One of the most powerful tools for photographers that has come about with digital photography is the histogram – that little graph you see on the LCD screen of your camera after you shoot an image. Yet many people don’t know anything about the histogram. This is a huge oversight, as a histogram can be […]
Camera Craft Articles
How to use your camera to its (and your) potential.
Tripods are wonderful tools in photography but are also one of the most inconvenient pieces to carry around with you. Since it’s not always possible to carry a tripod with you here are five ways to steady your camera without one. Raise the ISO. Generally speaking, a tripod should be used when your shutter is […]
Knowing how to manipulate, capture and deal with light is what makes you a photographer. Even the best photographers can often be dealt a bad hand with lighting and nightmare conditions exist, it’s how you shoot in them that makes all the difference. Here are three of the worst lighting conditions and how to shoot […]
Photography is a fun and exciting hobby, and for many of us a job too. Once only seen as a hobby that took a lot of money and some proper schooling to enjoy, the continuing price drops in gear that consistently gets better each year combined with the wealth of information online has seen a […]
Utilizing flash in photography allows you to create unique photographs in ways that would otherwise be impossible. There are a few downsides to utilizing flash photography though. Harsh shadows Over-exposed subject matter Inability to illuminate larger subjects or groups of people properly Using reflectors and other light modifiers with your flash photography will create more […]
Learning to be a good photography takes time, patience and lots of learning, most of it through trial and error. There seem to be countless books, classes, tutorials and blog postings how to do, create, setup, finalize, post-process, etc. to yield the best possible image and get that killer shot. Less talked about is what […]
