Photography Tips & Tutorials

10 Tips for Taking Great Cityscape Photos

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Cities are not only home to many people’s homes, businesses and offices but they also full of energy, power and vitality. There are many things that make a city great and capturing the true essence of a city in one single photograph is a very hard thing to do. The main thing that encapsulates and defines a city can actually differ depending on the time of the day and even the season. During the morning cities can look peaceful and calm, whilst during the evening or nighttime they can come alive with activity and purpose. A really good city photograph not only shows off the majestic buildings in the heart of the city centre, but should also showcase some of the more enthralling aspects and delights that day to day city life has to offer.

Composition in Photography

Monday, August 30th, 2010

In this article, I will cover a core concept in photography that is neglected by a surprising amount of photographers. Photography is a wonderful mixture of science and art. The science part can be intriguing and is an important aspect but not the whole of it. Techniques like depth-of-field control, slow shutter speed effects or motion freeze are all interesting but they only compliment one of the core concepts of photography which is closer to art: composition.

How to Use Light Reflectors in Photography

Monday, August 30th, 2010

When shadows plague your shot, there are essentially two solutions; add more lights or redirect the light you already have available. Common areas that are effected by shadows in portraits may include the areas beneath a subject’s facial areas, such as beneath the eyes, nose and chin. Reflectors are used by bouncing the available light and filling the shadows with highlights. It is best to use an assistant to manipulate the reflector to bounce the light which is inversely proportional to the photographer’s position. In other words, if the photographer is shooting from a low angle, then the reflector should concentrate on reflecting the light down.

Wedding Photography – A Guide To Photojournalism Book Review

Friday, August 27th, 2010

The photo-journalistic style of wedding photography is becoming more popular and heavily sought after by couples. Award-winning wedding photojournalist Kerry Morgan has put together an excellent book that seems to cover all the bases of the wedding photography. Not only is it a great read, it contains hundreds of excellent example photos to spur your creativity and guide you through a typical wedding day. Documentary wedding photography is about capturing the day, as the events unfold with minimal interference or instruction from the photographer.

How to Choose the Correct Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

What is your camera assuming about the importance of the background in P Mode so it can decide whether or not to blur the background? Your camera generally has no idea about what’s in the background. Depending on the model, a camera may have thousands of images of scenes, and the ideal shutter speed and aperture for each of those scenes, stored in its memory and will try to match your scene with its memory so it can then impose the ideal shutter speed and aperture. This ‘memory’ approach can never match what you know about the scene.

How to Change the Background of a Photo

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This tutorial is to help you learn how to change the background of a photo to something more interesting if you choose. There are many ways of getting this done, but this technique is probably one of the easiest and most effective.

Photography Exposure Basics

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Exposure is the amount of light collected by the sensor in your camera during a single picture. If the shot is exposed too long the photograph will be washed out. If the shot is exposed too short the photograph will appear too dark. Almost all cameras today have light meters which measure

Areas of Color in Black and White Photos

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This tutorial is to help you learn how to make certain spots color after you have converted a color photo to black and white.

Photography Poses – The Missing Ingredient

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

There are two categories of general advice which applies, regardless of whether you’re using a digital camera to take family portrait poses, baby pictures, pet portraits, group pictures, funny photos, or even maternity portraits.

How to Increase the Size of a Photo in Photoshop

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

This tutorial is to help you learn how to blow-up or enlarge a picture. You might wish to do this to make a bigger print or for numerous other reasons. Photoshop does a pretty good job but you will still lose a bit of sharpness depending on how much larger you make the