We instinctively know a good photograph when we see one. When a photograph captivates us, all its individual parts blend together harmoniously.
Capturing the brash reality of an inner city environment on film will ultimately mean having to handle your camera around an army of impoverished people. Follow these steps and precautions to...
In a portrait setting, arranging your light source so that it reflects off of large surface and then on to your subject can help soften the light. This is called bounce lighting. Its a good way to...
Wanting to change a spare room or spare bathroom in your house into a darkroom for processing photos? Preparing the room to make it completely closed off with light will be your first step, here's...
Red-eye effect is when a person's eyes have a flash of red discoloration in a photograph. This is caused by the camera's flash hitting the eye' s retina or if the person's iris doesn't have enough...
Taking pictures of your favorite band in action can be quite a task. Low lighting and fast moving musicians require the right camera tools to be capture the event on film.
If you are planning on keeping your photographs and portraits in good condition for the coming years you will need the right storage tools. Photo albums with special paper and photo storage boxes...
Having yourself or a second party evaluate your photographs is an important and constructive step in developing your craft. If your purpose for taking photos is to exhibit them to the public you...
Taking pictures of lightning during a storm is a game of luck and patience that is usually left to the more advanced photographers. It requires a few extra pieces of equipment, a keen eye, and...
The last thing you want to happen in the middle of taking pictures away from home is realize that you have misplaced or forgotten equipment necessary to make your shoot a success. Using a gear bag...
Light is basically what makes photography even possible, and the amount of light, quality, and type of light are all factors you must consider when taking pictures. For each variation in these...
There is no rule that says if there is no daylight, there are no good photos to be captured. Taking photographs at night is actually quite simple, and can be accomplished with a few changes in...
A light painting is the result of setting your camera to a very slow shutter speed and then waving around a small light source in front of the camera in total darkness. The effects of doing this...
When a thin layer of dish soap is put into a bowl of clear water, the result is an iridescent rainbow shimmer will appear on the surface of the water when viewed at an angle. A few small steps and...
A whole universe of camera lenses exists out there, but choosing which lens type to use for a shoot depends on factors such as the camera's distance from the subject and amount of the scene you...
Burning an image is the process of giving extra exposure to areas of a print that you want to make darker using an enlarger. This is accomplished by first giving the print normal exposure, then...
Dodging is much like burning a print, but instead of trying to darken a portion of the picture the object is to lighten sections of the photograph that come out too darkly with normal exposure....
Rembrandt van Rijn is widely known for his amazingly crisp, fine details in paintings. His most famous pieces are his hand painted portraits of other people. In these portraits he would paint the...
Normally motion blur is an undesired or accidental effect in your photographs. It happens when you are photographing a moving subject using a shutter speed that is too slow for the situation. This...
Motion blur usually happens because of 3 things: Low lighting, using a slower film speed than needed, or using a slow shutter speed. By adjusting these factors you can stop motion blur from...
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