Shooting long exposure photography is one of my favorite things to do with a camera. It gives you the ability to capture something in an image that separates it from 99 percent of the images flooding the internet as it is something that can’t be done without the right knowledge and equipment. A long exposure …
25 Tips for Shooting a Music Festival
Photographing a music festival is one of the best experiences you can have as a gig photographer. The opportunity to shoot a variety of artists in one location can be hugely rewarding and great for your portfolio. However, the days are long and demanding, and the schedule relentless. In this article, I share with you …
Introduction to Shutter Speed: Easy explanation and examples
Setting the shutter speed on your camera is really simple, and it will teach you how to capture crystal clear photos even when there is fast action in the scene. Knowing how to use the shutter speed properly also helps photographers to make creative long exposure shots. Simply put, the shutter speed is the length …
How to Take an iPhone Photo with the Sun in the Background
Follow these tips on how to take an iPhone photo with the sun in the background and you just might want to make shooting into the sun your new rule.
Long Exposure Noise Reduction: What It Is and How to Use It
As a night sky photographer, I spend much of my time pushing my camera sensor to its limits by shooting at very high ISO settings and/or capturing exposures ranging anywhere from a few seconds to ten minutes or more. With these long exposures, especially when shot at high ISO settings, the potential exists for the …
ISO in Photography: Know the correct setting for any picture
The ISO is one of the first settings that a new photographer learns to set on their camera. Without the ISO, you would be very limited in the lighting conditions you could take pictures in. I’ll do my best to explain the concept simply and directly at first, and then we’ll add in lots of …
10 Sure-Fire Drone Photography Composition Tips
“Composition IS the masterpiece, lighting is the mood, technique is just the presentation” – Jim Harmer Flying drones, and drone photography are alot of fun, and taking the world by storm. There is no doubt about it, it’s great to take your drone out and just fly it. But we’re Photographers, right? Our purpose for …
13 Photography Mistakes I Wish I Could Undo
Photography has been my hobby for the last 10 years, give or take a few months. In the last 2 years I started my own business and shoot professionally (part time) as a real estate photographer. I am nowhere near perfect and I’ve had some incredible set backs. Today we’ll go over 13 mistakes I’ve …
S1 and S2 Modes on a Flash: What’s the difference?
Flash photography can be quite daunting but once learnt, can provide an edge to your photography and give amazing professional looking results. Shooting in TTL, S1 and S2 modes or using a trigger, once the basics of flash photography are understood, it can be very simple to really make a step change in your photography. …
1, 2, & 3 Point Compositions in Real Estate Photography
Real estate, architectural, and interior photography draw a lot of their compositional guidelines from drawn art. Think back to your 7th grade art class where you learned about vanishing points. This is the point at which all parallel lines meet on the horizon. This stems from what we actually see in real life: things get …
10 Reasons to Print at Home Instead of Using a Lab
For many people, the posting of their photographs to social media is the final step in the image creation process. When people do want a print they will often send it to a lab and have a professional take care of it. So is printing at home a dying art? I would say no and …
ETTR, ETTL and ISO Invariance: Which is Right for You?
In any type of photography, getting the right exposure is important. But, is the best exposure one where the histogram is evenly spread out like a bell curve, one where it leans towards the right (ETTR) or to the left (ETTL)or do modern sensors make it all meaningless through ISO invariance? If you’ve been around …