Photographing shadows is often overlooked as a creative subject for our photography, and we can understand why. Any photographer, or photographic professional, will tell you that photography is all about light. That’s true. But we see beauty in that little ugly duckling called shadows. We’ve been involved in photography for almost half a century, and […]
Understanding Light Articles
Shooting outdoors means dealing with challenging and changing lighting conditions which can sometimes lead to blown out highlights in your images. ie. Groups of pixels in your image that are 100% white and show no detail. Taking the time to think about the way your camera is set up before heading out will help you […]
As an unabashed music geek, I am fully aware of the impact of dynamic range as it applies to audio recordings; no matter how great a song may be, I find it slightly more difficult to enjoy when it is poorly recorded. So when I first came into the world of digital photography and noticed […]
As we all know, light is a key component of taking amazing photographs. Some will tell you that sunshine at certain times of the day is bad, some will swear by capturing the light the best way you can. Others will only use artificial, controllable light for perfect results. Personally, I think light is light. […]
I’ve got news for you. Your flash is smarter than you are. Think about it? How long would it take you to read the ambient light of your scene and then calculate the proper exposure to balance your fill flash with the background light? Your flash does this in the blink of an eye, and […]
As most of us know, the golden hours for photography are around sunrise and sunset, when the light is soft, golden and easy to work with. However, sometimes it’s not possible to shoot a subject in these hours, you may be forced to shoot at what is arguably the worse time of day for photography […]
