Archive for May, 2008

Wedding photographer is different from other photographers and needs separate training to yield success. Even expert wedding photographers are once amateur photographers and might have struggled to master in wedding photography. Nothing comes to you easily; you need to follow some basic requirements and tips to master the wedding photography.

Even photographers who have lot of experience in other photographies cannot click pictures, which are pleasing. A wedding photographer must have creativity and attentiveness towards the atmosphere. By following certain tips, even an amateur photographer can yield impressive pictures with full of life.

Remember one thing before starting to click images; you may get many wedding contracts and many wedding assignments, but the couple has only one wedding and you should not spoil their wedding by clicking unnecessary shots. You should be able to capture the real essence in the pictures.

Tips for amateur wedding photographer:

Have fun: Enjoy the work you are doing, then only you can click beautiful pictures with life in them. Try to enjoy the marriage and take pictures which are interesting to you in spectator view. Wedding is after all enjoyment and you should also fill the enjoyment in the pictures and make the pictures full of life. The couple must feel the originality and enjoyment in the pictures even after years.

Every camera consists of two modes: manual mode and auto mode and some cameras have only one mode [Different camera modes].

• Automatic mode: Rarely requires photographer attention and can set according to the conditions in the picture frame.
• Manual mode: Requires the complete attention of the photographer to adjust the setting in the camera for clicking the images.

When is auto mode preferred?

Auto mode or automatic mode is one and the same. Once you set the camera in auto mode, your camera is like completely loaded and does not require your attention and automatically adjusts to the environment you have set. For e.g.: If you have set the camera in portrait mode, the camera adjusts to smaller aperture. If you have adjusted to landscape photography, the camera adjusts to larger aperture.

What are the conditions to prefer auto mode in camera?

New to photography: If you are an apprentice to photograph and do not know any basics of photography, then auto mode is prescribed for you. Auto mode in the camera is like a map to a tourist who is new to a place. It completely adjusts the camera according to the photographer’s requirements [Tips for beginner photographer].

Did you ever tried to draw some forms in dark with the help of light? You must have noticed that when you draw something with light, you can create some shapes in the air.

Light Graffiti has come to fame over the last couple of years and there are quite a bit of amazing works to show on the internet demonstrating what can be achieved.

Light graffiti artists create unique tagging in air or sometimes around object in dimensional way and then images are clicked with time-lapse photography. Sometimes this tagging is not even possible with spray paints.

Requirements for capturing light graffiti in your camera:

• For capturing the light graffiti in your camera; the most important accessory is tripod. If you cannot get a tripod make sure that your camera is in a fixed position.
• You need to set your camera with faster shutter speed.
• The exposure time should be around 10-30 seconds and this should vary with the lighting conditions.
• Keep your aperture dumb, do not highlight the aperture and make sure to keep your aperture closed. This controls the over exposure of the image.
• Always prefer low ISO and stick to ISO 100 for better light graffiti.
• If the lighting frequency is high, then attach a ND filter to cut down the unnecessary lighting.

Different light sources give you different colors of graffiti. Glow stick can be used to give variety of color, xenon gives you warm golden lights, cathode tubes give you thick lines and LED gives you thin precise lines.

Here are 25 amazing collection of light graffiti pictures.

Have you ever tried to know about your camera shutter speed while clicking the image of a fast moving object? Have you tried clicking a fast moving animal and missed the shot in fraction of seconds? Every apprentice photographer might have experienced this problem while capturing a fast moving object.

The time lapse of clicking the shutter button and capturing the image on the image sensors will be very short. If the time lapse is not short, then you will click a shot and capture another shot.

The time lapse should be very less to capture the exact shot what you have clicked. All this process can be controlled by maintaining shutter speed. The other important aspects in exposure triangle which are supported with shutter speed are aperture and ISO!

What is shutter speed?

Shutter speed in normal terms is explained as “the amount of time the shutter is open”. The image sensors present in the camera captures the pictures. Light supports the image’s sensors to capture the pictures.

Photography in autumn is fun loving task for many photographers. The climate in the autumn is not too cold or not too warm. The atmosphere in autumn is wonderful and nature shows off different colors and textures. The leaves will be changing their colors and photography in this season is very interesting.

The autumn photography gives the photographer a wide range of subjects in clicking autumn pictures. The subjects can vary from falling leaves, leaves changing colors and the beautiful and calm sky without bright shining sun. There are some steps to follow in making autumn photography project a success and to yield great pictures of the autumn colors.

The essential steps in clicking autumn images:

Polarized filters: Always use polarized filters to control the saturation of colors in the picture frame. The use of the filters in the frame will yield lovely blue skies by decreasing the haze. The arrangement of the filters minimizes the haze effect in the pictures [Different photographic filters].

Best hours for clicking images: There is no particular lapse of time for shooting images in autumn. The climate in the autumn is preferable for shooting images at any time, but shooting images in the superlative time can yield better photos.

You might have observed the aperture priority mode in the camera.

Many photographers know the use of this aperture mode, but do not understand what exactly aperture priority mode is.

When you see the technical specifications in digital camera, the first priority mode is the aperture: maximum aperture or the aperture range.

Aperture is one of the important elements in the exposure triangle. The exposure triangle is very important in yielding good photographs. The other components of the exposure triangle are ISO and shutter speed [Techniques to take sharp digital pictures].

What exactly is aperture?

If explained in simple terms: “aperture is the size of lens diaphragm opening when the image is taken”. If you can master the aperture, you can grasp the real creativity and control over the clarity of the images.

It is the size of the diaphragm opening which regulates the amount of light to pass through the lens to yield an image. When you hit the shutter button in the digital camera, a small hole is opened allowing the image sensors in the camera to catch the glimpse of the scene or the picture you want to capture.

Image processing is very famous for clearing the blur in the pictures. Image processing combines different sections and different and makes the processing of images easy. Even an abrupt picture can be corrected with certain image processing software to get good output.

Image processing combines computer graphic designing, photography and High Dynamic Range (HDR) and these are a set of techniques which support the viewing of different exposures (the range between light and dark).

HDR images are very different and cannot be compared with any other images. Several photos are taken in high-contrast at different exposures. These photos are mixed to get a natural look while deleting the blow out and shadows.

HDR comes under the cropping or editing technology where you use a photo editing software to create different dynamic ranges in one single photo.

The standard meaning of HDR:

The images we click are in 8-bit format, which shows only 0-225 colors that ranges from black to white. These photos do not show different colors, which are in the original frame and sometimes mix up white and black, forming grey shades in pictures.

As deep as you go into photography, you learn new patterns and techniques.

Photography is always interesting field, as it shows different variations.

There are different types of photography. One such type is Kirlian photography.

A technique combined with photography yields Kirlian photography.

What is Kirlian photography?

This photography refers to a form of photogram (photographic image like shadow) made with high voltage.

It is a high voltage contact photo printing. Kirlian photography was named after semyon davidovich kirlian.

Invention of Kirlian photography: The invention of Kirlian photography was done by mistake. In 1939, during the experiment on electro photography, Kirlian discovered that when an object on photographic plate is connected to a high voltage, small corona discharges are created around the object.

Hence, it yields the image of the object on the photographic plate. This image looks like a colored coronal discharge, but in actual terms these coronations are physical manifestations of the “life forces” around the object.

In real sense, the images are formed due to the natural occurrence such as electrical grounding, pressure, temperature and humidity. Changes in these phenomena can produce different kirlian photos.

Capturing the beauty of the world beneath the oceans is a challenge, but the rewards are worth it. The excitement comes not only from the idea of capturing an underwater scene on film or on a digital camera’s sensor, but also from being in a completely different environment.

Since it is a specialized area that relatively few photographers attempt, the opportunities for new and different images are many.

It is no surprise that underwater photography is a favorite pastime for scuba divers. The idea could have come from those few people that were able to experience the joys and beauty of underwater life and a desire to share that beauty with others.

The fundamentals of photography remain the same wherever you are taking pictures, but when the medium that light travels through is water - not air - special techniques and equipment are needed in order to capture good images.

Here are some beautiful underwater pictures; which might give you some inspiration, when you are going for your next adventure.

photo by DIGIDEEP.com

Underwater photography is the challenging side of photography.

Underwater photography requires specialized cameras, photography equipments and photography techniques which vary from the normal mode of photography.

When the first underwater photograph was clicked, it brought the view of sea on to the earth.

Underwater photography reveals the secrets of under sea, which sometimes is ignored with normal human eye. 80% of earth’s life is under ocean and underwater photography helps to explore the glimpse of life under sea.

Many have a feeling that the subject in the underwater photography is only limited to sea life and sea habitats. But due to the technological developments in accessories and equipments, the subject in photography includes shipwrecks following, submerged submarines, cave systems, deep water landscapes etc.

Most scuba drivers favorite pass time is underwater photography. You need to know some basics on underwater photography and under water equipment to make your underwater photographs beautiful and awesome.

Many avid photographers who posses the interest of underwater photography do not know underwater swimming (scuba diving), so they prefer to take pictures from the submarines, as this is an easy way to click undersea life.