Aperture is a photo management and editing program for Mac users. I do not use it personally but those who do cannot stop raving about it. I personally prefer Adobe Lightroom (you can try it from 30 days and it is even available for people using Windows).
But anyway, this post is about Aperture so we will stick to that! Continue reading “Post-producing images: Mastering Aperture” »
Depth of field in photography refers to the nearest and farthest objects in a photograph that “appear” to be in focus in a photograph. When I say “appear” it means that they just seem to be in focus because technically in any given photograph only one point can be in focus. So all the other points are merely at an “acceptable level” of sharpness instead of being in focus.
Depth of Field also referred as DOF is subject to a lot of variables which include many factors like camera-to-subject distance, focal length, selected lens, aperture size or f-number, format size and circle of confusion. Continue reading “Understanding Depth of Field” »
As many of you might have experienced, shooting in low light without a tripod can be a real pain because of the blurriness caused by slow shutter speed and usually most of us don’t carry a tripod to tide over such situations. So what can one do? One is, of course, if the the situation permits, is to find a stable surface for your camera and keep it on it for the duration of the exposure. The other is to keep your body in the most stable position possible.
Alex Jansen, an officer in the US Army has written an article that explains some of the best body positions you can adopt while shooting in low light. His positions are based on the positions that snipers usually take to give added stability. What more can we say? Continue reading “Shoot like a sniper” »
Some photographs just defy time and become iconic. They bring about change and touch people and often, they also change history.
Read the article on the Swick website to see more pictures and read the impact they had on the world.
via Swick » 12 Of The Most Iconic Photographs Ever Taken.
I was having a discussion with a friend the other day as we were going over some magazines. He was of the opinion that all pro pictures look great because they use great equipment. I chose to differ on the subject but he kept defending his point of view until I showed him some great examples of pictures that have been taken using only natural light.
The way to take these pictures is quite simple and you just have to be alert as to how the light is falling on your subject. Continue reading “Inspiration: Shooting with natural light” »
