This week a package containing Bryan Peterson’s new book – Understanding Shutter Speed arrived in my letter box from Amazon. When I first saw it listed in the new release section I was a little skeptical that a book soley focussing upon one aspect of photography (shutter speed) was a book that I’d learn much [...]
Pin ItYesterday I shared 10 Ways to take Stunning Portrait Photography. We covered everything from altering your perspective as a photographer, to experimenting with lighting, to shooting candidly. Today I want to continue on the same train of thought with 10 more tips for adding a little spice to your portraits. Note: this post is [...]
Pin ItHow do you take Portraits that have the ‘Wow’ factor? Today and tomorrow I want to talk about taking Portraits that are a little out of the box. You see it’s all very well and good to have a portrait that follows all the rules – but it hit me as I was surfing [...]
This guest post was submitted by Martin Gommel from the German Blog KWERFELDEIN (flickr). This post is a followup to his previously posted 100 things I’ve Learned About Photography. Learning photograph is one of my all time favorite activities. Reading Photography Blogs, chatting with other photonuts and last but not least the active shooting of [...]
Are you up for a photographic challenge this weekend? Here’s My Challenge – Shoot at just one focal length for the next couple of days. I’m a Lazy Zoom User Most digital cameras sold today come with a zoom lens fitted to it as standard whether it be a DSLR sold with a kit lens [...]
It’s now almost July, and just because the weather outside is frightfully bright (for those in the Northern Hemisphere) doesn’t mean that you have to cancel all of your portrait photography. But taking advantage of the clear skies doesn’t mean that you have to shoot in broad daylight either. If you want the best light [...]
Just a short post to let those in the marked for some higher level DSLRs know that this week Nikon have announced some new gear including: Nikon D700 DSLR – this is a 12.1 megapixel full frame DSLR (pictured left) . It’s essentially the D3 internally inside a D300 body (so high specs in a [...]
Today Digital Photography School has made the leap into a new online medium – Twitter. For those of you who don’t know Twitter – it is a social site that enables people to share short messages with their followers. It’s known as ‘micro-blogging’ because you only get 140 characters to write your message. There are [...]
You’ve seen it before. It’s not the photographer with the biggest camera or the most artistic eye that wins in the world of wedding photography. It’s the best-practiced business photographer. Smart businessmen or women know how to create their brand and or product, sell it, promote it – and all before 5pm (well, sometimes). For [...]
Modern day Digital Cameras present photographers with an ever increasing array of Automatic and Semi Automatic shooting modes. Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots – however many cameras also give options for different focusing modes (eg – auto, continuous focusing for moving subjects, single point focusing, multiple point focusing, face [...]
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