Camera Craft Articles

Dynamic range is something that landscape photographers struggle with most of the time and it is the contrast between the brightest and darkest areas in a frame. The amount of dynamic range depends on the difference in contrast of light in the scene. For example, sunset shots or midday shots will have a huge dynamic range between the darkest and lightest parts of the frame.

If photographers follow some tips and are careful in choosing the right shooting process, issues with dynamic range can be overcome and improved in the resulting images. There are various ways in which dynamic range can be improved in images and we have put together a few resources that will help!

In order to use light correctly and make the right choice of camera settings, one needs to understand how the three elements aperture, shutter speed and iso work together. Making changes to one or more of these values for a given exposure means you need to make changes to one or more of the other values to get the same exposure. Besides, adjusting aperture and shutter speed in different ways can help to capture different types of photographs.
Here are some advanced tutorials to help you understand these factors better and use them creatively for photography.

There are actually many reasons why you might want to take a tripod, beyond shooting at night. Today we are going to explore some of them. But first, and I have gone on about this before, don’t buy a cheap tripod. Spend as much as you can afford on a good set of legs and a separate, suitable head. A cheap tripod will put you off for life. Buy a good one and you will understand why tripods matter more than you think.

When you are a beginner in photography, the first thing to understand in order to get better at photography is the exposure triangle. You will need a good understanding of what happens when you change aperture values, shutter speeds and ISO. In this article, we have put together several resources, that will help you to understand these three factors and in turn understand the exposure triangle to capture better photos.

We might look at the dull weather, and perhaps the seemingly dull suburban environment that many of us might live in and think “no photography today.” But to do so is to miss a potential gold mine of photographic possibilities. Today we are going to look at capturing the magic in the mundane.

In photography, we are working with light which can be manipulated in various ways using various techniques and elements. When looking at how light behaves during this process, before and after passing through through the lens, we are able to capture some very interesting photographs. There are various ways in which you can modify or manipulate the properties of light or even use the camera lens creatively for photography and capture unique shots. Here are some tutorials that will help you get started with creative photography.