Archive for July, 2008

When you are clicking portrait images, you can observe that the backgrounds are soft, out of focus and unclear. The background becomes dull and unclear to highlight the subject, so get rid of distraction in the background.

Many aperture photographers, who set the camera in auto mode for portraits and click the images, face the shallow depth problem.

Auto mode does not create clear background in portrait modes and hence many apprentice photographers face this problem.

Portraits are pictures which should eliminate the background and focus on the subject only, but picture without background is awkward.

With small adjustments in the digital camera, you can overcome shallow depth in the portrait and get great portraits [Selecting best digital camera].

Improving shallow depth of field in portrait pictures:

Portrait mode: This mode supports clicking the portrait images and set the aperture according to the image. But, in some cases, this also loses the control over the shallow depth field.

Aperture priority mode: Aperture is the size of opening in the lens. Have you ever explored or seen different modes in the cameras? If you have seen, then you should have also observed the aperture priority mode in the camera.

Setting the white balance properly is the secret weapon for many professional photographers to yield great photos.

Many apprentice photographers and the people who possess the digital cameras do not know what is white balance and its importance in the photographs!

Some apprentice photographers often overlook the importance of white balance in the pictures and does not even bother to give a look to the white balance setting in the cameras.

So, for those who do not know the importance of white balance and the necessity of white balance in the photographs, read the article to understand the white balance settings and its importance in the photographs.

What exactly is white balance?

The simple meaning is proper adjustment of white balance in the photographs yield accurate colors in the original picture frame in the photographs.

As an apprentice photographer, you must have noticed that when you click picture you find some colors which are not in the original frame. Sometimes, the photo gets highlighted with the orange, red, blue, yellow colors and the naked eye cannot recognize these colors which are present in the frame, but the lens can identify different colors and shows the colors in the photo.

You must have come through many devices which provide you with the probability of Geo Tagging.

You may find these geo tagging devices very large and big to carry.

Sometimes, the synchronization into these devices can be quite daunting.

So, are you searching for a device that is pocket sized and just one stop shop for geo tagging?

Then the device to satisfy your needs is the Photo Finder. The software built in this device will automatically synchronize the photos and writes GPS data location on the photos directly.

You do not need any third party software for geo tagging the pictures around your geo network.

You do not even need a laptop to synchronize the photos. Photo Finder is like all done or exactly plug and play.

The photo finder supports only JPEG format files in the in-built SD card memory slot.

The USB port in the Photo Finder can be connected with a card reader, so even digital camera users can also write on their flash cards with the help of photo finder.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/

High Speed Photography (HSP) is the science of taking pictures of very fast phenomena. In 1948, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) defined high-speed photography as any set of photographs captured by a camera capable of 128 frames per second or greater and of at least three consecutive frames.

In common usage, high speed photography may refer to either or both of the following meanings. The first is that the photograph itself may be taken in a way as to appear to freeze the motion, especially to reduce motion blur. The second is that a series of photographs may be taken at a high sampling frequency or frame rate.

The first requires a sensor with good sensitivity and either a very good shuttering system or a very fast light. The second requires some means of capturing successive frames, either with a mechanical device or by moving data off electronic sensors very quickly.

Here are 23 wonderful pics illustrating High Speed Photography.

Zoo is a very good location for apprentice photographers to learn different techniques in photography.

Zoo gives you a range of subjects (from animals to people who are observing the animals) and makes you learn the different techniques with some challenging work.

This article helps you in learning about different things and tips which are necessary for clicking great zoo pictures.

Things to remember while clicking images in zoo:

What is the distance? This is very important point to remember while clicking any image. Is the distance too long that you cannot get the right shot of the subject you are shooting? The distance between you and your subject should be in a respective position.

Lighting: You can have adequate amount of natural lighting to add light to the pictures. But look out for foliage, which acts as obstacle for natural lighting. Have your own artificial lighting setups if natural lighting is not supporting.

Fencing and cages: Zoo is full of fences and animals are stored in cages. These can be obstacles for natural photo of the animal. Make sure that the fences are not shown if you are shooting for a natural look.

Twilight is a combination of light and dark that can be seen at evening times when the sun sets and at dawn when the sun is rising. This laps of light and dark is a very beautiful scene for the one who loves sunsets and sunrises.

Many photographers feel that the sunrises and sunsets are boring and want to add some energy and variety to the photography. So, twilight photography is a very interesting aspect where you can shoot the combination of day and night at once.

Tips to shoot twilight images:

Normally the sky after the sunset will be in reddish orange color and the trees and landscapes turns into dark silhouettes. This is a variety in shooting the silhouettes in different background. Don’t get confused and think twilight photography as night photography. Twilight photography is clicking images after the sunsets and the night photography is clicking images after the dark expands over the sky.

If you want to click the beautiful colors in the sky, then wait for the sun to set and click the images with different colors in the sky. Even after the sunsets, the lighting is not completely ruled out with the dark. The dark conquers the sky slowly and in this process the sky shows different colors.

Nothing is out of reach from the creativity and digital cameras are not exceptional! You must have seen many cameras which have created a milestone in digital photography and cameras.

One such camera is Yankoo Design “Flying Stick Camera”.

This camera is made up with Whirly bird concept where kinetic energy is developed in the camera to make the camera fly in the air.

Once the camera flies into the air, the Flying stick camera clicks some pictures of the ground with the preset intervals.

The face detection in the Flying Stick Camera always recognizes the subject and sees that the subject is always in focus.

The camera is attached to the flying Stick Camera in the bottom, thus making the image clicking an easy task.

Source: http://www.yankodesign.com/

Lighting is the most important aspect in shooting the pictures, but you can also click great pictures without lighting [Photography lighting techniques].

When clicking images, you add up lighting to the subject in the picture while neglecting the background frame. But, Silhouettes are different from the normal photos and pictures; the combination of these pictures varies from the normal mundane pictures.

Silhouettes are distinctively different and are pictures with dark subjects and light backgrounds. The subject in the Silhouettes photos can be anything, but the subjects should be dark. This is a different technique to explain emotions, moods, mystery or drama.

These pictures never show off the perfect meaning in the photo. They always hide a perspective and leave an imagination for the viewer about the hidden subject. The basic strategy in clicking Silhouettes pictures is the subject should be dark or blacked out without any light source.

The working style of taking Silhouettes pictures is interesting and you have to follow some basics to make the Silhouettes pictures appealing.

So let’s be honest here, not all of you are out to become the next greatest professional photographer.

In fact, you may not want photography [Photography techniques] to ever be much more than a hobby. Why? Well, when hobbies become jobs, they tend to be less fun.

It’s understandable, and we have a couple of solutions for you to have your cake and eat it to.

1. Fine Art Photography on Ebay

Many people go and shoot like crazy, all fine art of course, and then drop those suckers onto Ebay.

They don’t always sell, but when they do, you can make a pretty penny.

The best part is that you don’t have to pay for the print up front if you’re able to get a quick turnaround.

Just wait for the auction to get going and once it does, have your print made. Many art collectors are turning to Ebay for good finds, you could easily be one of them.

2. Micro-Stock

So, maybe you not ready to hang with the big boys over at iStock. That’s okay, don’t feel bad. Many professionals have been turned down as well.

Close up or Macro photographer always show ease in capturing the unexpected and extraordinary sights which are not visible to normal eye.

Macro photography always shows the subject from a different angle or a totally new view. Macro photography is often dealt as creative and dramatic photography.

Observing the subject from a closer view is different subject in photography. By moving closer to the subject, you can see different dimensions in the colors and subject which are not visible from the normal eye.

The size of the subject in the normal portrait photographs is half of the actual size in the ratio of 1:2 and in the photographs clicked from a fair distance; the ratio would be 1:4.

But the size of the image clicked in the macro photography will carry a ratio of 1:1, i.e. the photos often reveal the original size. The lens in the camera plays an important role in the magnification process.

Macro photography directs you as photographer into wide spread of subjects and objects to click. Subjects used in photography are endless; they vary from a precious diamond ring to a backyard garden flowers or insets. You cannot include waterfalls, mountains, deserts and skyline in your macro photography subjects.