 | 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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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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 | One of the great spring and summer events that always make dramatic pictures are the storms that pop up during the evening hours. With digital cameras and a tripod one can set out and photograph a lightning storm after it has passed by. Read Complete Article |
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 | For this image of a sunset on Songo Pond, I made sure to set the TZ-3 so the flash was forced off. The silhouette of the tree helps create a sense of scale and place. Read Complete Article |
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 | I rarely spend sunset shooting the setting sun. Usually, I am facing the other way photographing whatever subject is being lit by that warm evening light. Read Complete Article |
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 | You’ve perhaps heard of the secret to good photojournalism—“f/8 and be there!” Well, the secret of good landscape photography is not much different—“f/22 and be there!” Probably the most important ingredient in a landscape photo is light. So be there when the light is right. For me that begins about 20 minutes before the sun comes up. In the summer that means getting up at 4:00 AM or earlier, driving 20 miles to Orlando Wetlands Park, and walking about a mile to my favorite sunrise spot. Read Complete Article |
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 | When shooting scenes like this, you’ll need to use exposure compensation in order to get white snow. In both of these images, I used +1.3 stops. Shooting at the metered setting will likely give you dingy grey snow since the meter is overwhelmed by all of the white in the scene. Read Complete Article |
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 | Use your off camera flash to help illuminate a subject as was done here,even "painting" a subject with many flashes, and just because the daylight is gone, doesn't mean you can't stop taking pictures. A saguaro cactus offers up its yearly bloom along the Mount Lemmon Highway in Tucson, Arizona, where each Spring the large cactus can be seen flowering toward the end of April and through May. Read Complete Article |
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 | Using a fill flash, takes away "raccoon eyes" , which are a distraction to viewing the model in a portrait. Most point and shoot cameras have a fill flash option, as does the TZ3, and it is quick way to remove the distracting shadows from the face. Read Complete Article |
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 | An easy way to use colored gel filters with your flash, Chris's technique will give you creative and colorful results. Read Complete Article |
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