 | Photographing Christmas Light displays can be lots of fun. There are lots of creative variations on a theme in play here, so go out and explore your neighborhood. Or, plan ahead for your next year’s Holiday card by shooting your own display. Here’s what you need to know. Read Complete Article |
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 | My wife and I were stopping at one of our local pumpkin patches to pick up pumpkins to carve for Halloween. For some families this is a casual affair. My wife, however, is a serious connoisseur of pumpkins and is driven to inspect at least half of the harvest in each field. This leaves me plenty of time to create images. Read Complete Article |
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 | Utilize the perfect part of the "Magic Hour" when the sun is setting to get a brilliant blue sky Read Complete Article |
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 | Brian, of Pottstown, PA asks:
Q: What type of portable lighting might you recommend for wedding photographers?
A: I don’t shoot many weddings but I often shoot documentary work with on-camera flash or fill flash. This is very much the same thing, in fact the prevailing popular style among wedding photographers is shooting with a documentary edge. Read Complete Article |
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 | Ah, who said you can't go out and play in the rain with your camera? Especially when exploring a new camera, rain or shine is my motto! In fact, the overcast skies and slight darkness are a perfect time to learn a few tricks for shooting in low light... Read Complete Article |
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 | While leading my nature photo tours, participants often hear me say, “It’s all about the light.” Whether it’s the soft warm glow of sunrise / sunset, directional side light that enhances a landscape, soft overcast light that works so well for photographing people, or direct front light, the bottom line is the quality of the light is of great magnitude in determining the success of the image. Read Complete Article |
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Most photographers are afraid of shooting directly into the sun. No one likes blown highlights and harsh shadows, however, sometimes shooting into the sun can cause beautiful results.Read Complete Article |
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 | By exposing to make your subjects show up as dark forms, they take on graphic impact and mystery and leave a little to the viewer's imagination to tell a story. Read Complete Article |
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 | A silhouette like this one is typically difficult to expose correctly. It is one thing to meter for a rich sky, casting the unlit subject into darkness, but it’s quite another to also maintain detail and color in the composition’s foreground. The Panasonic DMC-TZ3 did just this. By setting the meter in Simple Mode the camera took account of foreground, subject, and sky and chose an exposure that did not compromise the integrity of each. Read Complete Article |
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 | Photograph in low light on purpose! Read Complete Article |
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 | Sitting down for a couple drinks with friends can be fun and merry, edifying and spirited... Read Complete Article |
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Softboxes and Umbrellas by Russ Burden
With a basic lighting setup including a diffused light and a reflector can create some spectacular results
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