Photography 101
Part One
Equipment: camera, meter, flash, tripod
This article is a simplified photography course directed at new photographers out there who want to know where to start.
If you really want to learn photography the first thing you need is a good affordable and reliable camera. It must, and I repeat must, be able to shoot in […]
Cameras can seem complicated to some. It is easy to simply assume that everyone has basic knowledge of the principles, but look at this conversation between a child and an amateur photographer:
“What’s that?”
“A camera”
“What does it do?”
“It takes photographs”.
“What is a photograph?”
“It’s an image of someone or something that people can look at”
“What is an […]
So you are a small business person or web designer and you want to purchase some stock photography for your website. Great. Photography is a wonderful way to improve the emotional impact of your site. But there are a few terms unique to the stock photography business that you should know.
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There is a wide world of photography. It touches each of us in our lives on a daily basis in some form or another. Photography is so much a part of our culture now that we hardly even notice all the places that it exists. When you watch television, look at a magazine or even […]
Most older digital cameras come equipped with fixed storage which limits the number of pictures you can take before you have to download to make room for more. If that sound like your camera, then it’s time to upgrade.
Removable storage devices enable you to take as many shots as the device will hold, pop it […]
Lets get physical, physical… you know the opening line to that song…
Well it’s a good way to add a new statement on Digital Photography…
The Pro Fashion Photographers of to day, while shooting with medium format cameras fitted with a digital back, now has it down to a fine art by keeping the model in the […]
You never need lose the ability to take great and original photographs. Even when you tire of the same routines there is still a myriad of potential images out there - right in front of you.
We all lose the ability to “see” new and original images from time to time. This could be due to […]
When I bought my first digital camera, complete with its little viewing screen, people would invariably ask, “Can I see the picture?” Children would ask me to take their picture, and then run over and ask to see it, then go back and ask me to take another!
It’s great to have all that excitement, but […]
With a little knowledge and some practice digital photography is a snap. There’s no film to buy or process so it saves time and money. Shots can be viewed immediately and deleted or saved as desired. Plus digital cameras give a photographer flexibility and options unheard of until recently.
Keys to Better Photography
Camera technology has improved […]