Macro Photography - Extension Tubes Explained
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Portrait Photography - 8 Indoor Portrait Photography Tips
Here are some indoor portrait photography tips that does not require you to have access to expensive studio lightings, but will still be able to produce professional indoor portraits.
What say you if there are ways you can conduct indoor portrait photography at the comfort of your own home? Although with only one light source, you can still take photographs that look stunning. All you'll need is an angle-poise lamp.
8 Tips For Indoor Portrait Photography
Photography Tips #1 - Background
To begin, position your subject to be sited in front of a light absorbing black velvet. The velvet creates a black background for your photo shoot. As to support the velvet, you can use about anything to hold it up. A bookcase for instance, is good enough.
Photography Tips #2 - Lighting Tips
After your model is comfortably sited, adjust the lamp so that it is positioned just slightly above his/ her head. Also, have the lamp positioned towards the right side of your model. This light setting will create a classic and stunning portrait photography result.
There are many other lighting effects you can try out. So go wild with creativity and don't limit yourself.
Photography Tips #3 - Fast Shutter Speed
Set your shutter speed to be relatively fast. I normally set my camera to 1/160 sec at f/2.8, ISO500. Also, it is advisable that you use a tripod to complement your photography.
Photography Tips #4 - Use A Tripod
The tripod will get rid of camera shake, hence refrains from ruined indoor portrait photographs. The indoor portrait photos produced will be sharp when you use a tripod.
Photography Tips #5 - Longer Focal Length
I normally use the 80-200mm f/2.8 lens and set it to 145mm. This is because longer focal lengths will result in a much more stunning indoor portrait photograph.
Photography Tips #6 - Take a Few Shots
Another thing you can do is to take a few shots just to test the exposure and general set-up. If you're satisfied with the settings for the photo shoot, you can start your indoor photography session. It will be great if you can discuss with your model beforehand about the various poses and expressions he/she can do.
Photography Tips #7 - Experiment The Various Lighting Conditions
Different lighting angles will result in a different indoor portrait photography effect. All you have to here is to try the different lighting positions and see which one works well for you. Such lighting angles include the right side, above, the left side, below and from behind your subject.
Photography Tips #8 - Use A Reflector
Whenever the light is too harsh, it creates unwanted shadow that ruins your indoor portrait photography attempts. What you can do here is to use a reflector on the opposite side of the light source. The reflector bounces the light onto your subject, thus creating a much softer light illumination.
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Unique Christmas Card Ideas: Sending Photo Holiday Cards And Other Tips
Creating unique Christmas cards is an excellent way to bring your immediate family together and to build new holiday traditions, as well as continue some old favorites. Gather around the computer and select the photographs that will be used, choose a color scheme, create a personal message, and determine the best font and style that will pull it all together.
This year's unique Christmas cards can be made even better with the addition of a newsletter that tells recipients what has gone on over the past year, a much-loved recipe that is popular during the winter holidays, or even a special gift coupon good for a free car wash by the kids, a special dinner at your home, or any other fun idea that helps to bring loved ones closer together during the upcoming year.
Family Photographs
Photo Christmas cards are one of the best ways to share with loved ones how your family has grown over the past year, to allow them to share in a special event, or to give them a good laugh with a funny theme. You can take photographs with everyone wearing Santa hats, thrashing about in the midst of a mad snowball fight, or standing around the tree. Photographs can also be used to create a collage of what has gone on over the past year: graduations, births, parties, personal achievements, or even comical disasters work well to help connect with loved ones, regardless of how far away they live.
Family Letters And Other Special Touches
Anyone can buy, sign, and send a Christmas card bought from a discount store, but creating unique Christmas cards will make this year extra special. Memorable inserts, such as a family letter, a favorite recipe exchange, a gift coupon, or some other personal touch that no one else can provide is what makes this holiday message so precious. In these days of families being spread out farther than ever, photo Christmas cards may be just what your loved ones need to feel connected.
Christmas letter inserts are a favorite way to maintain close contact with people who live far away. Also known as a newsletter, these Christmas letter inserts include pertinent information about the achievements, activities, and memorable moments of family members throughout the past year. The nice thing about newsletters is that they can be sent to everyone once they are written. There is no need to hand write the same message over and over again.
Recipe exchanges are another holiday tradition that is gaining in popularity. Everyone selects a favorite recipe and adds it to their holiday correspondence. This is an inexpensive way of sharing something personal with loved ones. The recipes that are exchanged within a large group of family and friends can become quite extensive, and the cooking adventures that follow are a gift of their own!
Other Winter Holidays
Of course, December 25th isn't the only winter holiday. Photographs and personalized messages can be integrated into Hanukah cards, Kwanzaa, Thanksgiving cards, New Years cards, and other autumn and winter holiday correspondence. Dark, chilly days leave many loved ones feeling alone. A warm message graced with familiar faces can be a profound boost during down times.
Rejoice With Recycled Paper
Not only can messages of goodwill toward man and peace on earth be sent in this year's unique Christmas cards, but using recycled materials protects precious resources and helps to create a better world for future generations. Instead of using new paper made from living trees, recycled Christmas cards reduce the amount of waste in landfills and improve air quality around the globe by allowing trees to remain standing. What better gift can anyone give loved ones than a healthy future?
Birth Announcements
Speaking of blessed futures, a birth around the holiday season is one of the greatest gifts ever. Families can share this joyous news with a unique Christmas card that doubles as a birth announcement! An adorable Santa hat or pair of inflatable reindeer antlers may be all it takes to turn this year's photo greeting card into a birth memento that will be treasured for generations to come!
Everyone from next-door neighbors to distant relatives will enjoy receiving photo Christmas cards that share your message of joy and goodwill at this special time of year. Whether your unique Christmas cards are solemn reminders of the religious significance of the season or a playful nod to your sillier side, they can be shared with family and friends around the world. The little bit of time it takes to create a photo Christmas card is a gift in and of itself. Familiar faces, kind words, and reminders of love and friendship are always a welcome gift, any time of year.
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Tips on Framing Black & White Photography
Black and white photographs have remained popular since their inception roughly 150 years ago. The ability of black and white images to fit many decorating styles has contributed to their increased popularity. As such, people have become more open to alternative, more sophisticated framing designs for these items.
How to best frame a black and white photograph is a subject for much conjecture. Plain and simple to take nothing from the art, or more ornate to complement the subject matter? Add colour in the frame design to help draw the eye to the picture, or stick with a rigid two-tone approach to ensure dramatic elegance?
So where does that leave us? Well to be honest somewhere in the middle. The fact is that there is as much variety in black and white photography as in any other art form. Think of it this way, if we asked everyone to dress in the same way the look would suit a few but be terrible for most. However, there are some simple rules and techniques you should keep in mind when framing black and white photographs.
- Some framers believe a pristine white mount is best for all black and white images, on the basis that it does not detract from the picture itself. However, for pictures with a white focal point, a pristine white mount can be too bright and will compete with the image for attention.
- Another common mistake is to try to 'lighten' dark art by surrounding it with a light mount. In reality, a light mount border causes the dark colours in the photo to look even darker.
- Mounts should be black, white or grey. Any other colour adds an element that isn't present in the picture. If you have a customer who insists on a colourful mount, a common suggestion is to go for a white mat with a small accent of colour as a second mount. However, this accent actually pulls the eye away from the photo. A better solution is to use the colour as the predominant top mount and place the accent of black or grey below it to work as a transition into the photo. With all that colour surrounding the photo it isolates the image, in affect, drawing attention to it.
- When it comes to the moulding, consider the era, style and location of the photograph. As in framing any art piece, each frame must enhance the style and mood of the photograph itself. Many framers believe you should stick to a narrow, basic frame for black and white photographs, but this may not co-ordinate with the subject of the photo. For example, a picture of an ornate piece of architecture may look better with a more classical moulding design.
- Elongation is often a good treatment for portrait photographs, images with vertical subjects or strong vertical lines. By making the top and bottom borders wider, it dramatises all those vertical elements.
- A mountslip which matches the moulding can create a strong, classic outline around the photograph. This helps pull the viewer's attention in from the frame to focus on the picture. Mountslips can also help enhance the customised appearance of the design, adding character and perceived value.
When any item is framed properly the frame design should add a sense of value to the finished product. So a good frame design will help a mediocre shot look good and an unimaginative framing job will bring even the best picture to the level of a cheap poster.
Remember, just because the subject lacks colour doesn't mean the framing should lack imagination.
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50 Quick Photography Tips
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12 Creative Photography Ideas
Here are 12 ideas to get your creative juices flowing and increase your skills and value as a photographer.
TIP 1 - Time Lapse photos. I showed my niece how to do this with clay figures and stitch the resulting frames together into a video file, and she was busy for days. If you control the exposure consistently to keep the images consistent with one another, you can do some really fun stop-motion animation. Or, you can set up your camera to capture other slow motion effects such as flowers opening and seedlings growing.
TIP 2 - Night Lights. Things look very different at night. Shooting city scenes with available light creates some interesting images. And shooting outdoor images under moonlight or with "light painting", where you open up the camera shutter for an extended exposure, and "paint" your targets with colored or plain light, can create some truly bizarre images.
TIP 3 - Astrophotography. Hook that SLR up to a telescope, and you are ready to peer into the depths of space and time. You'll need some adapters, and ability to compensate for the earth's rotation for really long shots. Start with the moon and move on from there.
TIP 4 - Macro photography. From flowers to coins to stamps, you can polish your skills at close-up photography and capture some really detailed images. Often a macro lens or close-up attachment will help. See my tips on Flower Photography to get more information.
TIP 5 - Micro photography. If you can interface that camera with a microscope, you can get some really crazy images. Or, stack up a bunch of close-up magnification and try your hand at turning salt crystals into surreal imagery.
TIP 6 - Insurance Photos. OK, maybe a bit boring, but you and your friends and relatives will thank you. Take a couple hours and touch and photograph everything of value, with a full shot or two if each item of value, accompanied by a shot of the identifying marks - manufacturer model or serial number. Then burn a CD or DVD and store it off site. If you have a fire or other loss, this could save the owner thousands of dollars.
TIP 7 - Family Recipe book. Anytime those family favorites are prepared, copy down the recipe and take some photos of the food. You can produce a printed or electronic cookbook of family favorites that everyone will love.
TIP 8 - Stock Photography. This is a very busy market niche, but the cost of entry is low. Specialize in things you love, and you may be able to generate some income from your stock images. Search for stock photography sites, and make sure you understand your rights before you post images.
TIP 9 - Special Effects. Maybe you want to specialize in high-speed images of athletes, or surrealistic collages. Try your hand at using your editing skills to put someone in a soda bottle or floating on a candy lifesaver. Often more artistic than photographic, it will test your composition, lighting and editing skills to come up with believable artificial realities.
TIP 10 - Still Life. Ahh, the bowl of fruit. Sometimes a simple object or collection, properly lit, shot and edited, is a thing of beauty. It's a great way to study light. Start with an egg on a light background, a lamp and a window and see how you can learn about lighting and composition.
TIP 11 - Computer Control. Many cameras have a USB interface and remote control software. You can actually control the camera from the computer. See if you can get it to work to your liking, and maybe even program some time lapse or exposure bracketing experiments.
TIP 12 - Be Like Andy. Take some images of everyday items and try to create those neat colored backgrounds like Andy Warhol used to make. Create a 4-up print of the same image and change the colors of each quadrant to make an interesting square print.
Have fun with these ideas, and let me know when you become famous!
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5 Tips for a Children's Fall Photo Shoot
Here are 5 tips to get you started in taking some great pictures of your children outside this fall, perfect for that custom holiday card.
The Fall is a perfect time of year for outdoor photography. The colors are spectacular and make a wonderful natural backdrop. It's much easier to get a good picture outside in the natural light that it is inside.
1. Get down low.
Get down to their level, sit on the ground and just watch. Try to capture a moment. Getting young children to pose is next to impossible to don't even try. Capture a natural, active moment, the laughter and giggles. If they are old enough to pose, by all means, give it a try. Any picture taken outside in a natural setting will look natural even if the subjects are posing.
2. Check your background.
Make sure all you see is landscaping. Try not to have a car, or house or any other object that would detract from the picture in the background. Use nature, hedges, a large bush, a fence, or near trees.
3. Be Prepared.
Hold your finger on the button, press slight to focus and be ready especially if you have a digital camera because all digitals have a little delay from when you press the button to when they take the picture, but you can reduce it to almost nothing if you half press the shutter button and are ready.
4. Take lots of pictures.
This is especially easy with digital since you can always delete all the ones that aren't the "money shot." Snap away and you will surely get a few fabulous pictures.
5. Use the Season.
Fall is a great time of year for outdoor shots and perfect for getting that personalized holiday card. Rake up a pile of leaves and let the kids jump around. Add the pumpkin to it, a small bale of hay. Have the children hold an apple. Or take the pictures at the pumpkin patch, or on an apple picking excursion, both perfect natural settings. A trip to a park can also be a great location. Or a simple colorful pile of leaves in the backyard is a perfect backdrop.
Happy snapping!
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Wedding Photography: How to Become a Successful Wedding Photographer
Once in while I receive e-mails or phone calls from aspiring or beginner wedding photographers asking me for advise on how to become successful in the wedding field. My first question is always what their motivation is to become a wedding photographer. Some will reply that they heard from somebody that it is easy money, or that they got a cool camera that takes great photos or that they would like to make some money on the side etc.
While it is true that wedding photography can be a very profitable business achieving success in the wedding industry is not just a matter of getting a camera and start shooting. Wedding photography involves artistic talent, human sense, complete mastery of photographic techniques, business knowledge, and a strong desire to learn and deliver the best to the wedding couple.
Here I have summarized some points that I believe will guide beginner wedding photographers:
1. Learn photography before anything else. A wedding photographer is expected to be a master of the craft. You will be in charge of capturing people's most precious life moments. The wedding day is not the place to learn photography.
2. Just because you got a brand new camera it does not automatically make you an effective and reliable photographer. Photography goes beyond cool toys and gadgets. Learn composition and develop a unique artistic vision. Some of the great photographs of all time were taken with manual cameras.
3. Master the digital workflow, including color management, digital image processing, file management and image correction and enhancement.
4. Learn to love photography more than anything else. Don't come to the wedding photography field with just dreams of making money. It is true that there are many successful wedding photographers that make a lot of money. However according to the Professional Photographers of America the average photographer in America makes about ,000 a year.
5. Focus on delivering quality more than quantity. Seek with all your heart to capture unique photographs.
6. Develop a style that is recognizable and unique. Don't try to be like somebody else. Clients look for unique photographers, with a unique vision.
7. Give wedding photography all your heart and effort. Long when you are gone your photographs will last forever. It is a great way to be remembered.
8. Open your heart and your mind and great photos will happen. Concentrate on the human aspect of weddings, the details, and emotions and be ready to capture them. Let the camera become an extension of you.
9. Share your technical knowledge and make connections with other wedding photographers.
10. Participate in wedding photography image competitions. It will give you the opportunity to have your work evaluated by peers and the motivation to improve your work quality.
11. Learn something new everyday. Take advantage of professional photography organizations such as Professional Photographers of America (PPA), WPPI, etc. Attend their seminars, workshops. Participate in Internet wedding photography forums and learn and share tips, tools and techniques.
12. Don't neglect the business aspect of wedding photography. Learn to manage your business effectively. Take business courses and seminars.
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Color Splash Effect in Photoshop
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Single out a specific color in your images, leaving the rest black and white in Photoshop CS6. This method also works in previous versions of Photoshop! This tutorial covers selection methods, Adjustment Layers, and Layer masks, all of which will help you in your day-to-day photo editing. Make sure to check out my other Photoshop tutorials for more on text effects, photo editing, photo retouching, and more! Links below! View this tutorial on IceflowStudios: www.iceflowstudios.com MORE FROM ICEFLOWSTUDIOS: Subscribe! www.youtube.com Website! www.iceflowstudios.com Facebook! http Twitter! www.twitter.com Google+! gplus.to
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Want to Learn Photography?? Join My New Forum!! Forum Home: sonyalphalab.com Whats Hot on the Forum: sonyalphalab.com In this video tutorial I will go over extension tubes using my Canon 40D and Live view mode to demonstrate. In the video I used a Kenko 25mm Extension Tube . Below is a really great kit by Kenko consisting of 3 different size tubes. I wish I purchased the kit!!
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