Photography for the Serious Amateur.
Here are a few tips for when you shoot with your dSLR tethered to a computer. We’ve learnt these lessons the hard way. Try it out beforehand with the particular computer and camera that you will be using. Hardware has a way of doing strange things when you least expect it. Shoot to card and drive simultaneously….
What’s ‘Bokeh’? It’s a word of Japanese origin used to describe the aesthetic quality of the ‘out-of-focus’ area of a photograph. Typically referring to the more visible ‘circles of confusion’ that are visible in shallow depth of field photographs. To get the best bokeh possible, do this: Use a fast lens, with the aperture wide…
A UV Filter is an important part of every photographer’s kit. This may seem like a no-brainer to any sufficiently advanced photographer reading this post, but to the beginners: take note: this is a very important part of your equipment. Or should be. Why Should you ‘Always’ use a Ultra Violet filter on your lens?…
If you want to take really quick & sneaky photographs on the street without putting your eye to the viewfinder, here’s a sneaky trick. Setting your lens in manual focus mode, and setting it at its Hyperfocal distance will allow you to take photographs with a great deal of flexibility, often allowing you to shoot…
If you’re using a dSLR, put your left hand below, supporting the base of the camera, with the index finger and thumb positioned to adjust focus/zoom. Support your left elbow with your chest and grip the camera body firmly with your right hand, positioning your right index finger above the shutter release.
If you know what you like to shoot and what you are really good at Photographing, you also have to know the kind of photography in which you can make money. Identify branches of photography where you need to develop your Photographic talent to enable you to make money to sustain a career in photography….
Work towards knowing where your talent (If not your Genius) lies in photography. Decide what you like to shoot. It may be Birds … Historical Ruins … the Female Form … Portraits; or any one of the good subjects you have around you! Next… decide what you are really good at shooting! Like Portraits ……
To the enthusiast Photography can either be a serious hobby or a profession possibility. Whatever the status of Photography in your life, know the power of Creativity that this form of ‘Art’ places in your ‘Hands’. You will do well to give Photography its due importance and study and practice systematically. Happy Hunting!
Very often, when you are taking photographs of a subject with an element or translucence (Like flowers, fruits and vegetables or maybe even a dragonfly on a twig!) you may want to give some light from behind the subject. This is to add life to the translucent nature of the subject and to bring out…
Tiny tips are where you get a small dose of photography theory and suggestions. There will be more added regularly, so please do come back! Tiny Tips 1: Drawing with Light Tiny Tips 2: Light Study Tiny Tips 3: Study Reflected Light Tiny Tips 4: Study Highlights! Tiny Tips 5: Study light from different angles…