Photographing children is difficult, even under the most favorable circumstances. Kids move around a lot. Their expressions aren’t predictable. And trying to coordinate the poses and expressions of several children at once? Well, that’s why aspirin and whiskey were invented. In a studio, with their parents helping, it’s hard. Imagine, then, what it’s like working …
Pre-visualization In Photography
Pre-Visualization: The Most Important Aspect of Photography Photography is very much alive and well today. The equipment we have access to now is far more advanced in comparison to what we had just a few short of years ago. With the dizzying array of choices, many can become distracted from the single most important aspect …
Easy HDR Photography Without Bracketing
Easy HDR photography without bracketing is about using a single image, rather than a set of images to capture more detail in your scene. In a given scene, there may be a desire to capture details in both the very bright and very dark areas of that scene. Modern digital camera systems have come a …
Put this Lens on Your Wish List!
Perhaps you’ll be one of those lucky photographers who’ll open a new camera as a gift this holiday season. Or maybe you’ve decided to buy one for yourself, perhaps as a brand new photographer or maybe as an upgrade to an existing camera. So how much thought have you given to the lens you want …
To Improve Your Photography – Seek Critique!
Most of you reading this article have likely posted your photos online for others to see and offer comments. If on Facebook, almost any decent posted image is bound to get a few “Likes.” You might even get a comment or two, something like “Nice Shot!” If all you’re doing is fishing for compliments and …
Six Questions to Ask at a Photo Exhibit
Everybody knows that you can learn from looking at the work of great photographers. The question is: how? Do you simply absorb knowledge by being in the same room with a bunch of Ansel Adams prints? Or do you have to be more purposeful about it? I wondered about that as I visited an exhibition …
10 ways to Improve your Photography in 2018 – How did I do?
In November of last year I wrote about 10 ideas for improving our photography in 2018. I thought is was worth revisiting this article 12 months on, and seeing how I got on. So how did I get on with my 10 ways to Improve your Photography in 2018? I fear not too well, but …
5 Tips to Save Hard Drive Space and Speed Up Your Computer
I remember back when I had my first digital camera I had a 128mb memory card and I thought that was gigantic. After a wedding or two, I also bought a 75gb external hard drive. Again, I thought that was a huge amount of storage. 10 years later and now I have two 64gb cards …
Don’t Over-Process Your Photo! – 10 Things to Avoid
It is possible to have too much of a good thing. – Aesop (c.620-560 BC) I always find it interesting that we refer to our unprocessed photos as RAW files and the parallels I’m able to draw between the processing and editing of photos and cooking. You start with uncooked ingredients, combine them and cook …
Why do cameras have Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi is such a universal thing these days with everything from mobile phones to kettles connected to Wi-Fi. Yes kettles. Why would you want a kettle connected to Wi-Fi?? What is the worls coming to? Enough about electrical appliances. Why do cameras have Wi-Fi? There are three main uses for Wi-Fi in cameras; To control …
Low Key Photography: Even More Simple!
Last month, I wrote an article on Low Key Photography. The first comment on the article was frustrated with the article, feeling it was too complex. So I want to try and boil down the techniques to exceedingly simple things that you can practice in your home, with or without models/family members/significant others. The aim …
Navigating Your Photo Trip
Since the days of the first explorers, navigation has been all about – Where You Are, Where You Want to Go, and How to Get There. In Part One of this article, we discussed how to find potential photo shoot locations with online tools and then how to create a locations map with Google My …