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"Photographing wildlife in Africa is a unique experience, but what I discovered about photography when I shot with professional wildlife photographer Gerry van der Walt, director of Wild Eye, and his team in Kenya this past September was surprisingly universal. Whether in the bush or in your own backyard, you can use these six tips anywhere, anytime. " 
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Win the chance to brush up your photography skills and experiment with new techniques as part of the Welshot Imaging Academy Lighting and Photographic Experience in London on 14-15 December. It will cover sunrises and sunsets and offer you the chance to hone your fashion photography, plus guidance from experts including Will Cheung and Eifion Williams.
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Welshot Imaging Academy Lighting and Photographic Experience will be holding a photography workshop this month for all photographers in the UK. If you live in the area and want to improve your photography skills with other like-minded individuals, this is an event worth considering.
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After a number of years harnessing the power of photography in a way that has improved my entire outlook on life, I have wanted nothing more than to encourage other people to do the same. It doesn’t take much, just a little shift of perspective to get you seeing and in turn, shooting the world around you in a whole new light. And I can think of no better time of the year than this month to begin. Here are a few simple ideas to get you focusing on gratitude, one picture at a time.
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Photography is a great way to express your creativity and keep your best memories alive. Whether you're an amateur or pro, you can find a lot of inspiration by simply looking at pictures of moments you captured in the past.
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The city at night is a fantastic place for photography. We explain how the twilight hours are perfect for capturing atmospheric pictures. For great cityscapes you can’t beat shooting at twilight: after the sun has set, but before the darkness falls, there’s still enough natural light to bring out detail, while the city lights will be coming on to create extra colour and interest. Twilight doesn’t last long though, so you’ll need to be in position and set up before the sun sets. For our shoot we headed into the heart of London to photograph St Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge from the Thames Embankment; for a successful twilight cityscape you need to include iconic or interesting buildings or bridges that are illuminated at night. You’ll need a tripod, and optionally an ND filter to stop down the light so you can shoot long exposures. Aside from enabling you to blur water and skies, long exposures have another use: if cars or people are passing through your scene and the exposure is long enough, they won’t appear in the image – you’ll need a shutter speed of between 15 to 30 seconds to achieve this.
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I for one, can't help if I am in a new city and want to capture what I see. And that means, I'm usually out walking around towards twilight. Knowing how to take a mesmerizing, low-light photograph can have it's ups and downs. But remember, rule number one...bring a tripod or set your timer and have your camera sitting still on a flat surface.
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Today we came with very beautiful article about Bokeh in Photography. Although Bokeh simply means Blur. Below we present 15 Useful Tips and 25 Beautiful Examples about Bokeh Photography. The Number of Aperture or Shape of the blades defines the Nature of bokeh. For Example: an 8 Blade diaphragm will produce a Polygonal bokeh. Back-lit Background works great in producing pleasing Bokeh’s. Trying to maintain a equidistant between the camera and the subject comparing to the subject and the Background, will logically produce great results. In Minolta and Sony they manufacture a special lens with smooth trans focus + an apodization filter to create a Pleasing bokeh, making them one of its kind in the Market.
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Bokeh can be a helpful tool to create an etheral environment in your photographs, say you are doing a photoshoot with a friend of yours and you want to make the image a bit softer. Bokeh could easily help make the area surroundings disappear and morph into a varitey of colors in the background. I've also discovered that you can simply make your own Bokeh lens if you want to give it a try.
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SEO Tips for Photographers | Are you a Photographer? Do you have your own Photography blog / website? Do you want to bring your blog / website to the...
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How to make your photos 'discoverable' through search engines
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Sometimes as photographers, we make mistakes without even realizing it. Here is a list of 9 photography mistakes that are easy to make but just as easy to fix! As a photographer, mistakes are a part of life. They help us grow and become better photographers. For example: how many of us have been outside taking photographs and then walked inside, gotten distracted, and forgotten to adjust our settings to the new lighting? Adjusting to changes like this become more automatic with time, but we all make the mistake dozens of times before learning. It teaches us to be aware of our camera all the time when shooting; however, there are some mistakes that take even more time to learn. Lessons that do not have an automatic reminder like we see when we look at the photo on the back of our cameras."
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When it comes to photography, there are the accidents and then there are the mistakes. Something we keep forgetting to do, over and over again.
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"You can enjoy photography as a relaxing hobby and as a way to express your creativity. With so much of life only being seen once, being able to capture moments and then view them at a later time is a wonderful tool for reflection. As the saying goes, “A picture’s worth 1000 words." Above all else, photography is an art form meant to be enjoyed. Use photography to create memories that last a lifetime, reminding you of places you’ve been and people you’ve known. Always have fun taking pictures, and remain enthusiastic to learn new skills."
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I hate using the term the 'average' person. But when it comes to Photography, knowing how an external flash can either help or not help what you are trying to shot, can be beneficial.
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Latest PostsBlog PostsFlickr Jason D. LittleJason Little is a photographer (shooting macros, portraits, candids, and the occasional landscape), part time writer, and full time lover of music.
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"Kodak. Polaroid. Nikon. All names of great cameras from decades past that have enabled the budding professional photographer to produce memories that we can cherish for life. Yet it turned out to be only a matter of time before the photography scene became the latest victim of today’s manic pace of life, and as an attribute to it – express photo editing software."
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One thing that, as a new photographer to the whole digital game. Is the fact that we can get carried away on the newest software. Here is an over all explaination about the pros and cons.
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Impression, Repetition, and Association Are The Keys If there is one great thing about social networking, is the ability to build your brand through social networking. In the case of photography, name recognition is often associated with your photographic style, or identity. This recognition is very important in order to remain competitive and to gain attention to your photographic talent that can lead to a steady stream of clients coming to you for your shooting skills.
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Do you need a few tips on how to build your photography name?
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Chase Jarvis is a well-known name among photographers, especially the Nikonians. Jarvis has shot for some of the biggest names in the corporate world including Apple, Volvo, Nike, Microsoft, Red Bull, Honda, and Polaroid.
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While entertaining, attending concerts and sports events can get pretty expensive, especially if you want good seats for photographing. On top of the expense, many events won’t even allow you to bring a camera.
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September 9, 2013 12:03 PM
Perhaps professional photographers should be the only ones aloud to take photos during a concert. They are usually the ones the get published in newspapers and magazines. They get special permission to take those photos. This might be the only exception in my opinion. |
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"Photographer's often use the term "natural light" to describe any light that's a part of the environment like the sun, street lights or even a fire. In this tutorial, we're going to narrow the definition to light that comes from the sun. Even with this definition, it's also important to understand that natural light comes in different forms, producing a variety of results.Many times light is the reason a photographer will create a picture. Sometimes it's the light, and what it creates, that is the theme of the photograph."
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Taking photos in natural light requires a slightly different technique than taking pictures in artificial light. This comprehensive guide explains the main differences, techniques, and tips for taking good outdoor photos.
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"Photography, if you want to be scientific or academic about it, is the fetishisation or freezing of a moment in time. But aside from the technical - the camera, kit, etc - what makes a particular photograph interesting depends on what you and your viewer’s interests are. We might as well state the obvious at this point: it’s entirely subjective and down to how you view the world, what truths you think apply to it, and what fascinates you. If you like cats and cars (and, goodness, so many people do) then the cuter the cat, the sleeker the car, the better the photograph. To you, at least."
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What makes a good photograph? That's a question that has been the source of debate among several photographers for decades. After all, is there such a thing as a good photograph?
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There are a lot of point and shoot cameras that are waterproof right out of the box, but they usually only safe to a depth of a few feet. However, in most situations, just a foot or two below the surface is plenty for great underwater lifestyle photography. This style of waterproof housing has the advantage of being generic, so that different cameras can be used with different housings. I use an EWA Marine U-BXP100 housing which has a glass port and even has room for an on camera flash. There are also Outex underwater camera housings, which are pretty similar. Hard case underwater camera housings from manufacturers such as Ikelite or Sea&Sea are by far the best quality and easiest to use. Light behaves much differently underwater than it does in air. The biggest difference is that different wavelengths of light have different abilities to penetrate through water. Light in the red spectrum travels the shortest distance through water, while blue light travels the furthest. What that means for underwater photography is that the further the distance is between your subject and your camera underwater, the less red light will be captured by the camera – which is why things look blue underwater.
Kitty Fisher's insight:
Underwater shooting has gone from a near to impossible outcome, to an everyday, fun in the sun adventure. Such I want to eventually get into underwater photography (living closer to the Ocean) it's good to know that there are a few tricks to playing with the light under the surface.
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In the past decade, food photography has exploded more than any other discipline. Camera phones have improved rapidly, and now scrolling through a Facebook feed feels like reading Martha Stewart’s personal blog. Nowadays, any Sunday farmer’s market is ripe with stunning photographic opportunities, featuring colourful produce and crumbly bakery treats pre-arranged in their ideal setting. Loftus displays in the video just how easy it is to get a delectable image, whether it be with a DSLR or a camera phone. This video focuses mostly on creating the perfect on-the-go background. There are a few ways to change the background. You can move something (or someone) behind the object, as Loftus does, but you can also change your own perspective – get higher or lower, or come at the thing from the complete opposite direction. Food is the sustenance of life, so having a human element in the image reminds us that the food doesn’t just look pretty, it’s enjoyable and satisfying to the stomach, too.
Kitty Fisher's insight:
Since we become more fascinated with food photography, its the simple term that comes to mind. 'We eat with our eyes." So being able to photograph what we find delicious and to also share that with Instagram...you need a few basic tips to make sure that chocolate chip cookie looks just as good in a photo, as it does in real life.
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Once you have a good understanding of what the shutter speed is and how to control your camera's shutter speed, you need some guidelines on what shutter speed is needed in different situations. Here are some photography tips for shutter speeds in specific situations. The speeds listed are the needed speeds to freeze the action under normal conditions. If you want to blur the action, decrease the shutter speed. To adjust for a very fast situation, increase the shutter speed.
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Getting your eCommerce site online? Read these tips and take pro-like photos of your products. Learn how to make effective product photography for websites step by step
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Firstly, your equipment is good enough despite what you think or have been told! I’ve seen some amazing images taken with an entry level DSLR and kit lens (regardless of the make). Even the most expensive equipment isn’t going to get you anywhere without passion and patience. Secondly, look for second hand equipment online or at your local dealers. You’d be surprised how affordable “outdated” professional lens and camera models can be. Some big name lens designs haven’t changed in decades because they are that good. So there is no need to sell the house to buy the latest professional piece of equipment.
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Chad Wright explains that to be a Wildlife photographer, you need patience, timing and you do not have to go out and buy the most expensive camera. This self taught lesson, can also be used for whenever you go to the zoo or if you find yourself on a safari trip.
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Impressing commercial clients involves scouting out unique locations and working expertly with lighting equipment. Photographers who go the extra mile are rewarded with clients who return to them again and again.
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Sublime images of the night sky are brilliantly captured by filmmaker and photographer Michael Shainblum using long exposures and multiple image composites
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"Tips on Avoiding Blown Highlights. The histogram is a physical display of the range of light captured by your camera. Areas on the left show the shadows, the middle shows mid-tones, and the right shows your highlights. If you see that your “wave” is hitting the right side of the graph, it means that areas of your photo are overexposed, or blown out."
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Being able to read your Histogram is a benefical element to owning a SLR camera. But learning how to read it, is a whole other field.
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The first thing you stumble upon when you start doing iPhoneography is the rule of thirds.
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When I launched Blue Ridge Parkway Daily, I needed a shot of the Parkway which would be widely recognized.
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This article offers some insight about the techniques by a wildlife photographer. These universal photography tips can also be used for photography in any location or situation.
Although it may not seem like it, there are quite a few similarities between wildlife photography and regular photography. Actually, once you learn some of the basics of wildlife photography, you'll be able to take more interesting photos and add meaning to your pictures. The tips in this article are for creative and regular photographers alike.