Below are links to Photography tips and lessons (Sorry folks, they are not in any specific order, just scroll until you find something interesting!)
What camera's did he use? How was his angle? How did he use his lighting?
Aperture and f/16 Rule The larger the aperture in a camera is the hole or opening through which light travels this part of the camera is called an iris. The iris is adjustable in in different increments or stops. Each stop or f number allows half the light in as the previous one. The term f-number or f-stop is used to define the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of the aperture.
Photographers refer to the best times as “the golden hour”. This refers to the first and last hour of sunlight. Some call it the “magic hour”...
Cameras do not see the world the way that we do, and sometimes we find that an image is too dark and you cannot distinguish any detail. The camera is based on the different hues of gray.
The Kodak No.1 Box Brownie was Ansel Adams first camera.
This camera was first roll film camera bearing the new brand name "Kodak", patented and introduced in 1888.
Dorothea Langue: Documentary Photography or Photojournalism?
Why do my images turn out blurry? It is called camera shake, we all have shaky hands. To get a good sharp image:.....
A comparative photographic essay then and now, can you tell the difference?
13 May 2011, Italy - The Internet was a main source in organizing the dates, times and places for the demonstrations in almost all of the Middle East uprisings. As a result, Libya has blocked all social networking sites...
he depth of field is the amount of your image beyond and before your focal point that will be in focus. Normally, for landscape, you want a large depth of field and to have everything in focus to capture the beauty of the scene.
Tips on How to Use our Disposable Camera
(For the Crossing Borders Project) We have been distributing quite a few cameras lately without conducting our famous workshop to offer tips in person regarding the camera.
Documentary Photography Lesson 1
Documentary photography is often used to incite political and social change due to its ability to capture the “true” nature of an image or location.
Documentary Photography Lesson 2
"In documentary photojournalism, it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way (electronically, or in the darkroom) that deceives the public." ...
"We have many problems in journalism today that threaten our profession and in fact threaten the Constitution of our country. Photo-ops, lack of access to news events...
In one of the early Digital Conferences, the Rev. Don Doll, S.J. pointed out that there are degrees of changes that can be done electronically to a photograph. There are technical changes that deal only with the aspects of photography that make the photo more readable...
Exposure is how much light is absorbed into your cameras sensor. If the shot is exposed for too long, the image will be “washed out”, by letting too much light exposed to your film or digital sensor. If the image is too dark, then the exposure was too short.
You can get some really nice and creative effects using filters during the actual shooting, rather than using your processing software. The filters are used normally for color correction, to compensate the effects of lighting that is not balanced.
This is useful with limited depths of field mostly used in macro photography where you can focus the subject at different positions. Take several images of the same subject each with a different focus spot.
Have you ever tried to take photographs of moving subjects and everything always came out blurry? Have you ever wondered how the sports and war photographers capture crisp images of the subject, while the background has movement or blur?
Henri Cartièr-Bresson was considered the father of modern photojournalism. He used the 35mm format, and mastered candid photography. He helped develop street photography or
“real life reportage”
What do you do if you am somewhere when the light is the strongest and you really want to take some images? Remember, photography is based on the amount of exposure of light that is absorbed to your film or sensor. Taking images in the harsh sun can wash out your images, making the colors dull and drab.
The Holga camera is an inexpensive medium format “toy camera” made in China. The camera is known for generating pictures of blur, leaking light, distortions and vignetting.
There are many types of landscapes. Rivers, mountains, forests, desert, swamps and each place has their own personality. Find that personality, why is the Negev desert different than the Sahara desert? You want to reflect that in your image. Don’t just take an image of a bunch of sand blowing in the wind. Your image needs to show the places distinct beauty.
Tips for Beautiful Landscapes
There are many types of landscapes. Rivers, mountains, forests, desert, swamps and each place has their own personality. Find that personality, why is the Negev desert different than the Sahara desert? You want to reflect that in your image. Don’t just take an image of a bunch of sand blowing in the wind. Your image needs to show the places distinct beauty.
Tips for Beautiful Landscapes
There are many types of landscapes. Rivers, mountains, forests, desert, swamps and each place has their own personality. Find that personality, why is the Negev desert different than the Sahara desert? You want to reflect that in your image. Don’t just take an image of a bunch of sand blowing in the wind. Your image needs to show the places distinct beauty.
Night Photography
It is difficult to take images at night and in low light, but to do so, is the fun challenge in photography! Once, you set out and “practice” you will find your technique and afterwords there will be not a time in the day when you think, “I cannot take a photography because of the light!”
Outdoor photography is similar to landscape photography. But more than landscape, you take images of mother- nature, animals, trees, or water!
Here are some quick tips to help you get out of the box.
Perspectives in Photography
Photography is not only cropping, cleaning and auto balancing your image to make that great shot. However, I understand that in commercial, portrait, and creative photography, cropping, resetting, and altering the images is the norm. Who wants to look at an advertisement for beauty cream with the face all blotchy and full of pimples?
It is difficult to take images at night and in low light, but to do so, is the fun challenge in photography! Once, you set out and “practice” you will find your technique and afterwords there will be not a time in the day when you think, “I cannot take a photography because of the light!”
Outdoor photography is similar to landscape photography. But more than landscape, you take images of mother- nature, animals, trees, or water!
Here are some quick tips to help you get out of the box.
Perspectives in Photography
Photography is not only cropping, cleaning and auto balancing your image to make that great shot. However, I understand that in commercial, portrait, and creative photography, cropping, resetting, and altering the images is the norm. Who wants to look at an advertisement for beauty cream with the face all blotchy and full of pimples?
Photography Basics
The word “photography” is French derived from the Greek language, in English it means “drawing from light”. Photography is really all about light and how the camera works.
In a camera, light travels from the object to the sensor in film cameras. The light goes through the lens to the sensor.
Photography: Getting Started
Buying a camera has nothing to do with a red Ferrari, but you can get "Ferrari" level cameras! Photography can be one complicated hobby or career. Lets look at the "art" of photography and forget about the career.
Most common photography terms from A-Z
The word “photography” is French derived from the Greek language, in English it means “drawing from light”. Photography is really all about light and how the camera works.
In a camera, light travels from the object to the sensor in film cameras. The light goes through the lens to the sensor.
Photography: Getting Started
Buying a camera has nothing to do with a red Ferrari, but you can get "Ferrari" level cameras! Photography can be one complicated hobby or career. Lets look at the "art" of photography and forget about the career.
Most common photography terms from A-Z
Visual journalists operate as trustees of the public. Our primary role is to report visually on the significant events and varied viewpoints in our common world. Our primary goal is the faithful and comprehensive depiction of the subject at hand.
Honest photographs can have an ethical dimension when it concerns the personal ethics of the photographer. Did the photographer violate some ethical standard in the process of making the picture?
It is time to get back to the theme of this report - the ethics involved with the use of computers to process images....
History is defined as, “a record of narrative description of past events”, “all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; or images; a body of knowledge”
The rule of thirds helps you to produce better images. It is something most people learn in beginning photography classes and is a useful rule to remember when framing your subject! Of course, rules can be broken, but if you break this rule, remember the rule and know why you are breaking it!
Scheimpflug Theory
You read in my previous article on Ansel Adams, that one of the two techniques he used was the Scheimpflug theory. I will try to make this theory as simple as possible.
The shutter is what controls how long the sensor is exposed, the longer the shutter is open the more light can be absorbed onto the sensor. The shutter speeds are controlled in seconds and fractions of seconds.
To answer the question “What is street photography?” is quite simple yet complex. It is taking images in public places, like a part, an urban setting, a small town, conventions; public places that the photographer chooses to take images.
Normally, in street photography, the photographer wants a natural look of the environment. You don’t want to pull out your 24-70 mm lens when trying to create the natural environment because it grabs too much attention!
Visual journalists operate as trustees of the public. Our primary role is to report visually on the significant events and varied viewpoints in our common world. Our primary goal is the faithful and comprehensive depiction...
What is the Difference Between Street and Documentary Photography? There are various opinions between photographers between street, photojournalism and documentary photography. The discussions can become confusing thus leaving the person who asked the questions without any real answers.
All About my Fav...Ansel Adams
Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox- Canyon de Chelly National Monument, 1937 It was unusual in Adam's photography to include human beings in his images.
Ansel Adams: Thunderstorm Espanola Valley
Thunderstorm, Espanola Valley, 1961 - I could not find much information on this image, but for me, being a New Mexican, this image shows the intensity of the storms.
Church Taos Pueblo-Doors, and Angle 2 -Ansel Adams- 1942. This is a good place for photographing in black and white because of the light.
Acoma Pueblo- 1933, Public Domain Printed 1941. Ansel Adams took this image while he was working for the Department of Interior. I believe that the photograph was taken just after a storm, because the pool of water on the dry Acoma mesa is an unusual scene.
Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, c. 1929 - When he first saw the church, Adams was impressed by it's "magnificent form" and its "rigorous and simple design and structure.
I believe that the second image was taken in Northern New Mexico in 1958. Adams took many aspen images while he was there, and with this photo, the lighting looks like it was taken at the same time as the known and famous image that Adams is titled, "Aspens of Northern New Mexico"
Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu- 1948. This is one of Adams images that is refined with close up detail rather than the vast images of landscape.
Dunes, Oceano, California, 1963. The shadows in the sand dunes reflect the incredible patterns of the hills made from the timeless winds in the dunes.
Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome - 1940. Adams too this image with his 4" x 5" view camera. Today, the hike up the Mist Trail to Vernal Fall is short, accessible, and heavily trafficked. John Muir, in his book "
Moonrise, Hernadez, New Mexico - Was one of his most famous. The ititial publication of Moonrise was in U.S. Camera 1943 annual. For nearly 40 years, Adams re-interpreted the image using the latest darkroom equipment at his disposal, making over 1,300 unique prints, mostly in 16" x 20" format.
1948, the images was taken from Glacier Point at Yosemite National park on September 15 at around 7:03 pm. Adams is famous for recording details in this image.
I must write about Adams, Ansel Adams has been the environmental legendary photographer who captured Americas beauty through the lens. He is known for his black and white photographs that resound with shadows and light. In my opinion, he has been one of the best photographers in our American history.
"How about you? Do you have a photography bucket list? Starting one should be easy. It doesn’t have to be a formal list or look a certain way. You can make it anyway you like.
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