Portrait Photography: Tips and Methods

02/16/07 - Portrait is defined as, “A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.” In the area of portrait photography there are some guidelines that you should consider when you go to take photos of people. The different types of portraits are: close-ups, facial shots, [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

Portrait Photography: Tips and Methods

02/16/07 - Portrait is defined as, “A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.” In the area of portrait photography there are some guidelines that you should consider when you go to take photos of people. The different types of portraits are: close-ups, facial shots, [...]

Cameras and Lenses – A brief description of cameras and lens choice

01/25/07 - 35mm fixed lens cameras – Thanks to today’s technology there are many fine “point and shoot” cameras on the market. Compact and lightweight, with auto-focus and auto-exposure they are well suited to travel photography. If possible, use one that has a manual override for the exposure settings. However, be careful of the auto focus. Make [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

Digital photography RAW format

01/25/07 - Digital cameras typically offer multiple formats save the image : JPEG, TIFF, RAW.The JPEG algorithm uses data compression, which is an irreversible loss of information (which was, incidentally, to a certain level compression these losses almost invisible, but the file size is produced relatively small).TIFF format using compression without loss but the price for that [...]

Portrait Photography: Tips and Methods

02/16/07 - Portrait is defined as, “A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.” In the area of portrait photography there are some guidelines that you should consider when you go to take photos of people. The different types of portraits are: close-ups, facial shots, [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]

Portrait Photography: Tips and Methods

02/16/07 - Portrait is defined as, “A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.” In the area of portrait photography there are some guidelines that you should consider when you go to take photos of people. The different types of portraits are: close-ups, facial shots, [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]

Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (Or Break) A Photograph

06/13/07 - As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… Isn’t the very WORD – photograph – ancient Greek for writing with light? (Photo = light, graph = to write) Maybe it’s Latin, I’m doing this from memory. In our obsession, we buy studio lights [...]

Portrait Photography: Tips and Methods

02/16/07 - Portrait is defined as, “A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.” In the area of portrait photography there are some guidelines that you should consider when you go to take photos of people. The different types of portraits are: close-ups, facial shots, [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]

Cameras and Lenses – A brief description of cameras and lens choice

01/25/07 - 35mm fixed lens cameras – Thanks to today’s technology there are many fine “point and shoot” cameras on the market. Compact and lightweight, with auto-focus and auto-exposure they are well suited to travel photography. If possible, use one that has a manual override for the exposure settings. However, be careful of the auto focus. Make [...]

Cameras and Lenses – A brief description of cameras and lens choice

01/25/07 - 35mm fixed lens cameras – Thanks to today’s technology there are many fine “point and shoot” cameras on the market. Compact and lightweight, with auto-focus and auto-exposure they are well suited to travel photography. If possible, use one that has a manual override for the exposure settings. However, be careful of the auto focus. Make [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

Digital photography RAW format

01/25/07 - Digital cameras typically offer multiple formats save the image : JPEG, TIFF, RAW.The JPEG algorithm uses data compression, which is an irreversible loss of information (which was, incidentally, to a certain level compression these losses almost invisible, but the file size is produced relatively small).TIFF format using compression without loss but the price for that [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]

Time Lapse Still Digital Photography Technique by Ziv Haparnas

06/13/07 - Time lapse photography is a technique that allows to quickly and visually convey processes that take a long time in real life. For example time lapse photography can shrink to 10 seconds the complete process of building a new bridge. Although usually used in videos time lapse can also be used in still digital photography. [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]

SLR and not SLR cameras overview

01/26/07 - First of all, almost all the cameras can be divided into two groups : mirror and not mirror cameras. Mirror (SLR) SLR-Single Lens Reflex – i.e. one-objective mirror. Not especially pressing in technical details – difference of these cameras from going below that you look at object of shooting through an objective of the camera. [...]

Photography how-to

02/3/07 - Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on… An Introduction to Macro Photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, [...]

An Introduction to Macro Photography

06/13/07 - Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given to close-up [...]