PHOTOGRAPHY

Lighting angles in photography.

Natural Lighting Artificial lighting Lighting Angles How many lights do you need? Lighting Ratios Photography is the art of illusion, tricking the viewer into thinking [...]

All about Polarizers – Linear and Circular.

So first let’s look at polarization in general. You can think of light as traveling in waves. One way to visualize these waves is to [...]

The discipline of composing full frame.

There’s an aesthetic discipline in photography which has all but dropped off the radar these days. It’s to make your composition in camera using the [...]

One Speedlight: Some Examples.

This week we are going to look at using one speedlight with no modifications… no umbrellas or softboxes to modify the light, just the bare [...]

Flash photography basics video.

Understanding Camera Exposure Modes.

Shooting in full manual mode will always be the best way to get the most creative shot since you are in control of everything. But [...]

How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography.

Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects. While there [...]

5 Ways to Shoot Autumn Leaves.

Autumn is all about color and leaves. Red, orange and yellow suddenly becomes the predominant color of nature instead of the usual green. What you [...]

Using Your Small Strobes for Professional Results.

Let’s establish a few ground rules for what we are going to be doing. First, this isn’t an ETTL, CLS, or any other kind of [...]

Tim Kent interview about lighting a car. Check the lighting diagram lighting a hummer in the studio.

Sometimes people look at my images and think that the more unusual lighting effects are created in post, but it’s all done in-camera. I did [...]

Tip for DSLR Beginners: Get a 50mm Lens

“I’m upgrading to a digital SLR. What camera model and lens should I get?” We get asked this often, and our reply is always the [...]

Strobist Lighting 102: 7.1 – Flash Zoom and Stone Soup.

The fourth time-based manipulation I frequently use is zooming through the exposure. And last month we pulled that technique out of our as.. bag of [...]

3 Slow Shutter Speed Techniques.

There has been some great articles and interest lately on long exposures so I thought I would put together a hodgepodge of techniques and then [...]

Flash – Ambient Light Balance: A Shorthand Way of Thinking.

By now, most of you have read many times as I have walked through the process of balancing my flashes and ambient. I want to [...]

How to Use Your In-Camera Spot Meter.

We’ve mentioned in previous posts how in-camera metering can be very unreliable. It can meter the scene differently even if the subject and lighting do [...]

The Microstock Guide Collected.

I’ve gathered up all the 16 articles, that make up the Microstock Photographer’s Guide, and turned them into one pdf-file. I did this after having [...]

Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding ISO

Well, if ISO determines how sensitive your sensor is to light, and your sensor records the light (a fancy way to say records the finished [...]

Light Modifiers 101.

When going through the more advanced websites about lighting, you’re bound to run into a lot of terms you’re not familiar with. In this article, [...]

Light Falloff Cheat Sheet Card for Photography.

When ever we use a light source to illuminate an object, that object is being hit with multiple “rays” of light. Some of those rays [...]

Why Focus-Recompose can give non-accurate focus – How A Commonly-Used AF Technique Causes Focus Errors.

In most modern SLR cameras, the autofocus sensor located at the center of the frame is generally designed to be more sensitive and more accurate [...]

What the Mona Lisa Can Teach You About Taking Great Portraits.

While we look at the Mona Lisa today and see it’s composition as fairly standard and simple – for it’s time the composition of the [...]

Off-Camera Flash Photography Tips: Where to Mount the Flash.

Hand Held This is, without a doubt, the cheapest option. You’ve already got a hand, so why not put it to use? The idea is [...]

Understanding Light Stops in Photography.

One thing that seems to baffle a lot of new photographers is understanding the term “stop” as it pertains to a measurement of light. We [...]

Urban portrait and street photography.

Imagine yourself, camera in hand, walking through a busy metropolis. The sights, the sounds and the smells of a bustling city overwhelm your senses. People [...]

Wedding Photography – 21 Tips for for Amateur Wedding Photographers.

I find the family photo part of the day can be quite stressful. People are going everywhere, you’re unaware of the different family dynamics at [...]

Exposure Value Compensation Explained.

I’ve been using the EV (Exposure Value) button on my camera more than any of the other buttons so I thought I would share with [...]

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Tips for Underwater Photography

Develop diving skills. “For photography the most important skill is buoyancy control — the ability to hold yourself in a stable position in the water,” [...]

Why You Need These Lenses On A Wedding.

I’m grabbing one of the most requested Skribit questions, “What’s the best recommendations of lenses to use at a wedding?” Well, first, let me say, [...]

Depth of field in portrait photography.

In this day and age it’s possible to create quite beautiful photographs without fully understanding focus and depth of field. As long as your auto [...]

10 Things I Love About Film Photography.

I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT FILMS! When I buy film, I buy 2 or 3 rolls of about 10 different films rather than boxes of [...]

Digital photography vs. film quality.

There seems to be some curiosity about shooting film among younger photographers and it’s reviving the medium (just when you thought the film vs. digital [...]

10 Things I Hate About Film Photography.

Film is a four-letter-word. It’s a hideous part of our photographic past, and we’ll be better off once it’s been eliminated from society. I’m ashamed [...]

Digital Photography Workflow: Fashion Photography.

Digital photography requires a solid workflow, allowing for professional preparing of digital photo files for the web and print. For the Digital Photography Workflow series, [...]

How to create your own DIY Light Box / Light Tent.

I have used all 1/2 inch CPVC pipe and fitting on the whole project. The sizes here will make a nice desktop Light Box, you [...]

Studio Product Photography Tips Video.

Flash Modifiers.

I have always loved using off-camera camera flashes and want to extend my arsenal of different flash modifiers. In this first round I will concentrate [...]

Radio Popper flash trigger review.

There are a lot of situations where I “need” RadioPoppers. It’s not for shooting people five feet away who are making me point my camera [...]

How to develop your black and white film video tutorial.

Is a picture worth $1000? How to Price Your Photography.

A picture may be worth a thousand words (or even more) but is it worth a thousand dollars? How do you decide what your photography [...]

High ISO changing the way of photography.

For the small group of photo luddites who still cling to film cameras, praying for a revival of old school technology, it’s time to give [...]

Chase Jarvis TECH: Photo Shoot In 180 Seconds.

How to Photograph Insects.

• Getting close is very tricky, so knowledge of the environment is crucial in insect photography. Observe your subject carefully; try to see patterns in [...]

PhotographyBB Online Magazine 7th Edition available for free download.

VANCOUVER, CANADA, AUGUST 14th, 2008 – PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the seventh edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine. The PhotographyBB Online Magazine sets [...]

Real estate photos worth more than a thousand words.

About the importance of photography at real estate sites. “It’s so important to have photos that are professionally presented,” says Rosalind Clarke, a senior sales [...]