Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with some of the most dramatic waterfalls in the country. Often, I’ll return to the same sites to shoot the same waterfalls I might have shot years ago. My techniques keep getting better, and sometimes, weather conditions are better one year from the other years. My tip: Never be hesitant [...]
Photographing Boulder Waterfalls and Slides, Fountains and Streams by Kerry Drager How to Achieve Those Soft and Silky Effects Water in motion is ever-changing and ever-magical. That’s especially true when it comes to slowing down the shutter speed and capturing a beautiful sense of soft movement as you see in boulder waterfalls and slides. This [...]
When the shooting experience is enjoyable, everybody wins. by Vik Orenstein If you are having difficulty making kids feel comfortable and natural in front of the camera, read on! To learn how the professionals make their child images so special, learning just the few following tips and tricks will help you get those amazing children [...]
by Richard Lynch A grouping of short checklists for system maintenance for hardware, software, compute systems, digital cameras, scanners and printers. The Health of Your Computer System Keeping your computer system healthy will keep you from getting into trouble while editing your images, and can keep you from losing precious photos. Maintenance of your peripherals [...]
BetterPhoto Instructors Weigh In With Their Comments and Advice by Kerry Drager OK, you followed all of the prevention measures outlined in the first survey of BetterPhoto’s online instructors. But your skies are now starting to show those nasty little specks … i.e., from dust on your digital sensor! Unfortunately, this sort of thing eventually [...]
One of the annoying “features” of digital SLR cameras is the seeming ease in which the sensor gets dirty. Sure, you can clone dark specks out of a sky with your image-editing program, but it’s often easier to practice good prevention measures. Following are tips and techniques from BetterPhoto’s instructors, all experienced professionals: Peter Burian: [...]
by John H. Siskin Photography is a language; it has syntax and structure like English. As with a language, there are many ways to understand how to use the language. Most people learn something about this structure when they get their first real camera, and immediately forget this information. This tends to be an eyes-glazed-over [...]
Prerequisite: Hyperfocal focusing is a function of wide-angle lenses, where there is a “near-far” relationship. Longer lenses are not designed for achieving deep depth of field. Long lenses are designed for a shallow depth of field and quick fall-off after the point of focus. That is why lenses 400mm and longer are shot wide-open a [...]
Just like film cameras, digital cameras do not always make a perfect exposure. When the subject is light-toned (a snowy landscape, for example), the camera tends to underexpose. The image may be too dark. Conversely, if your subject is very dark-toned (a black cat, for example) the camera is likely to overexpose. The image will [...]
Finding strong graphic design when you are shooting architecture and cityscapes is a lot easier than when photographing nature and wildlife. Architects are very much aware of beautiful lines and shapes and they design their buildings. Indeed, architects work to incorporate strong graphic design in the doors, the windows, the facade, and the overall shape [...]
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