Saturday, 15 June 2013

How to Improve Your Night Photography with Light Painting: 20% Off This eBook

How to Improve Your Night Photography with Light Painting: 20% Off This eBook

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How to Improve Your Night Photography with Light Painting: 20% Off This eBook

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Historically, night shooting has fascinated, yet intimidated photographers. Thereʼs always been a perception that itʼs a difficult discipline to master, requiring state-of- the-art equipment and years of dedication to understand its eccentricities. But in the digital era, this couldnʼt be further from the truth: all you really need is a DSLR, tripod, remote shutter release and the desire to do it. Add light painting to the equation and the potential becomes unlimited. There is an eBook that covers these concepts and we were able to arrange 20% off for the next few days, simply remember to use the voucher code picturecorect at checkout. Found here: Light Painted Night Photography

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Light Painted Night Photography Guide

Author Troy Paiva has been creating light painted night photography in abandoned locations and junkyards since 1989. Over the last twelve years his photo projects have gone viral repeatedly, spawning millions of viewers.

He has finally written this "How To" book. It explains in full detail his easy to learn techniques for creating elaborate studio-style lighting effects with a few simple flashlights and a single, pocket-sized strobe. The book demystifies LP/NP, so even a novice can create amazing images.

All the secrets of his working process, never revealed before; from light settings and gel types, to white-balance methodology and post-production techniques are revealed. Each of the 44 images gets the full treatment; not only full explanations of his lighting and exposure methodology, but also anecdotes on compositional strategy, waiting for the decisive moment and making the best of difficult working situations.

  • A great resource guide for getting started with the art and science of light painting and full moon-based night photography.
  • Written by a photographer with over 20 years of experience on the leading edge of this complex and specialized type of work.
  • 81 pages with in-depth explanations of techniques
  • In-depth analysis of 44 zoomable images.
  • Loaded with tips and tricks for accessing locations, working by moonlight vs. total darkness, manually focusing in the dark, time-exposure portraits, post-production techniques and many other subjects.
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Pages from Light Painted Night Photography

“I really can see this becoming a must read for all photography students, even those not doing night photography–as there is a lot of sound knowledge that can transfer across a number of disciplines. Reallly good.” –Ian Shipley

How to Get a Discounted Copy This Week:

Our readers can receive 20% off until Thursday, June 20 by using the discount code PICTURECORRECT at checkout. The guide comes in PDF format that can be read on computers, phones and most tablet computers (works great as a mobile reference out in the field).

It can be found here: Light Painted Night Photography Guide


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Take a Moment and Explore New Zealand with these Incredible Timelapse Sequences

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 01:49 PM PDT

New Zealand is often listed among the most goregeous places in the world, and for good reason. With a population of less than 4.5 million people, the natural wonder of this island nation which stretches from wet and temperate in the south to sub-tropical in the north lays beautifully preserved, barely touched by the machines of heavy industry and the density of modern life. These two timelapse videos display the landscapes and weather patterns of the land of the kiwi fruit (for those of you reading this by email, the timelapse videos can be seen here):

The first film takes us on an etheral journey through the New Zealand skies, over the rivers and mountains, through the valleys and fields, showcasing the magnificent variety of scenery to be found there. The second draws a heavy focus on changing weather formations – billowing clouds as they roll across the vast hills and plains, the arching sun, the rainbows and the double rainbows which form in the misty air:

Both videos were created by Bevan Percival of Primal Earth Images, using the full-frame Canon 5D Mark II. If you’re unfamiliar, time lapse photography is created by using an intervalometer, a device which will cause the camera to take a picture every x minutes (or hours, or seconds). With the camera on a sturdy tripod, it can sit almost indefinitely, capturing the progression of time as the day comes and goes before the lens.

For Further Training on Time-lapse Photography:

There is an in-depth guide (146 pages) to shooting, processing and rendering time-lapses using a dslr camera. It can be found here: Time-lapse Photography Guide


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How to Create a Composite Image: Photographing & Editing

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 10:26 AM PDT

There are several tutorials that show you how to create a composite image using two or more photos, but rarely do you see a video that shows you how to shoot for a composite image. Putting two photos together isn’t too difficult if they have matching lighting conditions. But creating those identical lighting conditions is the tricky part. In the first video, Mark Wallace shows you how to shoot a series of images in preparation for a separate and unidentified background while Gavin Hoey takes the wheel in the second video and shows you how to create a matching background photo and composite the two to make them look like one organic image (for those of you reading this by email, the tutorial videos can be seen here):

And here is part 2:

Some tips for creating composite images:

  • Shoot Against a Solid Colored Background - This makes it easier to separate your subject from the background and paste them in a new background. White typically works the best, but any flat, solid background will make cropping easier.
  • Be Aware of Hair - Hair, fur, and certain types of clothing can create fine detail that’s difficult to crop around. This isn’t to say that it can’t be done, but it certainly adds more time and effort to do. Hard edges are easiest to crop out.
  • Change the Lighting Conditions - If you have the second image for your composite, you can look at objects in the scene and try to match those conditions. Look at the direction and hardness of the light. If you don’t have your second image, you’ll want to shoot in as many different lighting conditions as you can in preparation. Direction is perhaps the most important factor because you can easily change brightness and contrast in post-processing, but direction, not so much.
  • Take More Photos - Some images just won’t match up together no matter how much Photoshop you put into it. More photos equals more chances that two will work together.
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Changing the direction, hardness, and fill of the light will give you a wider selection of images to choose from when compositing

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Most photos won’t fit perfectly together, but that’s where light editing tools can come in handy


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