How to Photograph Light Trails
The concept of taking photographs with light trails may seem a little tricky but actually is much more straightforward than you may think. In this article I will give you some tips to help capture more light trails in your images. Light trails are captured with long exposure photographs – where the shutter speed is very slow to […]
Bracketing Images
Camera Exposure Bracketing So what is exposure bracketing and why do we need to do this? Well we saw in the last tutorial about dynamic range that your camera cannot record the extreme variations in light and dark that your eyes can see. You can click here to read that post. Where the scene’s brightness is […]
Dynamic Range
What is ‘dynamic range’ and how does it affect our photographs? I think one of the most difficult issues most people face when taking photographs is how to record a scene as we see it with our eyes. Quite often the scene we are trying to photograph has an extreme range of brightness from very dark […]
Camera Exposure Metering Modes
A simple straightforward guide to the different camera exposure metering modes and tips on when to use each one. Hi there So as we know – photography is the recording of light and how well we are able to do this this through the camera will greatly affect our photographs. Too much light and our images […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Long Exposure Photography
Hi there I thought I would start this blog post focussing on a style of image I have been working on recently as part of a small portfolio of black and white architectural images – long exposure photography. Long exposure basically means making the camera record a larger amount of time in a scene that is usually necessary to […]