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Modify Your Bokeh
June 7th, 2007
DIYphotography has a tip on how to change the shape of your bokeh that might produce some fun results. Get yourself some thick, black paper and start cutting!
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Monday Photo Links
May 28th, 2007
Welcome to another week. Hopefully a few morning links may help you ease into work. You wouldn’t want to jump right into it, you might pull a muscle or something…
- DIYPhotography has a couple of articles worth a look. One will help you get a better understanding of bouncing your on-camera flash and another will teach you a few tricks for photographing children.
- For a subject that’s just as challenging as a toddler, try some tips on photographic lightning.
- At Howard Grill’s blog, he reminds us to experiment a little with our photography.
- For US readers with public TV access, keep your eyes open for Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge, a 13-episode series that follows Wolfe as he and his camera do some globetrotting in Patagonia, Peru, Bolivia, Alaska, Ethiopia, Madagascar, India and South Georgia Island.
- Lastly, EPUK has a sassy piece on Flickr, Zoomr, photo-sharing, crowdsourcing, stolen photographs and the kitchen sink.
Photographing Dance
June 15th, 2006
Harald Heim has an exhaustive article up at luminous-landscape.com on shooting dance performances. This guide covers all sides of a potentially-difficult subject to photograph, so read up before you head to the stage.
High-Speed Digital Photo Workflow
June 13th, 2006
What do you do when you have to shoot, process and capture images of 18 tennis matches in one day with no list of players to guide you? This post on Blue Pixel has a detailed look at how Reed Hoffman overcame the tight deadline for this hectic day with an efficient digital workflow.
The Flash Helmet
June 12th, 2006
One of the many reasons I love the Japanese is for their sometimes incomparable sense of invention. The Flash Helmet is a fine example of this creative spirit. Too bad it’s so ridiculous.
This portable lighting system is designed to produce a soft light as it’s bounced from an umbrella. A head-mounted umbrella. Yes, a flash unit and umbrella are mounted to a helmet, synced to the camera and used to produce a rather nice light. But unless you’re used to taking pictures while wearing a clown suit, the absurd appearance of this device might not be for you.
Photographic Layers of Interest
June 10th, 2006
The Strobist has deviated slightly from the usual tasty buffet of good lighting articles and served up a delicious article that discusses layers of interest in photographs
From the article:
“Top to bottom, left to right, front to back,” The Washington Post’s Mike Williamson told me once. That’s the standard. Fill the frame. Make it work. Make someone want to stay there a while.
Usually, the more layers of interest I can pull off in a photo - and still have it “work” - the happier I am.
The layers of interest discussed here are the elements of a photo that tell a story. They are the details in a photo that make viewers step in closer to have a better look at what you have captured.
Creating a depth of interest, however, a tricky balance. There is a temptation to include more compositional elements in the hopes that they may create additional interest in the photo, but this can often lead to clutter. This is why creating such images is so difficult: the details must compliment and add to the subject, not compete with it.
Beach Photography Tips
June 7th, 2006
The Digital Photography School has posted yet another article full of tips, this time, they cover taking photos at the beach. It’s a good set of pointers for a photographic situation that can be difficult for some photographers.
And if you decide to follow these tips and take your camera to the beach, you may also want to read how to maintain your camera at the beach.
How to Photograph Sunrises and Sunsets
June 6th, 2006
Digital Photography School has published another photography tutorial, this time on how to shoot sunrises and sunsets.
Off the top of my head, the only thing I would add to this article is to be a little careful about looking directly at the sun when you’re shooting through a an SLR or DLSR. Particularly if you’re using a telephoto lens to shoot, the effects of looking at the sun through a camera can sometimes be even worse than looking at it with the naked eye.
Miscellaneous Photo Links
June 5th, 2006
Photographyblog.com has a roundup of their picks for the best cameras in each consumer class that’s worth a look if your planning on doing some shopping.
The Small Object has a step-by-step guide on how to measure and cut a matte. A good do-it-yourself guide for photographers and artists.
World War I Color Photos is an interesting collection of very early colour photography. From the site: “Although color photography was around prior to 1903, the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis, patented the process in 1903 and developed the first color film in 1907. The French army was the primary source of color photos during the course of World War One.”
And lastly, something ridiculous: a Flickr set of squirrels with cameras. No these aren’t just run-of-the-mill photos of cute backyard rodents, these critters appear to be amateur shutterbugs.
New Issue of the Travel Photographers Network
June 1st, 2006
The May issue of Travel Photographers Network is up and worth a look. The June articles include a guide to shooting Scotland’s lovely Isle of Skye and a good portrait series from Rajastan, a review of Adobe Lightroom and other worthwhile pieces.
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