How to take better night photographs
Hi there! This week I thought that I would give a few tips on getting better results when taking night photographs. Use a Tripod and Shutter Release Stability is key. It is vital that your camera dos not move for the duration the shutter is open. As you will inevitably need to leave the shutter […]
Composition in Photography
Hi there This week I thought I would address photographic composition – a subject that seems swamped with rules, do’s and don’t which sometimes confuses people learning to improve their photography. What is Composition? Composition in photography is how all the elements in a scene are arranged within the photograph. These include the main ‘focus’ of […]
Blurry photographs
Hi just a quick post this time. There is nothing more frustrating to be in a beautiful place or capturing a moment with your camera when you get back to check the photographs and see that they are blurry and out of focus. You may be kicking yourself thinking what did I do wrong or […]
White Balance
Hi there This time I thought I would address the often misunderstood question of white balance in photography. Why sometimes when you take a photograph and it appears on the screen or on your computer as a different color to how you saw it when you took the photograph. In this post, I will explain […]
Histogram
Hi there So in my last few tutorial posts I have covered the importance of the ‘photographic triangle’ to obtain a correct exposure – the combined use of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Today I thought it was a good time to explain a useful feature that most camera’s have to help you determine a ‘correct’ […]
Exposure Compensation
Hi there So in my last few posts, I have explained the benefits controlling of shutter speed, aperture and ISO and how these three key fundamentals work together in photography. You will have seen how you can used these creatively and also together to ensure that your photographs are well exposed. We have seen that […]
ISO in Photography
Hi there. So this week, I want to talk about ISO in the final part to the key fundamentals of photography basics, following up from aperture (https://antonyz.com/aperture/) and shutter speed (https://antonyz.com/shutter-speed/). ISO is the way we control the camera’s sensitivity to light. Previously on film cameras the ISO was chosen by loading in a particular […]
Shutter Speed
Hi there! In my last post, I explained that with a little understanding of a few key basics, you can take your camera off automatic mode and take full creative control – it will change the way you take photographs forever! The camera has three key ways for you to control the light that enters […]
Aperture
Hi there Today I thought I would start a series of blog posts to try to explain a few key basics about photography that can change the way you make a photograph forever. Many people aways use their camera on automatic mode as it gives them the opportunity to literally point and click the shutter button and […]
Selective Coloring
Hi there A friend asked me a few days ago how to use photoshop to convert a color image to black and white and keep some color elements of the photograph. Its not something that I do that often personally for no reason other than it doesn’t fit my photography style, although it can certainly […]