How to Take Better Vacation Photos
byVacation time is ramping up around the world, folks are dusting off their camera and bringing their photography skills out of hibernation. So what…
Composition
5 Dramatic Seascape Photographs – And the Settings Used to Take Them
byISO 200, 22mm, f/8, 1/160 sec ISO 200, 12mm, f/10, 1.3 sec. ISO 200, 12mm, f/10, .8 sec ISO 200, 14mm, f/10, 10 sec….
Extreme Cropping
byWhen I can add a second life to photographs I’ve already taken I get excited. From time to time I’ll go back through hundreds…
Visual Hierarchy
byVisual hierarchy is the order in which the human eye perceives what it sees. Familiarize yourself with this term, it’s crucial for improving your…
Quick Tip 118 – Wide Angle Lens and Converging Lines
byIf you are a fan of prime lenses and you’ve used wide-angle lenses before then you’re no stranger to converging lines. Look at the…
Photo Project – Light and Seasons
byFrom time to time it’s important that we sit down and crack open a book (or iBook?) and read about some of the great…
Top 3 Mistakes Made While Photographing Landscapes
byCircular Polarizers Which filter do you leave on your camera the most? You’d be surprised how many photographers would say the circular polarizer,…
Quick Tip 117 – Perspective Makes all the Difference
byMost photographs you see on Flickr or Facebook were taken looking directly at the subject or slightly below or above the subject, not many…
Combining Lines, Edges, and Reflections in Photography
byReflections make photographs more interesting. Lines make photographs more dynamic. Edges make photographs edgy more pronounced. Photographs with reflections, lines, and edges tend to…
Practice Composition – Leading Lines
byComposition is key, without composition you could know everything about the mechanics of your camera, the proper rules of exposure, and be able to…
Where to Focus in Landscape Photography – Hyperfocal Distance
byPeople often ask where to focus their camera when they are taking a landscape photograph and they want to get as much in focus…
How and When to Use a Light Tent
byWhether you’d like to list all your old crap on Craigslist, Amazon, eBay, or you’d just like to take some photographs of things in…