The advantage of manual exposure is that the settings do not keep changing as your scene changes. Let's suppose that you are taking close up photos of cars passing by. Some of the cars will be black or dark colors and some will be light colors or white. If you are filling the frame with almost nothing but car, the meter will be trying to render each car as mid grey. Although it will probably not...
In the shutter speeds and apertures are interchangeable as far as exposure is concerned, they each have their own unique effect on the picture. Let's take a look at shutter speeds first as their effect is easily understood.
ISO stands for 'International Organization for Standardization' and their film speed ratings are used to indicate the relative amount of light necessary to give a proper exposure. A normal film will be rated at ISO 100. A film rated at ISO 200 will give a proper exposure with only half the amount of light compared to the ISO 100 film, enabling you to shoot in lower light or with a smaller aperture...
If you are able to choose the time of day to shoot your pictures, try to pick a time when the sun is low in the sky, either shoot in the early morning or late afternoon. Shooting pictures of people with the sun too high in the sky, tends to mean the subject's eyes will be in shadow and/or they will be squinting in the strong light, both of which tend to look horrible. A nice side effect of...
In this tutorial you will learn how to photograph gardens using some very easy techniques.
Looking through past family photographs, I've realised that I often place the main subject smack dead in the middle of the photo. However, I've since learned that this is usually the failings of amature photography and that images are much more interesting if taken from a different perspective.
You can take many funny and artistic pictures when you place some object under falling water. You can wait for a rainy day but it is not a good idea: you and your camera will be wet, you cannot adjust the lights, etc. Here we will describe a simple way to make an artificial rain on your backyard.
This is a question I get asked occasionally; "Which digital camera should I get?" I sincerely wish I had fast and easy answer. Alas, there are too many options available and too many details to consider for me to give fast and easy instruction on this matter. So let`s start at the basics and see what we can come up with.
If you are serious about digital photography you need both. You need a cheaper, yet powerful, compact digital camera for travel (not for special photo trips) and for everyday use. You can always keep this camera in your car to be ready to take pictures of unexpected events, beautiful views, etc. An SLR camera will be used to take high quality photos and for special effects. If you do not have any...
You probably see many beautiful pictures of waterfalls or mountain rivers. I will show you two winter pictures of Minnehaha Falls taken by Guy Schmickle from Minnesota.
It is known that using higher ISO settings increases sensor's response to light (decreases the shutter speed) but adds digital noise to an image. How critical is it?
Tthe central four points (in red) - represent the key points of the composition and it is at one of these four points that you would place an important subject matter. This rule is not a must. This is just a "soft" recommendation which sometimes can help you to make a picture better.
In our daily life we do not use special lights to take pictures. It is a good idea to come to a professional photo studio where a photographer can put special lights to make your portrait better. However, even for outdoor shooting you can take a better position to take pictures of people, where the sunlight is optimal for a portrait.
Ones an old photographer revealed me a secret of how to make one million dollar photos. The secret is simple: just take any picture and print it on a 3 x 6-feet sheet. I smiled but later I saw many times: the larger the photo, the better the impression.
If you see reflections get your camera out of the bag. You can make a beautiful picture.