If there is one essential ingredient for photography, it is light. It really wouldn’t matter how much money you put into your lenses and cameras if they were unable to gather, focus, direct, and record light; your gear would be nothing more than a collection of overpriced paper weights. Any photographer who wishes to reach their full creative potential should make it a point to understand the vital characteristics of light.
Understanding Light Articles
The topic of metering modes seems to mystify a great many new photographers. It had me a little perplexed when I was starting out
Dappled light is small patches of light filtered through objects and it creates a combination of light and shadows. In this article, we will look at how to use dappled light creatively to make brilliant photographs.
Low Level Landscape Lighting is often used by AstroLandscape photographers to light the foreground in their astro images. Here’s an intro to get you started
Capturing beautiful bursts of color that accompanies the sunset has its tricks, but here are 5 tips that will have your sunset photography shining.
One of the first things you did when you bought your first serious camera was to pop up its internal flash and take an indoor shot. That may well have lead to your first serious disappointment in photography. Pop up flash guns built into cameras can have their uses, but if you really want to […]
