Tips for Taking Photos from an Airplane |  |
- Tips for Taking Photos from an Airplane
- Timelapse Photography of a Rare Night Sky (Video)
- High-End Product Photography Tutorial and Techniques (Video)
| Tips for Taking Photos from an Airplane Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:52 PM PDT Have you ever looked out of the window of an airplane? Now you would wonder why I am asking this strange question. Have you looked out of an airplane window and remarked about the beauty. Have you ever wanted to capture those moments? Well now you can capture those memories. Here are a few tips for taking photos while on an airplane ride.  “Take off” captured by Mikel Peterson (Click Image to See More From Mikel Peterson) A common mistake that people make when taking shots from the camera is to put the lens of the camera right against the window pane of the airplane. We normally do this hoping that it will cut down on the reflections. People also do this to take a steady shot. Now, resting your camera on the window pane might help you to decrease the reflection but it will never help in taking a steady shot. If you rest the camera on window pane the camera will shake a lot more owing to the vibrations of the airplane. If you are using a DSLR with a fitted lens, what you can do is attach a lens hood to the lens. This way you will get closer to the window without really touching it. This is the best strategy to take a beautiful picture. Now, use your free hand to cup the lens, this way you will be able to protect it from the reflections. Now the best way to take an aerial shot is to shoot from an open window from a proper altitude. But since most of us cannot do it, the next best option is to shoot from the window of an airplane.  “Sunset at 35,000 Ft” captured by MSkeet (Click Image to See More From MSkeet) Below are five tips for taking photos from an airplane window:1. When you plan to take a picture from the window of an airplane, switch your camera from the auto focus to the manual focus. The reason is that the camera gets confused when you are shooting through the glass. When you switch to the manual focus mode and lock the focus on the main focal point you will achieve better results. 2. Windows of the airplane will often ice up or get condensed when you are flying for a long period of time. Therefore, you must make it a point to shoot early. Your shots will be much clearer and better. 3. If you are looking for the aerial shots of the ground, there will be fewer opportunities when you would be able to do it. Therefore, the key is to be ready for those moments. These opportunities occur when the plane begins to bank off before landing or after taking off. You will get very few opportunities to capture these shots. Therefore, always be ready to shot at the right moment. 4. Always turn off the flash when you shoot from an airplane. The reason is that a flash will not be of any help. An in-built flash will only work for a few meters and will aggravate the problem of reflection.  “stairway to heaven” captured by davy mameli (Click Image to See More From davy mameli) 5. There are times when the scene outside the airplane is just breathtaking. These are the scenes that you will never want to miss. But after you have captured these scenes you would really feel that they do nothing to inspire you. When shooting from airplane look for a main subject that will bring light on your photograph. About the Author Go to full article: Tips for Taking Photos from an Airplane |
| Timelapse Photography of a Rare Night Sky (Video) Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT There is no surprise photographers have been drawn to capturing some of the natural phenomenons that occurs in the sky during the night hours such as auroras and coronal mass ejection’s. For most, the celestial events are once in a lifetime experiences and, thanks to advancements in digital photography, the ability to share the moment with the world has inspired the creation of some gorgeous timelapse footage: The stunning footage you saw in the video above was captured in Caithness which is located in Northern Scotland. Part of what makes these sequences stand out among all the others is the rarity of what is happening in the sky. Not only was the lucky photographer, Maciej Winiarczyk, able to capture an Aurora, but he quickly realized he was in for a real treat when a group Noctilucent clouds made an appearance as well. The clouds, often referred to as Night Shining Clouds, are the highest occurring clouds at about 50 miles above earth, which also happens to be the distance in which auroras occur. The rare cloud formation are usually to distant and faint to see, but are sometimes visible during the summer months at specific points north and south of the equator.
On the technical side of things Winiarczyk outfitted himself with a pair of Canon’s, a 7D and a 1000D. Depending on the scene, he switched lenses from anything ranging from a 10mm fisheye all the way through a 300mm zoom. While the exposure settings were frequently changing througout the night depending on the available light, Winiarczyk says, “For aurora shots when dark, I often use ISO 3200, 8 sec. exposure, and f/2.8.” For Further Training on Timelapse Photography:There is a COMPLETE guide (146 pages) to shooting, processing and rendering time-lapses using a dslr camera. It can be found here: The Timelapse Photography Guide Go to full article: Timelapse Photography of a Rare Night Sky (Video) |
| High-End Product Photography Tutorial and Techniques (Video) Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:04 PM PDT Despite the fact that product photography is among the most prolific and inescapable features of modern marketing, people often ask me, “Product photography? What’s that?”. Products and models are the two cornerstones of commercial advertising, but while there is a great deal of understanding of how fashion photography affects us as viewers, the way we absorb a product is less widely discussed. The quality of light, the colours used, and the choice of props and backgrounds all subtly communicate an idea about the item, brand, or company. Achieving these setups can be an intricate and complex endeavour; in the following video, UK photographer Karl Taylor walks us through a typical lighting setup on a bottle of high-end scotch whisky: Everything in this composition is arranged to describe the product visually. It isn’t summed up in flavours so much as feelings – the soft, gentle light relaxes us while the amber colour make us feel warm – an effect which is only heightened by the golden reflections. The rich blackness that surrounds the product isolates it in our mind as being singularly important, enough so to warrant some repetition (the reflection in the glossy acrylic below). All these things reflect the way whisky makes a person feel, and why they’d want to drink it. All these things would have been carefully considered when Taylor initially set up his shot.
Product photography can be a fickle subject because it demands a strong understanding of light’s behaviour and how to control it effectively. Extreme attention to detail must be used to identify problems which appear small in the studio but can become huge in the final image, and it takes a lot of creativity to solve the various lighting problems you’ll run in to. That said, product photography can be done with simple equipment, as Taylor mentions in the video. Expensive studio lights like his are handy because you can adjust the light and see it change in real time, but speedlights can be used as well – you just have to take a lot of test shots. The third option is continuous lighting which, thanks to compact fluorescent bulbs which emit minimal heat, can now be accessorized almost as extensively as strobes and flashes.
More important than the type of key lights you use are light modifiers. These are just a few things you’d need on a typical product shoot:
The best practice when shooting products is to set your camera up on a tripod and arrange your product within the frame, checking the viewfinder and making test shots and minute adjustments as you add to (or subtract from) your composition until it is just the way you want it. Go to full article: High-End Product Photography Tutorial and Techniques (Video) |
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