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Panoramic photographs are incredibly popular because they convey a feeling of great space and expanse.  They work best with landscape photography and as intimidating as they may seem, there are lots of ways that you can achieve this effect without buying a dedicated camera or building lots of expensive equipment.

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So now you know the basics about landscape photography - but how to make your images stand out from the crowd without restoring to Photoshop? It is easy to fall into the usual traps and take photographs that don’t push boundaries or hold interest.  Even with something like the landscape, which is static, it is important to keep things interesting.
Here are some ideas for you to try

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Once you have all the equipment you need to start taking landscape images, you need to decide on how to tackle your scenery.  One of the most important factors of landscape photography is the light.  For this you need to do some forward planning!  Shooting a landscape successfully takes time.  You will notice that from hour to hour the scene changes depending on the light.  It pays to check the weather conditions beforehand as rain and overcast days may not wield the best results.

Usually an early light gives you the best effect or sunset.  If chasing the sunset golden light, then you must take a tripod because light levels are very low.  Choose a small aperture so that everything is pin sharp and in focus, and use a remote control or cable release to take the picture to avoid any blur.  Read the rest of this entry »

Landscape photography is one of the genres of photography that many people know and love.  To shoot landscapes, one should have a natural passion or interest in the great outdoors and a lot of patience.  Whenever you are shooting nature or wildlife you have to adapt to what you are given.  So let’s take a look at some ways to capture fantastic landscape shots.

The Landscape could mean different things to different people.  If you aren’t near the country side or any beauty spots, you can also apply these principles to the urban landscape. Read the rest of this entry »

Water seems like such a basic thing that it’s difficult to imagine it as photogenic.  Water has many faces; it can be a lake, an ocean, a stream, a waterfall.  It can be vast amounts of water or a single drop.  Water when frozen or moving is both dramatic and interesting.  Water tends to have reflections which can be highly photogenic but at the same time, there may be days when you want to reduce these.

Here are some tips to get started:

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If you’ve ever done any browsing through photography forums lately, you’ll usually come across people who have just gone out and bought a new digital camera. They’re usually coming to these forums looking for various kinds of help or advice on how to shoot this or that. Primarily it seems that they have either just had a child and want to record the events, or they are just about to go on a trip or vacation of some sort. If you are one of these and you’re trying to figure your way around your new camera there’s one bit of advice I have for you: don’t learn how to use your camera on a vacation or in the delivery room. This is coming from one who knows.

I’m not going to blather on about child photography in this post, but rather the world of travel photography. It would seem that travel photography is just like any other type of Read the rest of this entry »

Photography is a great pastime; it’s something that I really enjoy doing. I take my camera everywhere I go, which is much to my children’s dismay! I’ve long since given up trying to take photos of them because they always seem to hide, which is why I’m so passionate about taking landscape photographs with my digital camera.

Over the next week we’ll spend some time looking at various digital camera tips, however today we’re going to look at tips to help you take landscape photos. The reason why photography is so interesting is because it’s something that you can always improve at; it’s a subtle blend of art and science which is very special. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently I’ve been in the market for an ultra-wide angle lens. Why you ask? Well for the obvious reasons. First and foremost I’ve outgrown the rather limited 18mm wide end of one of my lenses and just felt like it was time to venture into the realm of those cool looking fish-eye lenses.

Since I’m a Canon shooter I had a couple of options to choose between. Namely the Sigma 10mm-20mm f4/5.6, the Tamron 11mm-18mm f/4.5-5.6, Tokina 12mm-24mm f/4, and the Canon 10mm-20mm f/3.5-4.5. Now of course, all of these are pretty wide lenses. Sure I could have gone wider with the Sigma Read the rest of this entry »