How about learning something different this time, such as ways to show motion in photography? Photography places great importance on stillness. It’s one of the concepts most relentlessly drilled into the minds of burgeoning photographers. We’re all shown photos of fantastically sharp images and told that is what we should strive for. When it comes […]
Camera Craft Articles
How to use your camera to its (and your) potential.
When I first started thinking about this article, the original title was going to be “has photography become too serious?” On reflection though, I felt that was a little too negative and photography should not be negative, it should be a positive, enabling pastime. But why did I come up with that original title? Well, […]
For many years in photography, lens flare was actively avoided by photographers. Flare, which is basically a light scattered within the lens due to unplanned reflection and lens impurities, was considered something that ruined a photograph. Equipment like lens hoods was invented to help prevent it. But times change and so do fashions. You don’t […]
Raise a hand if you spend a lot of your time in your camera’s auto modes, Program, Shutter or Aperture Priority, or even Scene Modes. Keep your hand raised if you would like to shoot manually, but either A, Do not have enough time to set it up, or B, still a little perplexed by […]
One of the key differences between a good shot and a great shot is that the great shot will tell a story. When we think of a story, we immediately think of a book or a film. A linear journey through a series of events. But how can we tell a story in a single […]
More megapixels are better, right? Well yes and no, it really depends on what your starting point is and what you plan to do with the final image. A 6mp sensor is probably not going to be great for fine art images. Conversely, a 60mp sensor is a complete overkill for a webpage. Despite that, […]
