You might have heard of time-lapse photography where a scene is captured as a set of still images and then combined to make a movie that speeds up time. So take that thought then what if you captured the images for the time-lapse as HDR images – beloved by some, despised by others. This is …
Landscapes, tripods and heads… Back in January this year Imagez had a guest speaker discussing landscape photography… Chris Palmer. Amongst many other topics he waxed lyrical about his choice of tripod head, namely a Manfrotto 222. HIs main point was that by simply squeezing the lever the camera became free to move, quickly and easily, …
Food photography It’s the summer season and most likely you will be out and about and drawn to the fast food restaurants at some point or another. It’s interesting to compare the pretty product pictures and the real thing you get to eat. Fair play to McDonalds in Canada for showing what goes in to …
If you have access to a studio, an unlimited amount of playtime and more lights than you can count on one hand don’t worry too much about checking out this site… http://www.zvork.fr/vls/ For the rest of us this might just be a good way to practice positioning lights, in a consistent manner, just to see what …
Here’s a short article that’s full of tips to help you take better portrait pictures with your standard or ‘kit‘ lenses. Most often DSLR cameras with APS-C size sensors, also called 1.5x or 1.6x crop sensors, are supplied with an 18-55mm or 18-70mm lens. Like all elements of photography understanding how to make the most …
f11 Magazine for photographers and aficionados I recently saw something on twitter about f11, an online magazine for photographers that’s free, even the back issues are all easy to download as PDF files so you can read it on your computer or even iPad. Given that most photo magazines in the shops seem to be …
Some of us – me included – might need the odd bit of Photoshop to improve our looks, and there are many ways to improve skin texture, tone, remove blemishes etc. Often the techniques are quite hard and in a lot of cases reduce the subjects skin to something akin to the average plastic barbie …
With digital cameras allowing photographer to shoot freely often the toughest job is to be selective when shooting and editing. We’ve all got hard disks full of images that in reality will never see the light of day, the ability to self-edit is a skill that takes a long time to learn. The picture you …