High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography has recently captured my fancy. I’ve been looking at some wonderfully talented photographers experimenting with HDR, and I’ve recently completed reading The HDRI Handbook by Christian Bloch. Intrigued, I decided to attempt some HDR images with my photos.
August 12th, 2008 | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "basics to digital photography"
Beginning in Photography - Shooting in Low Light
Shooting in low light can produce some stunning results. Colors are richer in the early and late hours of the day, and subjects such as buildings that are dull and uninteresting during daytime take on an entirely new persona lit up at night. This article looks at some techniques for making the most of low [...]
August 11th, 2008 | 2 comments | Continued
Beginning in Photography - Tripod - Friend or Foe?
They’re heavy, expensive, conspicuous, take time to set up and take apart again. In short, tripods are a nuisance. And in this age of digital cameras, we can always increase the ISO sensitivity to accommodate a low light situation. So why bother with one at all? Let’s look at some of the advantages of using [...]
August 6th, 2008 | 1 comment | Continued
Get the Perfect Exposure - Every Time!
Did you ever get back a fresh batch of film, only to be disappointed in finding out that you got back wash-out boring images.
The problem is that you didn’t expose your film properly.
Whether we use a digital or film camera, we need to be able to calculate exposure properly.
Photography Red Eye
Red eye is a major problem for amateur photographers and occurs when a built-in-flash unit is positioned too close to the camera. This is down to poor design of cheap cameras, but can also happen with the built-in flash units in most SLR cameras.
Red eye is caused by light reflecting back off the retina at [...]
Still-Life Photography
Is still-life photography one of the least exciting areas of photography? This is up to each individual and each individual’s own personal interest, but still-life photography demands a great deal of care and imagination. The rewards for a good still-life photographer can be enormous.
July 24th, 2008 | 2 comments | Continued
Beginning In Photography - Choosing The Right Lens
There is a dizzying array of choices when it comes to choosing lenses for SLR cameras. From wide angle to telephoto, zoom to prime lenses, fish eye, fast lenses, wide aperture lenses, the choice seems to be impossible. It’s not really. What it comes down to is asking yourself a simple question: What do I [...]
July 18th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
Developing Your Photographic Eye
The photographer’s eye is probably his greatest asset, and if you are new to photography it should be one of the first things you learn to understand. Photographers are not born with a creative eye; your eye will develop within time, and in some cases it takes a great deal of time.
Time will vary among [...]
Eye Dominance: Why you should know this as a Photographer
I know what you’re probably thinking… why should I care about Eye Dominance? What’s the big deal, anyway? I never really thought about it either, until I discovered it was the key to my photography woes…
I didn’t get the photography bug until later in my life, 2001 to be exact around my 34th [...]
