PHOTOGRAPHY

Download the free PhotographyBB Magazine Issue 11

The PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue #11 for December is now available for download! The holiday season is upon us and what better way to celebrate [...]

ISO in digital photography guide

ISO should be one of the easiest aspects of digital photography to master, but many beginners in photography still have a hard time understanding this [...]

How to Photograph Children

People always say, ‘Never work with children or animals’ – where’s the challenge in that! Capturing stunning images of children is one of the most [...]

Studio Quality High Key Lighting Without The Studio

How to create the high key image outdoors 1. Set up a white diffuser or diffusion panel behind your subject like a backdrop. (Make sure [...]

Wide-Angle Photography

Digital cameras and zoom lenses go hand in hand. When shopping for your new camera, chances are one of the first features the salesman mentioned [...]

Lighting Basics – Using a single light source

The main problem with using an on-camera flash is the same as using the built-in flash, the light goes straight at the subject and flattens [...]

Five Ways Digital Cameras Beat Film

Film might not be dead, but it has been relegated to a niche category. In its place has risen the digital camera, a product so [...]

Common DSLR Myths – Always Use The Lowest ISO

In the first of our Mythbusting series we are going to look at a common myth that you should always use the lowest ISO number [...]

Using manual flashes with PC Sync

The first thing we need to do is to connect the lights to your camera, for this we are going to need what is called [...]

5 Tips for Great Street Photography

# Use a wide angle lens, but get close. A wide angle lens will help you expand your viewpoint, but at the same time, you [...]

Photography Basics: Beginners Guide to Aperture

Inside each lens is a diaphragm that can open and close, the size of the opening at any given setting is what we refer to [...]

Lighting: Forget that Square Softbox

The most popular studio lighting accessory? Hands down, the square softbox. Whether mini 12×12-inchers or 50×50-inch monsters, these boxy lighting tools are often the first [...]

Pocket wizard strobist – The Strobist Jet Pack

Avoiding double reflections in photography

First thing was to place a black Bristol board on the table and then place a clear nylon sheet on top of it. (Actually, the [...]

Studying Light in Photography

Quantity Among all the aspects of light, quantity is the easiest to control and manipulate. In fact, most of the controls found on your camera [...]

Dragging the shutter photography technique

A particular technique that I always love is dragging the shutter to go for a really long exposure and I’m always very amazed by the [...]

Using multiple Canon Ex flashes tutorials.

“ The artificial lighting learning curve for most photographers starts with a built-in flash or external flash mounted above the viewfinder. The photographs they take [...]

Using A Cooling Honeycomb As A DIY Photography Gridspot

I just love gridspots. The amount of light control that a gridspot will give you is incredible. So, a while back I ordered some honeycomb [...]

Aperture, ISO and Shutter Speed

What I’m aiming for is the article I wish I’d found when I first got my camera, to help explain the relationship between three critically [...]

Learn Digital Photography Now – The Power of Black and White Photography

It is said that everything comes around full circle, creating a cycle. This is most certainly the case with reemergence of blank and white photography [...]

10 Tips To Tell You How To Start A Photography Business By Finding Your Photography Niche

Sooner or later, most photography enthusiast give some thought to “how to start a photography business.” Unfortunately, there are a ‘few’ challenges that “doom” us [...]

How to Shoot Professional Images in Low Light

Low light…it can be a photographer’s nightmare. But here are some basic techniques that I use daily to overcome this obstacle. Some of this may [...]

Download the PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue #10

PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the tenth edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine. The PhotographyBB Online Magazine is quickly becoming a leading resource in [...]

A quick start guide to the one light setup

1) Setup your single light source (It can be a continuous source, a low power strobe or a 100 watt flash). 2) Make sure you [...]

More Than a Bit of a Difference: 8-bit Versus 16-bit

If you’ve been learning about digital imaging, whether by shooting with a digital camera or by scanning your film images, you’ve probably come across the [...]

Consistent Portrait Photos.

In this lesson we show how to set up and shoot the perfect portrait every time. With a few simple tips and tricks, you can [...]

Understanding your camera's EV Compensation Button

” To put it simply, the EV button allows your to quickly underexpose (darken) or overexpose (brighten) your image. How it works is pretty simple. [...]

Fashion Portrait.

With only a couple of well placed lights and a little imagination, shooting a fashion portrait can be easy. Lighting Equipment * Photoflex Boom * [...]

Understanding Sensor Size on Digital SLRs

You know those numbers on the side of that lens you just bought for your digital SLR? 70-200mm … 50mm … etc? Those numbers are [...]

Fill Flash Concepts.

In the studio you use a low-key or high-key background to create contrast between the background and the face. Which key is most effective for [...]

Multi-point vs Single Point AF

Today’s cameras provide fast, reliable, auto focus systems (AF). Most modern cameras are now equipped with multi-point AF sensors that do a great job provide [...]

Understanding digital imaging resolution

Photography resolution is a measurement of image quality, so you may define resolution by how much detail is in your print. If your print has [...]

Color Management in digital photography.

Color management is the practical application of the science of color perception and reproduction to make it possible to predict and previsualize how colors will [...]

Five tips for panorama photography

“Panoramas, images that combine a series of photos into a sweeping vista larger or wider than what you could capture in a single photograph–are among [...]

What a difference a polarizer filter makes in photography

I was out with my new circular polarizer and the effects were quickly shown, here are two samples to quickly show the effects of a [...]

Fashion Photography Lighting

In the world of fashion and high-end portrait photography, lighting is the key to professional-looking images. Having the ability to control the light that falls [...]

Analyzing faces in photography.

There have been several scientific studies which have attempted to quanitfy beauty. Most involve showing photos to panels and having them rate which they think [...]

Easy Ways To Become A Better Photographer

Today, photography is an incredibly popular hobby that is gaining in popularity. The demand for cameras that can take great photos for personal [...]

Photography during the Winter

The angle of the sun on the horizon is smaller during wintertime, creating numerous pleasing effects for photographers, such as a prolonged period of the [...]

Interior Photography Lighting With Multiple Strobes

Set the ISO to 400 – this gives you much greater latitude with the strobes. Set the aperture to f/6.3 as a good starting point. [...]

Photographing 2-Dimensional Artwork.

Lighting and photographing two-dimensional objects such as framed paintings and prints so that they look professionally rendered can be considerably more challenging than in other [...]

Portrait Lighting For Beginners: Portraits With One Light.

Why start with just one light? Because you can get amazing portraits, that’s why. Did I mention less equipment, less complication, less cost, and less [...]

Overclock your flash sync speed.

Facial Angles in Photography.

The angles of the human face and body people consider visually pleasing are universal regardless of the medium. Movie directors and cinematographers are masters of [...]