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- Silhouette Photography Tips and Tutorial
- Death Valley Dreamlapse Photography Project
- Interview With Ukrainian Roofer Photographers
| Silhouette Photography Tips and Tutorial Posted: 07 May 2013 04:27 PM PDT Normally every time you take a photo, you want the subject to be as crisp and clear as possible. However, today, we will talk about a technique that hides almost everything from the viewer, leaving it all to the imagination and delivers a stunning effect at the same time.  “Girl and Sunset” captured by Arman Zhenikeyev (Click Image to See More From Arman Zhenikeyev) Silhouettes are used by artists and professionals to convey drama, emotion in a simple yet striking manner and we are going to give you a quick run down on how you can create magical silhouettes with your camera. 1) Look at your sources of lightTypically, when you take a photo, there are two sources of light, the natural ambient light and the light of your flash. The first thing you need to do to get a silhouette is force the flash of your camera off. That way, you will heighten the contrast of the subject and ensure that the subject comes out as dark as possible. The second thing to do is to identify the sources of ambient light. Silhouettes come out best when there is only one source of light ( eg: sunlight ) against which you can place your subject. If there are multiple sources of lights, try to shut down some of them or choose the brightest one for maximum effect.  “Morning Blue” captured by Björn Lexius (Click Image to See More From Björn Lexius) 2) Compose your imageCreate a mental picture of what you want to shoot. The magic of silhouettes is all in the shapes you create, so think about whether you want to capture dancers, romantic love scene or something else. This of course depends to some extent on your subject too. Once you have a mental picture, place your subject in front of the light source and get the shape you want. If you are unsure of what you want, just try out some forms and see what you like. If you are taking the silhouette of a person, try to experiment with the positioning of their hands or features of the face – remember, its a silhouette so you’ve got to express it with the boundary of the object. 3) Fool your cameraNow this is the tricky part. Most cameras today are extremely intelligent, in fact so intelligent that as photographers we need to fool them sometimes to get what we need. To understand this bit, we need to get into metering of the photo. Metering is the way in which a camera determines how to expose the photo. Remember, a camera can’t see colors, it can only sense the intensity of light – so when you point it to a scene, it sees shades of gray, finds the middle shade in the scene and sets the exposure accordingly.  “People Against the Sun” captured by Jimmy Drougo (Click Image to See More From Jimmy Drougo) This effectively means that if you are shooting a dark subject, the camera will figure it out and will increase the exposure to compensate. Now that’s not what we wanted, did we? The way out is to point the camera to the brightest patch in the scene and press half the shutter button ( this is when it does metering, so we are making the camera feel that the scene is really bright ) and then move the camera to the desired scene while holding the shutter button half down. When the desired composition is achieved, press the shutter button completely to capture the photo. Thats pretty much it – you now have a great silhouette shot. About the author: Go to full article: Silhouette Photography Tips and Tutorial |
| Death Valley Dreamlapse Photography Project Posted: 07 May 2013 12:39 PM PDT You may recall the unique star trail timelapse films done by Gavin Heffernan of Sunchaser Films. The popularity and positive response to the first videos inspired Heffernan to reassemble his crew and make a trip to Death Valley for round two. The desert setting in southern California provided the talented photographer with a playground of endless natural wonder to document. In his latest production, Death Valley Dreamlapse, which you can see below, viewers are invited to indulge in the mystifying startrails, the mysterious sliding rocks, and a coronal mass ejection (CME) that produced a red aurora-like mass in the nigh tsky. Take a look (for those of you reading this by email, the project can be seen here): At the time of creating the films, Heffernan didn’t realize what good timing he had, as he was completely unaware that he would be treated to the CME. As he was reviewing his footage the next morning, while still on location, he noticed the red glow in many of the shots and was unsure of what the phenomenon was. The CME is especially noticeable in the image below.  Desert aurora over Death Valley National Park, California on March 17th. 2013. Believed to be related to a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) solar event that night, which likely triggered what we see. Captured by Gavin Heffernan. To capture the assortment of imagery found throughout Death Valley Dreamlapse, Heffernan set up with an intervalometer, two Canon EOS 5D MK III‘s, with a 24mm/1.4 and a 28mm/1.8 lens. Check out the behind the scenes footage that John Brookins put together to learn more about Sunchaser Films time in the desert, right here: Much of the footage was made using standard timelapse techniques–taking multiple images at a specific time interval and editing them together to create a moving image. The visually stunning star trails are made by repeatedly taking 25-second long exposures of the stars and stacking them together in post using software called StarStax. The stars remain still, but as the earth rotates on it’s axis it causes the stars to appear as trails on the long exposure–think of it as light painting with the stars.  Galactic star trails over the magical sliding rocks of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, California. Captured by Gavin Heffernan)
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| Interview With Ukrainian Roofer Photographers Posted: 07 May 2013 10:19 AM PDT It appears as though the death defying antics of the two Ukrainian photographers who are notorious for free climbing skyscrapers to take photographs are still at it. After the first set of images posted last year went viral, the pair of roofers replied with a second stomach churning group of photos. The roofers actions have been met with both, widespread criticism and amazement. In an effort to shed light on their on their unique and dangerous passion, they have recently done an interview which can be seen below (for those of you reading this by email, the interview can be seen here): Given the obvious dangerous situation these photographers are putting themselves in, it is difficult to condone such behavior; however, it is interesting to hear the roofers perspective. Vadim Mahorov and Vitaliy Yakhnenko (Via Petapixel), the two roofers featured in the clip above say the number of people doing what they do can be counted on one hand, which does not seem surprising after watching them at work.
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