John Shaw’s Landscape Photography
John Shaw. Amphoto Books 1994, Paperback, 144 pages, $12.48
From grand vistas to intimate woodland glades, landscapes are extremely popular photography subjects. Many people, however, overlook the importance of good technique, believing that exotic locations and expensive lenses create fantastic pictures. As John Shaw shows in this gorgeous book, expertise as a landscape photographer results form [...]
June 2nd, 2008 | 1 comment | Continued
Understanding Exposure
Bryan Peterson. Amphoto Books 2004, Paperback, 160 pages, $15.34
For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared, multiple [...]
May 26th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
Those Canon commercials on the radio touting how easy it is to get shots like the professionals, if you buy a Rebel XTi have been effective, face it. So you’ve gone out and bought a digital single lens reflex camera. Now read the owner’s manual from front to back. But really who [...]
May 25th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
Ever wonder why some photos have a yellow or blue color cast? Why did this happen? Well it has to do with how your camera sees colors in a scene. Correct white balance is one of those technical aspects of photography that is often overlooked or misunderstood. But it can have a great impact on [...]
May 11th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
Excellent composition is a key structure of good imagery and when done well will add great value to your pictures. Regardless of which type of photography we participate in, the rules of composition remain the same.
Good composition is required in all types of photography -
Here are a few tips which you may find practical.
The general purpose of under water photography is to bring sea life to the surface. Most people are curious about what lives underwater and what actually goes on beneath the ocean surface. Underwater photographers make it their mission to capture this hidden world on camera and bring to those people who will never get a [...]
May 7th, 2008 | 1 comment | Continued
One thing that many newcomers to digital photography find most challenging is getting the correct exposure for their digital photos. This can also be challenging for more experienced photographers. One of the great things about digital photography is that digital photography lets us use PhotoShop and other photo editing software to make corrections after the [...]
May 6th, 2008 | 0 comments | Continued
It seems a simple concept: make sure the thing you’re taking a photo of is sharp. But there is much more to the simple act of focusing on your subject. Used selectively, focus is a great tool for getting your message across within an image.
-Story telling-
Whether you are taking snaps of your kids at the [...]
