I’ve been on the fence about HDR for quite sometime now. It’s often overdone and over used which is sort of off-putting, but at the same time I couldn’t keep my eye from being drawn to it. When done in just the right amount, HDR photographs look quite stunning. I thought to myself, “Well, creating […]
Landscape Photography Articles
A dramatic cityscape is one of the powerful images we have in photography. It can convey a sense of wonder, power and beauty, often all three together. In this article we are going to take a look at how to shoot cityscapes for best effect. The Right Time, The Right Place This well known idiom […]
Waterfalls are a hugely popular subject among photographers and one that can produce some spectacular results. If the popularity of waterfall photographs on sites like Flickr and 500px are anything to go by, then the general public cannot get enough of them either. But how do you go about getting a great photograph of a […]
There has a perception in the west that the former Soviet Union countries are drab, dreary places with nothing interest to photograph. The recent success of the Euro 2012 football championship in Poland and Ukraine has highlighted these often overlooked countries of Eastern Europe as tourist destinations and indeed, highly photogenic tourist destinations. In this […]
A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to do a helicopter flight around Queenstown, New Zealand. It was my first attempt at aerial photography (my first time in a helicopter in fact) so I’m by no means an expert, but I thought I’d share some tips and photos from my flight. Flight Options The […]
Recently, I wrote an article about having a Plan B. The thing about having a Plan B is that it is important to have a Plan A as well. Today we are going to have a look at the preliminary planning involved in taking a photographic based trip. Some of you, who frequent my Facebook […]
