We all remember the days spent sifting through old memories while thumbing through a shoebox full of photos. We tend to do that less with new, digital photographs. Printing photos is more affordable then ever, easier than ever, and still as important as it was pre-digital. So where are all of the prints?
Archive for March, 2011
Printing Photographs
Posted by btighe428 on March 27th, 2011
Black and White Photography
Posted by btighe428 on March 21st, 2011
What is it about black and what photography? It’s so striking, so classical, and so seductive, yet it is technically less vibrant than it’s colorful cousin. Black and white photography is of course, the original format for photography. It was a great triumph when the first images were captured and fixed in black and white. [...]
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1 Comment »Toy Cameras
Posted by btighe428 on March 19th, 2011
If you find yourself getting a little bored with the run on the mill photography that is a product of using a high-tech digital SLRs, you might want to try to shake things us a bit. What about toy cameras? These fun cameras come in many different models and types, with all sorts of special [...]
Macro Photography
Posted by btighe428 on March 16th, 2011
Macro photography is usually the idea of taking pictures of things that are quite small. I suspect there is no exact definition of how close the camera has to be, or how small the subject has to be, and in this article we won’t quite define this. Great macro photographs however, are about taking things [...]
Why a Digital SLR?
Posted by btighe428 on March 14th, 2011
Picking a digital SLR might be one of the most daunting decisions that you make in the beginning of your photography career. Whether you’re choosing to purchase a quality camera because you have outgrown the use of a simple or outdated point and shoot camera, or whether you just want to invest in a good [...]
Basics of Digital Editing
Posted by btighe428 on March 10th, 2011
The digital age has allowed for great advancements in the field of digital photography. Most importantly is the ability to readily and easily view images as they are taken. This is not an entirely new concept. Polaroid film has allowed for this possibility for quite some time. It is both available on specific Polaroid cameras, [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: color balance, digital cameras, editing, exposure value, histograms, photoshop, Polaroid cameras No Comments »On Photographing People
Posted by btighe428 on March 8th, 2011
Photographs of people have a special role in the world of photography. There’s something about a photograph of a person that creates an inherent attraction in a way that a photograph of a mountain, or a scenic landscape never could. We are social creatures by birth and people are the most important things in our [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: candid, gestures, photographs of people, portrait photography, Portraits, portraiture No Comments »Photographing The Heavens
Posted by btighe428 on March 3rd, 2011
Many people describe that photographing at night can be both challenging and rewarding. This is very true. Photographing at night can be one of the most dramatic situations that you can photograph under. Photographing at night provides very special challenges to observe and correct. If we describe photography as literally “painting with light” then we [...]
Into The Dark Room: On Craft
Posted by btighe428 on March 2nd, 2011
In our digital age, it is quite possible that there are photographers that have never even stepped foot into a dark room. 15 years ago this would have been nearly impossible. Many photographers these days take too much advantage of digital technology. They think that digital photography is the apex of photography as it has [...]
Studio Lighting
Posted by btighe428 on March 1st, 2011
Stepping into the studio for the first time can be a bit overwhelming for even the most seasoned on-location photographer. The studio has all sorts of mystique about it. It’s a bit like a hi-tech laboratory for photographs. Everything is supposed to be sanitary and perfect. Nothing in the studio is left to chance; photography [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: camera flash, continuous lighting, flash, hot lights, lighting setup, reflectors, softbox, strobe light, strobe lights, strobes, Studio, studio lighting, studio photographers, watts No Comments »
