All Entries in the "Performance Metrics" Category
When To Use Fluorescent Lighting Or Cool Lights
A fluorescent lighting fixture is made up of two major items, the ballast and the lamp. A fluorescent tube holds mercury vapor that is ionized by an electrical current that flows through it. This is able to create visible light when it strikes phosphors that coat the inner tube. This type of lighting is more [...]
When To Use A Polarizing Filter?
A polarizing filter is used to eliminate or reduce reflections that can spoil your photos. These filters are ideal for taking shots through water and/or glass, as the glare from water generally tends to be white in color. Polarizing filters can also help to reduce the effects of haze as well as darken the blue [...]
How Lighting Affects Sports Photography?
You can’t underestimate the importance of artistic composition, countering diverse lighting and shadow situations, and evaluating subject motion. Sports[sports photography] require a different approach compared to taking a picture of the moon and a starry night. Even basketball, volleyball, baseball, hockey, and golf require distinct considerations. In some lighting situations, such as with strong back-lighting, [...]
The Exposure Triangle And Its Meaning In Quality Digital Art
The exposure triangle explains the relationship between the three basic aspects of exposure. From each corner of the triangle, we could see different variables including the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. If we adjust one of these variables, it will influence the quality which could make the photo look brighter or darker and it could [...]
Photocomposition – The Lack Of Clarity In Movement Photography
In the modern photographical art, the optical lack of clarity and photographing the subject in movement has a larger frequency in the photography composition. The images done with longer periods of exposure not only dissolve the shape of objects in movement but also introduce in the composition a specific element of photography. This element is [...]
B+W – 60 Years Serving Quality
The company with an outstanding tradition in creating photo filters, B+W – Biermann+Weber was created in 1947 in Berlin, Germany by 2 business partners who gave the name to the company and to the brand of B+W filters. In 1985, the company was united with Jos. Schneider Optical Works from Bad Kreuznach, and with this [...]
Understand Your White Balance For A Clearer And More Alive Image
In digital photography, the final result depends on many parameters. One of these parameters is the white balance. The possibility to adjust the camera’s white balance comes in handy when the color of the light comes from an incandescence bulb or from neon and so it has a different color than natural light. Human brain [...]
Hyper-Focal Distance Is The Key To Flawless Landscape Photography
An interesting name given to a distance, a name that labels one of the most important parameters in digital photography. If we gather all names and terms used in digital photography we could say it’s too much, but it’s nothing that complicated, actually it is as simple as “hello”. Hyper-focal distance a tiny detail that [...]
When It Is Recommendable To Use Manual Focus
The digital cameras offer a large number of options, as focalization is concerned, the automatic focus, the semi-automatic one and different settings will all help the photographer to reach a certain point. When photographing a dynamic scene like people running, cars, bicycles, planes or animals moving, usually random scenery can turn in the most frustrating [...]
What Is Before Adobe Photoshop In Fashion Photography?
The fashion industry cannot be imagined working without state of the art tools like Adobe Photoshop. It is just how things work, every photograph taken is post processed and enhanced. The breath taking images that appear in every magazine, commercial or catalogue, are the proof for all of this. But what makes one photographer better [...]
