Photography tips

Close up photography tips

This is an interesting article about detail photographs.

Close up photography tips

114+ Photography tips for Dslr cameras

I use Dslr cameras the most. But at the beginning it is not as easy to get used to as you think. The results you get can be inferior what you get from the compact camera. This future article will help in many ways to be more effective with Dslr photography.

Currently most people use Canon and Nikon dslr cameras. I have both of them, with several lenses as well, and you can check my lens reviews in the lens reviews page in the main menu. There are other manufacturers as well, Pentax also has Dslr cameras, earlier Olympus and Minolta manufactured Dslr cameras, and there are other manufacturers as well like Leica, Mamiya (recently bought by Phase One), Hasselblad who made not so widespread super expensive Dslr cameras. Most of these cameras has a Middle format sensor and lenses.

114+ Photography tips for Dslr cameras

57+ Photography tips for compact cameras

Many people using compact cameras. How to make beautiful pictures with compact cameras ? The thorough article helps with that.

The following tips included in the article:

– general tips
– usage
– composition
– themes
– techniques
– meaning
– camera controls
– post processing

Many of the tips and tricks included in this article also can be used not just compact cameras but any other cameras as well.

57+ Photography tips for compact cameras

Quick bird photography tutorial

One of the most popular article. It explains bird photography, what are the goals and challenges, and how to make beautiful bird photos. A quick overview over several factors which count in bird photography.

How to photograph birds with a bright sky background, how to approach birds, which camera settings used in order to get the best results. Hope you find inspiring pictures as well. Quick bird photography tutorial

Macro photography tips

Tips about macro photography – what are the most important factors in macro photography? Are teleconverters and extension tubes are useful ? Which are the true macro lenses ? What is a minimum focus distance in macro photography ?

How to set up your camera for macro photography and how to post process pictures after taking them ?

Macro photography tips

ISO in photography

What is ISO in photography ? ISO is perhaps the most used adjustment in photography.

The article explains simply what is iso in photography, how to use it in different genre of photography, how to adjust it, how it is connect with shutter speed and aperture.

There are samples as well for different settings.

Free HDR program Qtpfsgui

The open source free HDR program is easy to use and gives very interesting results.
In Tonemapping we can choose between different operators each of which gives different looking results.

The free program can extend our creative potential considerably.

Qtpfsgui review and tutorial

Bokeh effect in photography tutorial

Bokeh is a word of Japan origin, meaning blur or haze. It can also refer to the person’s mental state as well.

In photography Bokeh means the out of focus (also used oof ) areas of the image. The article explains several ways to use this very common technique, how to make our pictures more interesting 3D like.

Paint with your camera

It is an interesting concept to paint with your camera.
What does it mean ? As a painter works with her/his brush, the photographer works with a camera. The main thing is totally control how your picture looks.

The article explains the concept more
thoroughly. Paint with your camera

Blur the borders of the picture

How to blur the border of the picture to show motion ?

This kind of pictures are most common for example in car races but works very well in a number of different situations as well. The pictures shows motion and has a more artistic expressive look.

You can learn the technic from the article. Read more

Practices to be a better photographer

This article offers several practices which helps to learn several aspects of photography, what is it about.

Photography is about light, and understand how it works is essential to get the best out of it. But it don’t stops there there are many other practices which helps to grow your photography in different ways.

You can learn these practices from this article Read more

Basic post processing with GIMP in 5 simple steps

How to post process images quickly and effectively ? You can learn 5 simple steps with examples with the completely free GIMP software how can you make your images look much better.

Although GIMP is a free software it is a serious program with many functions, including layers, layer masks and other advanced functions as well.

Basic post processing with GIMP

Playing with the background

Sometimes our background is not so nice and we cannot move the main subject away to a better position. What we can do in certain types of shots that we use a simple trick.

You can find this from the article together with other tricks regarding the background.

Playing with the background

Image sensor types and sizes

The main thing in the digital camera is the sensor, which substitute film in film cameras. The final image quality mainly depends on the sensor size and quality. Which are the usual sensor formats, sizes and what is the connection between them ? What are the parameters of picture quality ? How to test or measure sensor performance ?

Image sensor types and sizes

Night photography tips

Night photography is quite interesting. You can get some useful tips in this article regarding shutter speeds, exposure, how to think about your picture, and how to post process.

Night photography tips

Playing with highlights depth of field and more

Sometimes we have a not so interesting scene. How to make interesting images using some classic techniques in photography ?

You can learn from the article how to use highlights and depth of field to spice up your photo.

Playing with highlights depth of field and more