I love photographing corporate events. Believe it or not, one of my key motivators is overcoming obstacles that come my way. In the example below, I scoped out the stage in advance and the room lights were on full power, but there was no stage lighting. When I returned later, the room lights were turned…
Read more3 Advantages of Capturing RAW Images
When I go out on client shoots, I take images in the RAW format instead of just capturing to JPEG format. The RAW image format takes up a lot of disk space, but it’s worthwhile because you have a greater ability to edit images after the fact. Images are Uncompressed Many lower-end digital cameras only…
Read more50mm Prime Lens: Prime Lenses Simply Require Two Steps Forward or Two Steps Back
What's a prime lens? It's a lens that has ONE focal length: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 135mm for example. A zoom lens on the other hand may have a range like 24-105mm or 70-200mm. So why use a prime lens vs. a zoom lens? Canon 50mm 1.4 Prime Lens 1) Quality - Although the Canon…
Read morePosing Authentically for Photos: It makes a difference in the final results
Most people aren’t models and don’t know how to pose effectively, but “camera shyness” can be overcome. The key is to learn how to forget that you’re posing for the camera—even if you only forget for one second. That’s one of the marks of a good photographer: the ability to trick people into momentarily forgetting…
Read moreLeading Lines in Photography – Study the Subject to Create Something Different
There’s an important aspect of photographic composition that advertising firms have known (and taken advantage of) for a long time: the concept of “leading lines.” When human beings look at visual images, their eyes tend to follow straight lines. Web sites are designed around this principle. Usability studies have found that a web viewer’s eye…
Read moreShooting Digital Images in Low Light for Under $100 – Sony Cybershot WX-50 vs. Canon PowerShot A2300
If you only knew how dark this area really was, it would help this comparison even more. I'll try to give you an idea based on some old school language. Do you remember 100 speed and 400 speed film from the dinosaur days? My guess is that you probably do. 400 Speed was meant for…
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