Welcome to Photography Beginner. Hope you find lots of useful resources and information that will help you be a light writer.
Photography literally means to write with light. Photograph is a combination of Greek terms Photo – Light and Graph -Write. As a photographer you are light writing.
How well your photographs turn out will depend on your ability to observe light. Your photos depend on how well you can observe the play of light and shadow. They depend on how well you create the perfect lighting for a portrait. And on your ability to capture sunlight, your ability to capture reflections, your ability to capture textures. [Read more →]
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What would you consider to be the best features of a digital camera?
More and more people are purchasing a digital camera due to its convenience and the fact that they’re compact. Digital cameras are also popular because you have the ability to download the pictures to your computer and share them with others.
There are so many different options you need to consider before you make a purchase. You need to look at your needs and what you plan to use it for before you make the purchase. [Read more →]
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This a guest post by Alexander Rorty, M.A. Alexander has been writing for the internet since the last millennium. His most recent site is called 8mm Projector, where he has an article on 8mm Projector Rental.
This post gives the reasons to purchase a film camera and give it a try. Especially for that black and white photography. You will be amazed at the difference. I have to say that film is a better quality by far. A little more expensive, so you may want to get really familiar with your style and cameras before you give it a try.
Film Versus Digital Photography
By Alexander Rorty [Read more →]
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Of course you understand that photography is light writing. So now lets get some tips on lighting techniques for the beginner photographer. Now you will know what that fill-in flash button is for and how to take really great photos in the middle of the day.
This is a guest post by Matt Gibbons of CameraPhotoTaking.com
Photograph Lighting Techniques Vital in Photography
By Matt Gibbons
In every photo shoot, it is very important to capture the image with just enough and proper lighting. Too much or too little light or a combination of both can change and ruin the quality that we want to achieve for our photos.
Basically in order to understand the photography lighting technique, a photographer should understand the basic types of lighting and how they affect your camera. Since each camera is designed in various features, one must put closer consideration of how the camera’s feature work and what to do to use these to get full advantage.
Backlighting is the most common technique that photographers do during photo shoot. [Read more →]
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Photograph really means write with light. It comes from two words. Photo is light and graph is to write. Photo-Graph = Light-Writing. [Read more →]
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Fireworks are beautiful and the colors are amazing. While you can’t catch the sounds in your photographs, the images you’ll have will be magnificent.
Fireworks can be very difficult to catch on film because of the speed and distance. But the wonderful thing about photographing fireworks is you will never have two pictures that are a like.
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As a photography beginner, you may want to jump in and try your hand at wedding photography. The operative term here is “try your hand”.
It is a good idea to leave the “Wedding Pictures” to a professional photographer. But no fear… there are tons of photo opps for the beginner photographer.
What you can do? [Read more →]
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Digital Photography – How To Choose Your Audience
by Bill Weller
When it comes to producing photos that create an impact you have to do things differently compared with the average snap shooter. This includes finding out about who you are as a photographer, mastering the tools of the trade and what will be discussed in this article is identifying the audience that you are interested in taking photos of. [Read more →]
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Buying a camera you can afford has just gotten simple, just buy knowing how many pixels you need. This is great data and will make it easy for you to get some of those great online camera deals.
This is guest post by Marty Rubenski. Marty is the editor of a number of websites including 1PhotoProducts.com and Word-definitions.com
Digital Cameras: How Many Pixels Do I Need?
by Marty Rubenski
With the bewildering number of digital cameras on the market, it’s increasingly difficult to know where to start for your first purchase. [Read more →]
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It is interesting that there seems to be some confusion on how many pixels you will need when you buy your digital camera. The pixels are the little squares of color that make up your picture. The idea is that the denser the pixels the better the picture.
You have most likely seen the change in pixels on your TV screen. When the screen goes blurry you see giant blurry squares. [Read more →]
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Macro Setting
This allows you to focus on a subject that is very close to the camera. On compact cameras, the macro distance can range from 1cm to 30cm.
Without putting the macro setting on, your compact camera will have a minimum distance it needs to be away from the subject if you want it to be in focus. If this distance for your camera is, say, 50cm and you try to take a photo of something that is only 30cm away from the camera, then your subject will be out of focus.
By using the macro setting, it allows you to get much closer to something, to create a highly magnified image but still get it in focus. [Read more →]
Tags:burst mode·camera settings·macro mode·self timer
How well your photographs turn out will depend on your ability to observe light. Your photos depend on how well you can observe the play of light and shadow. They depend on how well you create the perfect lighting for a portrait. And on your ability to capture sunlight, your ability to capture reflections, your ability to capture textures. [Read more →]