 30 seconds. In Bulb mode, the shutter stays open as long as you hold the shutter button down. With Bulb mode you can make your exposure several minutes long. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7. #8. #9. Exposing at Night
Beginners Tips for Night Sky and Star Photography Star Photography My favorite type of personal photography is taking night shots of the stars (long exposure pictures). I am often busy shooting pictures of people at weddings, or apartments, or models, and it’s important for me to make sure I take pictures for fun regularly. Taking pictures for no one other than myself is highly rewarding, soul filling, and fun! I also love taking travel photos and HDR photos, in this article we will take a close look at exactly how you can take your own epic star photographs. 30 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 1250 What you need to take jaw-dropping pictures of stars To take your star pictures, you only need three things: a full-frame camera (for better ISO capabilities)a fisheye lens (for the widest view of the sky)a tripod (for stability during 15 second photos) (Note: You can do this with a cropped sensor camera, without a tripod, and without a fisheye lens. 25 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 1600 Camera settings 13.0 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 1600 Why to use these settings
A Guide to Architectural Photography Architecture surrounds us every day, and is a very popular photography subject. Follow this guide to help you take some stunning architectural shots. Architecture is a broad subject, encompassing everything from skyscrapers to shacks. Virtually everywhere we go, we are surrounded by some sort of architecture on a daily basis. Because of this, it should come as no surprise that architecture is such a popular subject in photography. Despite its diversity, there are a number of principles and techniques which can be applies to most situations. With practice, you'll develop your eye for architecture photography. Old Architecture When photographing old architecture, a straightforward and simple composition usually works best, showing the natural beauty and elegance of the building. A simple composition gives a stately feel to older buildings. Modern Architecture When photographing modern architecture you can get away with using a much more modern, abstract style. Lighting Shoot at Night
Luminosity Masks for Black and White | Good Light Journal Being mostly a Nature photographer producing color images, I occasionally get questions about the applicability of luminosity masks to other genres such as portraits, wildlife, autos, and black and white. I always respond that luminosity masks work equally well on any continuous-tone image regardless of the subject. Luminosity masks select specific tonal ranges in the image, and since all photographs are composed of tones, they all can use luminosity masks to adjust these tones. It’s just a matter of finding a way to select the desired tones and then making the necessary adjustment. Along this line, I thought I’d provide examples of a few adjustments from a recently developed black and white image. The before image (straight RAW conversion with no adjustments) is shown below. I did a basic conversion to black and white in Adobe Camera Raw and then brought the image into Photoshop where I did the rest of the processing with luminosity masks. The “Dodge” layer is reproduced below.