Monthly Archives: January 2011
What Accessories Do You Need for Your Digital Camera?
| January 3, 2011 | Posted by admin under Accessories |
Not only can these help you in taking better photographs, but they can also help to keep your camera clean and in good condition. If at all possible return to the shop or site where you purchased your camera originally, they will almost certainly have the accessories that you want for your camera. Certainly, you…
How to Take Digital Black and White Photos
| January 3, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Nick Brandt is a renown animal photographer which has become famous with his book of photographs, “On This Earth”, which was published in October 2005. You have made the decision that you want to be able to take photographs in black and white as well as color and the first thing you should do is…
Tips to Make Your Travel and Vacation Photos Great
| January 3, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Following these tips will help make your travel and vacation photos great, and your experience taking them safe and enjoyable. * Always move in on your subject. When you look through your camera, try to fill your viewfinder with whatever you are photographing. The Eiffel Tower from five miles away, will not have the impact…
Handcoloring Photos Digitally
| January 3, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Get your feet wet handcoloring photos by trying it digitally. No paints, pens or markers to clean up after and you can fix mistakes with the click of a mouse. Start by scanning a black and white digital image into your computer, pick a color and go to town experimenting with all the colors you…
Photographing Events and Demonstrations
| January 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Robert Capa, the war photographer and founder of Magnum, had a simple piece of advice – ‘if your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough’, which you should keep in mind at all times. Usually this will mean using a wide angle and getting into the situation rather than choosing a telephoto and standing…
Make Inkjet Negatives Out of Digital Images
| January 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Use an inkjet printer and Adobe Photoshop to enlarge any image and turn it into a negative that can be contact printed in a traditional darkroom. Images used for this purpose should be black and white. Color images can be used after they are converted with the desaturate command in Photoshop to convert them into…
How to Make a Contact Sheet – Amateur Photography
| January 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
The simple contact sheet can be a real time saver. It can help give an idea of the ideal exposure times with less guessing, helps in choosing which negatives to print and is a permanent record of all the negatives on a roll. An entire roll of 36 exposure, 35mm film can be contact printed…
Photographing Interior Architecture
| January 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Taking photos of large or small interiors requires using a special set of rules. The lighting almost always requires some sort of flash, even if there is plenty of light inside. Fluorescent and incandescent lighting can cause unsightly discoloration in finished prints, and colored walls and ceilings will reflect their colors into the lighting causing…
How to Dry Mount a Photograph
| January 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Inexpensively mount your photos for professional quality presentations, displays or framing. Here’s How: 1. You will need dry mounting tissue, illustration board or foam core board to mount the print on, a tacking iron and a mounting press, Exacto knife and a ruler. (A clean household iron can take the place of a tacking iron…
How to Clean a 35mm Camera
| January 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Photography |
A basic cleaning only takes minutes and the payoff is extending the working life of your camera and its attachments. Gather together a blower brush, cotton swabs, lens cleaning tissues or cloth and a soft cloth. Remove the lens and any other attachments as well as any filters attached to the lens. Incoming search terms:35mm…