Long Exposure Photography Quick Guide
Here is a quick guide to taking long exposure photographs: Frame the composition. Pay extra attention to the edges of the frame andevaluate whether any people or objects (for example vehicles) might enter the image during the exposure time. Lock the camera down on a sturdy tripod. Attach the camera remote. If your […]
Photographing Sunsets and Sunrises
A question that I am often asked is why does a captured photograph of a sunset (or sunrise) often not look like the scene directly in front of the camera. Sometimes the vivid colors of a sunset are not recorded correctly by the camera and the image may look pale and washed-out compared to the […]
How To Use Neutral Density (ND) Filters
Long exposure is an exciting and popular genre of photography – and for good reason. The variety of images possible and the ability to reinterpret an everyday scene by capturing longer periods of time can lead to some amazing photographs. Using high quality neutral density (ND) filters, such as the Hoya PROND range, to extend […]
ND Filters
If you are interested in long exposure photography then you really need to understand what a neutral density filter is and how it can be used to your advantage when creating images. As a long exposure photographer myself, I find that neutral density filters are integral to my workflow. The ability to condense longer […]
UV Filters
I’ve had a lot of questions recently about UV (Ultra Violet) filters and whether they were worth the investment and use on lenses. In the following article I attempt to address the main points for and against and to help you decide whether they are something that you want to use yourself. What is a […]
Travel Photography Tips
10 Top Travel Photography Tips I have recently been fortunate enough to spend some time traveling to various places in Europe, and thought I would put a few travel photography tips together to help you obtain better photographs when you next travel. These are the things that I feel are alway useful to me and […]
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 […]
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 […]