Archive for April, 2008

The Zone System

I was thinking about writing a post on the Zone system, however just before I had the chance I listened to Jeff Curto’s Camera Position Podcast, who dedicated an entire episode to explaining the basics of the zone system and how to use it. → Continue reading »

The Bounce Flash

Light is the basis of good photos, controlling it will definitely improve your pictures. → Continue reading »

Photography Critique: Submission 2

Edwin Wong has sent in this photograph as part of our photo critique program to receive your honest opinion. So please take some time, look at the photos and comment on them. → Continue reading »

Inserting a Backdrop

When you’re taking a picture of someone and don’t like the background or just want to change it, it’s pretty simple to insert a professional looking back drop. This trick is easiest to do when the subject is photographed on a uniform background. → Continue reading »

How to add copyright to a photo’s EXIF data

You can use Adobe Bridge to add a copyright to your photo’s EXIF data. → Continue reading »

Adding Fog to a Photo in Photoshop

This is a nice photoshop tip I picked up off of Matt Kloskowski on adding fog to a landscape photograph. → Continue reading »

What’s In Your Camera Bag?

If you ask photographers what’s in their bag you would likely hear about lens, bodies, filters etc… What we’re interested in is the non-typical items you carry. For example, I tend to photograph a lot of flowers, so I carry a mist bottle that I can fill and spray down flowers to achieve the effect → Continue reading »

Photography Critique: Submission 1

We have our first submission for photo critique from Ben Darfler. So please take some time, look at the photos and comment on them. → Continue reading »

Creating a Panorama

Techniques to Improve Wide Angle Photographs Panoramas are a great way of taking pictures, they illustrate a sense of vastness, provide strong detail to focus on and create some great effects, particularly with photos that extend to or past 180 degrees. → Continue reading »

An Amateur’s Experience with Wedding Photography

You’ve got the camera, you’re known among your friends as “the photographer”, and you’ve been asked to be your friends’ wedding photographer. In this post, I’ll share my experience and suggestions for shooting a smallish wedding (less than 100 people). → Continue reading »