Photography Basics – photography as communication
Photography is all about communication. Communicating a scene or an object is similar to communicating in writing. It makes more sense if there is an order. Sentence take if we a word up jumble… Sorry, if we take a sentence and jumble the words up, it has the same contents, but the meaning is lost. At the other extreme a poet can arrange the words to provoke feelings and thoughts outside of the sentence. In a visual way a photographer has to arrange the subjects/ objects in a scene so that they make sense, and artists will arrange object/ subjects in a scene to provoke...
Read MorePhotography Philosophy
Why? Why do we take photographs? Are we artists? How can I enjoy a photograph so much? Is photoshopping really OK? Should I change the colours? Should I create a mood that wasn’t really there?
Read MorePhotography Basics – camera settings
On a DSLR there is a choice of settings that allow you to have different levels of control over the camera. First you need to consider what you want to do, or to be precise, what kind of result do you want to achieve? Av – Aperture Priority – This control lets you choose the aperture and the camera will control everything else automatically Tv – Shutter Priority – This control lets you choose the shutter speed and the camera will control everything else automatically. M – Manual – This puts you in control of everything. Aperture priority mode is...
Read MoreHDR4 – Photoshop enhancements
HDR4 – Photoshop enhancements 1) The first tutorial shows you how to fix strange HDR artefacts by using an original exposure as a selection aid and then using the clone tool to correct problems. Video Tutorial 2)The next tutorial shows you how to fix HDR generated problem with an original exposure. Problems such as ghosting or halos. Video Tutorial 3)The third tutorial show you how to give the effect of using a graduated filter and reducing unwanted colour hues, by using layers, masks and adjusting the curves. Video Tutorial 4)The last video tutorial involves cleaning up the image ready...
Read MoreWhich DSRL should I buy?
This site is all about creating great images from a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex camera). So what should you look for if you are buying one? The question is very pertinent as there are a lot of very good DSLRs on the market these days. Ten years ago, it wasn’t even worth buying the best DSLR because the quality didn’t compare to film. But in many ways, digital technology has surpassed film. The big names are always worth looking at; Canon, Nikon, Olympus etc, but because this is now a digital market, some new names are making a mark in the camera world, such as Sony and...
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