How to photograph soccer tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn the basics of shooting professional soccer sport images.

Tips to pose for a photo

These video gives a few tips on how to pose yourself when someone's taking a photo.

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"Seeing" background potentials

We take a camera into a place with almost no image potential to prove that everyplace has angles that you can exploit.

How Do They Do That? Great Wedding Photos

Posted by David Peterson on 30 Jul 2010 as Tips

You’ve seen them. They’re the once-in-a-lifetime photos that bring out the best in the bride and groom on their special day. Somehow, the pros know how to get extremely elegant portraits in some of the most challenging lighting situations. No matter how dark it is inside the chapel, the pros make it work. How do they do it? It’s all in the flashes they carry and the aperture on their lenses.

How To Use A Reflector In Outdoor Photography

This is a quick video blog by Greg Helton Photography showing how to use a reflector along side natural light to get natural looking portraits.

www.GregHeltonPhotography.com

Outdoor Portrait Photography

How to Photograph Performers on Stage

by Ibarionex R. Perello

Dancers, musicians, actors and singers offer great opportunities for photographing people. Used to being the focus of attention, performers - especially when they are on stage - are great subjects for photographers hoping to capture a striking and dramatic image.

How to photograph Shiny Reflective Objects Silver Chrome Met

Learn How to Shoot Silver and other Highly Reflective Objects.

Product Photography Tutorial

Product photography tutorial presented by Gavin Hoey showing the high power tabletop lighting kit from smick.co.uk shows how to take pictures on whit and black backgrounds using home made lighting table.

Want Money For Your Photography? 3 Things To Watch Out For

Posted by David Peterson on 16 Feb 2012 as Tips

Even if you haven't been practicing photography for too long, you might start getting the itch to charge people money for your services. It's not uncommon. Once somebody tells you how awesome your work looks, a little light bulb goes off in your head. Suddenly you think, 'I could make a business out of this.' Right you are, but there are a few common roadblocks we inevitably hit before beginning a lucrative career as a professional photographer. Here's what you need to watch out for.

Direct and Indirect Light

Posted by David Peterson on 16 Feb 2012 as Tips

 

 There are two types of light in this world; direct light and indirect light. Each of them serves a unique purpose in photography, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Direct light is straight on, sometimes harsh and sometimes warm and colorful. For example, without direct light, the image to the right wouldn’t be nearly as colorful. Indirect light comes from all sides and completely illuminates your subject. Let’s take a moment and consider how each might be useful in your own photography.

How to Open a Portrait/Fashion Studio Photography Business

Photography is a wonderful career, and you may want to pursue it. However, in order to be a successful photographer, you'll need a successful photo studio! Follow this guide to obtain just that, make money, and do what you love.

Nikon D800 Specifications

photography tips and techniques: 3 point lighting

Basic studio lighting

How to Shoot Wildlife Photography

by Jim Zuckerman


Wildlife subjects can be divided into two categories: wild and under human control. Pursuing both can produce wonderful images. Of course, there's nothing more exciting than capturing a spectacular image of a wild animal in its natural environment, but many times it's not possible to travel to exotic locations or spend days or weeks tracking an animal. What's more, many animals are extremely dangerous. Learn tips on getting great wildlife photos in the following article by professional photographer Jim Zuckerman.

Fashion Photography Tips For Success

We see them all over the place; in television advertisements, in magazines, and on the runway. They are the beautiful men and women who strut their stuff while showing off the latest styles from the hottest fashion designers. These are the fashion models of today and tomorrow, and the subject of high fashion photography. It is through photography that these models and fashionable clothing are brought to the public. Therefore, these photographs must be taken with a certain level of precision and a special attention to color, style, and lighting composition. Learning a few key fashion photography tips will help to make this possible.

The Five Rules For Taking Great Pictures Of Food

Are you ready to share your casserole with the world? Be careful. A bad photo can make your best culinary creation look like a disaster. So how do food photographers create these mouthwatering masterpieces? How do they get the food to jump out and make you want to take a bite? I’ll give you a hint. It’s all smoke and mirrors. Here are a few of the tricks they use.

Food photography is a big business, and you would be surprised at what goes into creating an image like the one shown above. Many companies hire a food stylist and a prop stylist to get the image just right. The food stylist meticulously arranges the items on the plate while the prop stylist considers all of the background elements. It takes a lot of time, and years of practice, but it sure does make us hungry.

How To Make Waterfalls Look Blurred In A Photo

Some photographic effects will never go out of style. If you’ve ever seen those gorgeous photos of silky smooth waterfalls, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. It doesn’t take that much knowledge or equipment to create this effect. All you need is a waterfall, a tripod, a camera, and willingness to get up at the crack of dawn.


 

Photography Terms

Istilah-istilah yang biasa digunakan dalam dunia Fotografi :
 

LS:
Singkatan dari longshot. Dengan lebih mendekatkan objeknya, shot ini tetap masih memberikan sudut pandang lebar tetapi sudah mulai mengarahkan perhatian pada objeknya dengan memisahkannya dari latar belakang yang mungkin mengganggu.

MACRO:
Makro. Pengertiannya dalam fotografi adalah sarana untuk pemotretan dari jarak dekat. Fotografi makro akan menghasilkan rekaman (pada film) yang sama besar dengan benda aslinya (1:1), atau paling kurang separuh dari benda aslinya (1:2), namun demikian pada lensa-lensa jenis zoom yang mempunyai fasilitas untuk menghasilkan rekaman seperempat dari benda aslinya (1:4) juga sudah bisa dikatakan makro.

Creating high key lighting photography easily

Here is a simple video on how to make "high-key lighting effect"
that can be done with simple lighting.
So you can take pictures anywhere: