CameraCrazy

Zoo photography is a great way to get pictures of animals that most people really wouldn’t see otherwise. A lot of people think that zoo photography is pretty easy, the animals are right there in front of you and they’re not going anywhere. Contrary to popular belief, there are quite a few challenges to zoo → Continue reading »

I saw this effect in Nature Photography (written by Tim Fitzharris) and had to try it for myself. To get this eerie/surreal effect is actually pretty simple, it’s just multiple exposures. There are two ways that I know of to make a multiple exposure. → Continue reading »

Singh-Ray came out with a great filter called the Vari-ND. This is a variable neutral density filter and works similarly like a circular polarizing filter, you can turn a dial on the filter and it varies the amount of light allowed into your camera. → Continue reading »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »