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- 5 Tips For Photographing Moving Water
- Wedding Photography Session Interrupted by a Zombie Attack! It Gets Pretty Dark
- 10 Photography Life Hacks to Save Time and Money (Video)
- Camera Features Announced Today on Apple’s New iPhone 5S (Video)
| 5 Tips For Photographing Moving Water Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:54 PM PDT All of us have seen those amazing silky cotton candy seaside scenes or milky white waterfalls falling down a rock face. They all look so professional and difficult to shoot. Now, equipment may play a small part, but it’s actually simple to shoot moving water. The key is finding the right water to shoot and mastering your technique.  “White Clouds on a Waterfall” captured by Mitch Johanson (Click image to see more from Johanson) There is a problem, in that these scenes can be difficult to photograph well, because a few factors need to be in place. But, once you have them right, you are on your way to great images. This is a great challenge as you learn digital photography. So what needs to happen? Let’s take a look at some basic steps to getting it right. 1. Choose the right location.The basic foundation for successful flowing water images, especially waterfalls, is choosing the right location for the shot. Waterfalls are notoriously difficult to access, because most times they are found in rugged terrain. Be careful when choosing your location. It’s much better to approach a waterfall from below than from above; look for a route down near the water. By watching the light, you may find there is a perfect time for shooting.  “The Mists of Tea Tree Creek” captured by Jim Worrall (Click image to see more from Worrall) 2. Choose the right format.Horizontal and vertical formats, also known as landscape and portrait, can both work well for seaside water shots. But, for waterfalls, most times it’s best to use vertical or portrait, because on most occasions there is more height than breadth to the image.  “Waterfall” captured by Ian (Click image to see more from Ian) But be prepared to experiment with both orientations, as you never know which might result in a classic shot. 3. Choose the right shutter speed.To create the milky white or silky smooth water shot, you need to choose the right shutter speed carefully. The variance between 1/30 and 1/15 of a second could be the difference between a great shot and just a good shot. Here, a problem you’ll experience is too much light, which won’t allow you to use a slow enough shutter speed. It may necessitate using a ND gradient or a polarizing filter to reduce the light a little. You’ll need to experiment a to get the right speed for the scene and lighting conditions. 4. Use a good tripod.A tripod is essential for water shots, as you may need extended exposure times. This is due mainly to using a small aperture to get maximum depth of field to maintain sharpness throughout the image. Coupled with this is a remote or cabled shutter release to reduce camera shake or vibration. 5. Experiment with composition.By this, I mean change your viewpoint, angle, and distance from the waterfall. How much of the waterfall do you want to include versus other features that are near to the water (e.g. moss covered rocks, trees, and other landscape features)? How close you can get to the water due to dangerous obstacles or water spray is another factor you’ll have to contend with. Once you have the composition you are happy with, be prepared to refine it by zooming in or out slightly. A slight variation may improve an image dramatically.  “Looking for Bright Future” captured by Mohamed Rafi (Click image to see more from Rafi) Water photography is fun, but it’s also challenging. Be prepared to practice and experiment with locations until you find one that has just the right conditions. Seaside water is far easier to shoot, but you’ll still get some amazing photos. Happy shooting! About the Author: For Further Training on Slow Shutter Speed Photography:Check out this best-selling eBook on how to do photography techniques that produce unusual, eye-catching results. It can be found here: Trick Photography and Special Effects Go to full article: 5 Tips For Photographing Moving Water |
| Wedding Photography Session Interrupted by a Zombie Attack! It Gets Pretty Dark Posted: 10 Sep 2013 08:44 PM PDT We’ve all seen the classic engagement photos: The guy proposing on one knee. The girl’s shocked face as he shows her the ring. The loving embrace of the new soon-to-be-wed couple. Well here’s a twist on your typical engagement. What starts out as a cliché shoot quickly turns into a romantic fight for survival (for those of you reading this by email, the photo album can be seen here): It takes a special kind of collaboration to create something like this. Not only do you need a creative couple to entertain the idea, you also need a creative photographer, and a very supportive group of friends. How many of your friends would dress up as zombies for you? Go to full article: Wedding Photography Session Interrupted by a Zombie Attack! It Gets Pretty Dark |
| 10 Photography Life Hacks to Save Time and Money (Video) Posted: 10 Sep 2013 05:19 PM PDT If you’re not careful, photography can become a very expensive hobby. There’s always something new to buy. However, many camera accessories on the market can be simulated with items you already own. Check out these 10 photography hacks from DRTV that will keep you organized and save you money: 1. Geotag your photos without a GPS camera.
Get the GPX Master app for iOS (or find any app that can export a GPX file). Make sure to sync your camera’s clock with your phone’s clock. The app on your smartphone records your route with time stamps into a GPX file as you move about. Once you’re home, export the GPX file and use software like Aperture or Lightroom to add geotags to your photos according to the time you took each photo. 2. Use a tripod as a slider.
For casual use, there’s no need to purchase a slider for capturing video. Instead, use your regular tripod. Slowly tip it sideways onto two legs and then move it back smoothly for a look similar to what a slider would achieve. 3. Use an egg timer for 360 degree time lapse photography.
Mount a lightweight camera to the top of an egg timer with putty. Set the camera to take photos at consistent intervals, and start the timer. As the timer counts down, the camera rotates. 4. Trigger your shutter with earphones.
Take smartphone photos on the sly by pressing the volume up on the earphones to take a photo. 5. Make a cheap ND filter with a piece of welding glass.
Neutral density filters are spendy. Spend $10 or less on a small piece of welding glass for a similar effect. Secure the glass to the front of your lens with rubber bands, and use live view to compose your images. Adjust your white balance in post-production to remove the glass’s color cast. 6. Trigger your off-camera flash with any built-in flash.
If you have a flash with an optical slave sensor, you can trigger it by using the built-in flash on any camera. The strobe will go off when it detects the light from the built-in flash. 7. Store your SD cards inside lens caps and body caps.
While you’re using your camera, you have no need for the lens rear cap or the body cap. Utilize these unused items as an SD card case by placing the cards inside the rear cap and covering it with the body cap. 8. Easily remove tourists from your photos.
If you don’t want strangers in your photos, take several photos with your camera on a tripod as tourists move about the frame. Then, in Photoshop, go to Menu –> Scripts –> Statistics –> Median. The software will automatically remove the people from your image and leave you with a tourist-free image of the scenery. 9. Put your battery covers to work.
Use your battery covers to indicate whether a battery is charged or empty. Battery covers have small battery-shaped holes that can be placed over the colored part of the back of the battery to show that the battery is charged. Flip the cover around when a battery is empty. 10. Keep track of your battery compartment flap cover.
When using battery grips, you need to remove the battery compartment door flap. To keep from losing the flap, store it inside the grip. The flap slides into a compartment on the grip’s battery insert. Before purchasing the latest photography gadget, consider how you can use what you already have to solve your photography-related conundrums. What are your favorite photography hacks? Go to full article: 10 Photography Life Hacks to Save Time and Money (Video) |
| Camera Features Announced Today on Apple’s New iPhone 5S (Video) Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:21 PM PDT The iPhone is now the world’s most-used camera and some interesting improvements are coming to the new 5S. The all-new 8 megapixel iSight camera features a larger f/2.2 aperture and a new, larger sensor with 1.5μ pixels for better sensitivity and low-light performance, resulting in better pictures. These improvements, along with the Apple-designed image signal processor in the A7 chip and the new Camera app in iOS 7, provide up to two-times faster auto-focus, faster photo capture, automatic image and video stabilization, and better dynamic range. iPhone 5s introduces the new True Tone flash—the world's first for any camera—that variably adjusts color and intensity for over 1,000 combinations, so photos taken with a flash appear more natural iPhone 5s also includes a new Burst Mode, Slo-Mo video with 120 fps, a new FaceTime HD camera for better low-light performance and audio-only FaceTime calls with iOS 7. iPhone 5S Camera Specifications:
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