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How To: Photograph Fireworks
Photo: Heather Tucker A New Year is almost upon us and it is at this time that many photographers decide to try their hand at photographing the fireworks that light up the sky as the clock strikes...
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The Art of Cropping
Some people try to tell you cropping is the 8th deadly sin. Your picture should be composed in the camera to perfection and otherwise you just shouldn’t bother making it. However, they forget that you...
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What is Vignetting and When to Use It?
Vignetting applied in post processing Vignetting Vignetting is the phenomena in which the corners of your photograph are darker than the center. It’s caused by the fact that the light rays have to...
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Four Simple Tips for Perfect Flower Photos
Are you in the mood for photographing flowers? Then here are four tips to make the most of your petal power shots: Think those overcast days have blown your chances at the perfect flower close-up?...
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Tutorial: Exposure Bracketing
Exposure bracketing involves taking several shots of the same subject or scene but instead of each photo having the same exposure, each photo of the series is taken at a slightly different exposure to...
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How To: Photograph Reflections
Photo by Michiel Fokkema If you have ever tried to photograph reflections in glass, metal or water, you might have been frustrated with the results. The key to photographing reflections is not to focus...
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Tutorial: Creating Ink Swirls
Have you ever seen those floating blobs of ink and wondered how they were made? Today we are going to explain how you do it. You will need: Water Ink or food colouring A pipette Tank (a small fish tank...
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How to be Successful with Long Exposures
Sometimes there is just too much light. You see a nice scene, a waterfall, a fountain or great moving clouds. You would like to blur all the movement and so you put your ISO to 100, your aperture to...
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Why switching to Back Focus Button is a good idea
Most cameras have the autofocus function coupled with the shutter button You half press and then the AF kicks ins and locks. But many times you like to recompose You hold the button half pressed,...
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Zone System for Digital Photographers (or How to Manage Contrast)
Managing Contrast One day or another every photographer is challenged by the contrast in his scene. Either too low, or worse, too high. Choices have to be made. Will the highlights be clipped or do we...
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