White Balance is an aspect of photography that many digital camera owners don’t understand or use – but it’s something well worth learning about as it can have a real impact upon the shots you take. Read the rest of this entry »
In most cases the main purpose in making a good shot is to make the image as sharp as possible. But there are cases, when adding movement to your pictures can result inimpressive and splendid shots. Let’s try it out. Read the rest of this entry »
Beginners Mistakes
Jul 23
Today we start the section of articles telling you about the mistakes a photography beginner could make.
This articles series will give you neither the general overview of photography as a notion nor what is considered to be good photography… It is tended to warn you against typical and crude mistakes while composing and processing your first pictures, especially if you are eager to share them then in the internet or something.
In the global network one can find various sources and tips telling you about composition rules and how one should stick to them. Read the rest of this entry »
Optical zoom VS Digital zoom
Jul 19
| On consumer digital cameras, the terms optical zoom and digital zoom are common. When shopping for a digital camera, ignore the digital zoom. What you should look for is the optical zoom capability, because what is captured using optical zoom is what the lens actually sees. Digital zoom is basically using in-camera software to enlarge the center pixels in the photo, resulting in loss of detail and sharpness. Read the rest of this entry » |
Lighting Tips
Jul 15
Photography is all about light, the direction of the light falling on your subject is most important, you must look at your subject carefully and see how the shadows fall. 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 your subject will be squinting in the strong light, both of which tend to look horrible. Read the rest of this entry »
Nikon D5000
Jul 14
Yesterday (April 14, 2009) at Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nikon has unveiled the upper entry level DSLR D5000. We want to bring this news to our readers here at ProTalkGraphy.com.
The D5000 aims at upgrading DSLR owners and experienced point & shoot users. It is a camera that sits between the D60 and D90. It has many of the features of the D90 but slightly smaller, simpler body and includes a 12.3 MP CMOS sensor, live view, 720p movies and a 2.7 inch, 180 degree Tilt/Swivel LCD. You can only pre-order this camera, and pricing on this unit is $850 at Amazon.com.
Bokeh
Jul 3
Bokeh is a photographic term derived from Japanese. It means out of focus background using a shallow depth of field but in a way that is pleasing to the eyes. The word Bokeh is pronounced same as the word “bouquet” as in flower. Do not mix up Bokeh and Brokeh. Bokeh is a beautiful background out of focus blur. Brokeh is zero in the wallet. Bokeh is what you get with an expensive, prime lens and Brokeh is what you get when you buy that expensive lens! Read the rest of this entry »
Using a Flash
Jul 2
Changing exposures to make our pictures lighter, doesn’t always work. The ovious solution then, is to use a flash. Most modern cameras have a built-in flash with several modes to use it. In addition to an automatic mode, that recieves light and fires the flash if needed, there are several other modes to consider using. Here are some. Read the rest of this entry »
Close up photography
Jul 1
The other day I was asked to take some pictures of snails which got me thinking about the perils of close-up photography in general.
The first problem we need to look at is, how close the lens will focus. Lenses have a minimum focus distance which varies considerably from lens to lens, some longer zoom lenses have a ‘macro’ setting and will focus quite close but most lenses will not focus close enough to take the picture on the right. Read the rest of this entry »
ISO Speed
Jun 28
As we have already learnt shutter speed and aperture work together to control how much light enters the camera when taking a picture. The amount of light required is dependent on the cameras recording – in a film camera the negative, in a digital camera the image sensor.