Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts

Thursday, 18 February 2016

How to Use Exposure Compensation to Take Control of Your Exposure

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-exposure-compensation-to-take-control-of-your-exposure/

  • Aperture Priority Mode – In Aperture Priority mode, exposure compensation changes the shutter speed. Remember that in this mode, you set the aperture and the camera sets a corresponding shutter speed. If you change the Aperture, your camera just sets another corresponding shutter speed, and there is no change in the exposure level. Exposure compensation gives you the ability to change the shutter speed (and the overall exposure value) while staying at the same aperture you originally set.
  • Shutter Priority – In Shutter Priority mode, exposure compensation changes the size of your aperture. It is basically the reverse of Aperture Priority mode. You set a shutter speed, and the camera sets a corresponding aperture. Exposure compensation therefore changes the exposure by allowing you to change that aperture size.

Monday, 8 December 2014

Photography - Close up

Don't cut off body parts except at the mid chest, waist or mid thigh region.

http://www.izzyvideo.com/close-up-shot/

  • medium close up (MCU) - cut at waist, show hands movement, with head room above the head
  • close up (CU) - at the chest, with head room
  • head and shoulder close up
  • head close up (big head close up)
  • choker close up - the face only
  • extreme close up - the mouth only

Sunny 16 rule

If it's a sunny day, set aperture to f/16 and shutter speed closest to the reciprocal of yout ISO.

  • ISO 50, 1/60 sec
  • ISO 100, 1/125 sec
  • ISO 200, 1/250 sec, etc.


Use f/16 for sunny settings, but go down for less bright conditions:

  • f/11 for cloudy daylight
  • f/8 for overcast
  • f/5.6 for outdoor shade
  • f/4 for dark shade


Thursday, 4 December 2014

Dos and Don’ts for Shooting the Moon

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

6 Ways to Take WOW Photos in Less Than an Hour

In summary:

  • Method One: Bird’s Eye View
  • Method Two: Worms Eye View
  • Method Three: Shoot at an Angle
  • Method Four: Get the Sun Behind Your Subject
  • Method Five: Use Shadows
  • The Ultimate WOW Shots
    • The ultimate WOW shots are created when you use one of more of these techniques by combining elements, angles, and points of view.

http://digital-photography-school.com/6-ways-to-take-wow-photos-in-less-than-an-hour/

Ten must have camera settings for Concert Photography

Here is a summary of the ten must have camera settings:

  1. Use manual exposure mode
  2. Use your lowest aperture number
  3. Use fast shutter speeds
  4. Use high ISO values
  5. Use spot metering
  6. Use your middle autofocus point
  7. Use the auto white balance setting
  8. Use burst mode
  9. Never use flash
  10. Shoot in RAW format
http://digital-photography-school.com/10-must-have-camera-settings-for-concert-photography/

Friday, 6 December 2013

High Key Photography

A bright, white background creates a high energy, happy, and distraction free scene, perfect for pictures of your friends and family. Known as high key photography, this technique instantly cures problems with ugly backgrounds and focuses the viewer’s attention on your subject.

http://digital-photography-school.com/4-tips-perfect-white-background-high-key-photography

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Darktable

Free Digital Darkroom Software for Mac and Linux

Darktable is a free and open source RAW converter for Apple Mac OS X and Linux users. Its name is formed from it serving the dual features of being a virtual light table for viewing images in bulk and a virtual dark room for processing your RAW files...

Review

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Lightzone

Free Darkroom Software for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Lightzone is a free RAW converter that is in a similar vein to Adobe Lightroom, though with some distinct differences. As with Lightroom, Lightzone allows you to make non-destructive edits to your photos, so that you can always return to your original image file at any time...

Review

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Friday, 3 August 2012

HSL

Hue adjusts the actual colors of the image.  We can adjust how individual colors behave.  This is extremely useful in landscape work, where you can fine-tune the color of greens and blues, for instance, without affecting browns or oranges. This is great for altering foliage and sky, without adjusting sticks, dirt, etc. It also works well if you have a human subject in your landscape: you end up with nice bright foliage and a nice deep blue sky, but your subject can still have nice, normal, subtle and subdued skin tones.

Saturation slider is a huge help when you want to boost a certain colour over another: I often boost blues and greens on landscapes and sometimes bring yellows, oranges, or reds down in portraits to ease skin tones.

Luminosity is something a drastic.  It's minor, but it's there, and it's one of those little touches that will really seal the deal.

The big thing with the HSL Sliders is to try them and experiment: In many cases, you never know what will look good or not unless you just go ahead and try, and dont be afraid to get drastic.

Lens Flare

Lens Flare is caused by strong rays of light directly hitting your lens and causing a slight sun burst.

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

6 Portrait Lighting Patterns Every Photographer Should Know

6 Portrait Lighting Patterns Every Photographer Should Know

four common portrait lighting patterns:
  • Split lighting
  • Loop lighting
  • Rembrandt lighting
  • Butterfly lighting

Style of lighting:
  • Broad lighting
  • Short lighting



Friday, 11 May 2012

Night Photography

The essentials:
  • tripod,
  • remote and
  • gloves
Techniques:
Zooming
  • changing the focal length while the shutter is open
  • position your hand on the zoom ring prior to beginning the exposure, you will avoid the camera shake when coming in contact for zooming and ensure a smooth zoom
Light Painting
Timing and patterns
  • shot events that are not supposed to appear together (e.g. three colors of a traffic light)
Tip:
Lock the mirror

Friday, 4 May 2012

Three-Point Lighting for Portrait Photography

An overview of a classic three-point lighting setup used in portrait photography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzvHEBm6VZs&feature=fvwrel



The back light as hair light:

The back light as aim light:

Flash Unit on Light Stand Setup




the adjustment handle of the adapter will be on the right facing the umbrella.


Using a Reflector for Fill Light

Portrait Photography. Using a reflector to create fill lighting and reduce contrast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-AvvX3xTA&feature=channel&list=UL







One Light Portrait Setup

Portrait photography: Using One Light to Create a Classic Portrait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxF80lpIV8&feature=related
  • Camera & Flash on manual Mode (starts with 1/8 power)
  • ISO: 100
  • Aperture: f/4.0
  • Shutter Speed: 1/250
  • the flash is 45 degree to one side of the subject, pointed down at 45 degree as well
  • the flash is 3ft away from the subject head
  • with only one light source, increase the distance between the light source and the background will make the background darker
  • take test shots and looks for hot spot (which is the over-exposed area that will be difficult to repair)
  • 4.0    100    1/8 (starting point)
  • 4.0    100    1/16 (too bright)
  • increase the distance of the light and the subject (too bright)
  • 2.8    100    1/8 (too dim)
  • 4.0    200    1/8 (too dim)
  • 4.0    100    1/4 (too dim)






Thursday, 12 April 2012

Monday, 30 January 2012

Lighting Ratio

This lighting ratio helps determine the amount of contrast between the highlights and shadows.


ratio f-stop difference description
1:1 no difference flat lighting
2:1 1 Stop general slide film
3:1 1 stop and 1/3 ish black & white
4:1 2 stops shadowing/contouring
8:1 4 stops-ish dramatic low key

1:1 - two light sources with the same power
2:1 - if subject is shot at f5.6, then the background is twice the light, i.e. f8