Gaussian Blur In Photoshop – How To Enhance Your Images
This tutorial looks at using gaussian blur in Photoshop to improve your photographs and create a finished image to be proud of! In my last tutorial, I talked about 2 specific tools [read more]
June 2016
6 Styles of Corporate Portrait Photography
If you thought corporate portrait photography involves taking pictures of men in suits in offices, you would be only partially correct. Today’s corporate portrait needs to tell a story, illuminate [read more]
Yemeni Dress: Photographing the Yemen Culture and Customs
Ethnically and culturally, Yemen can be divided into three main groups: the mountain people or tribal people from the North, the coastal people from the West and South and then [read more]
What To Photograph: 151 Things To Photograph
At times it can seem like there is absolutely nothing around to photograph and you are left with the dilemma of what to photograph. We have already done all of [read more]
The 10 Steps to Build A Darkroom On A Budget
In this age of high quality digital scanning and output, it seems that the days of the chemical darkroom are over. I’ll admit, it’s been five years since I shot [read more]
Macro Lenses – 5 Common Misconceptions
Macro Lenses photography is a popular style of photography among beginners and professionals alike. One of the advantages of macro photography is that you don’t have to go far to [read more]
Understanding White Balance In Photography
One of the confusing aspects that came when the switch to digital photography occurred is the white balance setting on your camera. We will explain why that setting is necessary [read more]
The Photographer’s Toolkit
Are you looking to get serious about making photographs? What should be in your photography tool kit? (that’s the photography equipment that is taken with you when you go on [read more]
How to Get “Tack Sharp” Photos Part 5 – Lenses, Filters And More
For this shot I wanted as large of a depth of field as I could get. I didn’t have a macro, so I used an extension tube on my 24-70mm [read more]
Getting Tack Sharp Photos With Macro Photography
Macro photography classically means that the image you take is close to the same size as the subject when it is projected onto the camera’s sensor. As a result the [read more]
How to Achieve “Tack Sharp” Photos – Part 3
There are only two ways to adjust the amount of light that enters through a lens: Shutter Speed and Aperture. ISO does not affect the amount of light that enters [read more]
Get Tack Sharp Photos – Aperture and Lens Quality
What is the primary function of a camera lens? It collects light. If there is no light, you have no image being captured by the image sensor. Here I’ll attempt [read more]
Zoo Photography
Figure 1 It’s a zoo out there! Most of us will never have a chance to go into the wilderness to capture our own wildlife photos. One attraction of the [read more]
Working with Models
Learn what it takes to create a great working relationship with your models during a photo shoot. The most important relationship on the scene of a fashion shoot is the [read more]
How to Get Tack Sharp Photos Part I
Through my experience teaching beginning photography classes, I have found that taking blurry photos is the most common obstacle that students need to overcome. The term tack sharp is used in [read more]