START HERE: Photography for Beginners – Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Thinking about getting into photography? This guide has everything you need to get started.
Beginner Information
Basic terminology
Equipment terminology
Learning Photography
Taking a photography class
Learn by experimentation
Exposure control
Equipment
Point and shoot cameras
Digital SLR cameras
Memory cards
Digital Camera Accessories
Tips
Buying a Digital SLR
Buying a point and shoot camera
Buying lenses
You’ll be a shutterbug in no time! Happy shooting!
Creative Photography Exercises: 3 Ways To Rekindle Your Passion
Taking the leap into photography can be a difficult process, but feeling lazy and unmotivated after years of practice is easy. The thrill of the new camera wears off, everyday surroundings turn predictable and suddenly it’s a chore to go out and take some shots for fun. For me, setting goals for myself is a [...]
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Improve Your Photographs – Taking Good Photos is Actually Much Easier Than You Might Think.
In an age where social-networking and photo-sharing communities allow and even expect users to publicly document their lives through hundreds (if not thousands!) of crude un-considered point-and-click photographs taken by any person who can afford the steadily declining cost of a compact digital camera, it can sometimes be easy to forget that there even is [...]
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Night Photography Without Fancy Equipment – A Bare Bones Guide
Night photography has always captured my attention through its ability to transform some of our mundane, daily surroundings into dynamic sceneries of light and shadow. A setting that appears commonplace during daylight hours can take on a surprisingly new atmosphere at night. I noticed this affect at a public park near my house. In the [...]
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Gear
Use a Prime Lens for the Clearest Shots Possible
Among the many other elements that affect photo clarity, the type of lens can also be a factor. Zoom lenses, while versatile for all kinds of photography, are not as sharp as their prime counterparts. Prime lenses (lenses that are stationary in focal length/no zoom), however, always offer an increase in photo sharpness. If you [...]
Ideas
Simple Tips to Achieve Better Looking Photos
Looking to tone your photography skills but don’t know where to start? Want to bring some more creativity and liveliness to your photos? Try out some of these easy tips for every camera, even if you’re a novice photographer starting out with a point and shoot camera.
Shooting vertical or horizontal pictures
Who said you need to [...]
Technique
Focus In Macro Photography – Ignore the Focus Ring
When doing macro photography, every part of your camera becomes more sensitive to even the slightest adjustment. So when you’re taking macro shots freehand (without a tripod), adjusting the focus ring will cause too drastic of a change even by the slightest movement. Instead, set your focus and move the camera itself back and forth [...]
Gallery
A Great Photo Location – Crater Lake
Recently I drove up to Crater Lake in Southern Oregon. It turns out that the lake is situated inside a caldera (not a crater!), which I learned is the “bowl” that is left after a volcano collapses on itself following an eruption. The lake actually was named Crater Lake because in the middle of the [...]
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START HERE: Photography for Beginners – Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Thinking about getting into photography? This guide has everything you need to get started.
Beginner Information
Basic terminology
Equipment terminology
Learning Photography
Taking a photography class
Learn by experimentation
Exposure control
Equipment
Point and shoot cameras
Digital SLR cameras
Memory cards
Digital Camera Accessories
Tips
Buying a Digital SLR
Buying a point and shoot camera
Buying lenses
You’ll be a shutterbug in no time! Happy shooting!
Focus In Macro Photography – Ignore the Focus Ring
When doing macro photography, every part of your camera becomes more sensitive to even the slightest adjustment. So when you’re taking macro shots freehand (without a tripod), adjusting the focus ring will cause too drastic of a change even by the slightest movement. Instead, set your focus and move the camera itself back and forth [...]
Simple Tips to Achieve Better Looking Photos
Looking to tone your photography skills but don’t know where to start? Want to bring some more creativity and liveliness to your photos? Try out some of these easy tips for every camera, even if you’re a novice photographer starting out with a point and shoot camera.
Shooting vertical or horizontal pictures
Who said you need to [...]
Taking Landscape Photos – Tips for photographing scenery
Landscapes have always been my favorite subject to photograph. The beauty of nature is something that can never be rivaled and the opportunities of capturing a completely unique scene still remain limitless. While the temperament of Mother Nature will always be most dominant factor in taking a stunning landscape photograph, there are a few conceptual [...]
Outdoor Action Photography – What You Need to Know to Take Dynamic Action Photos
Action photos have always stood out to me. There’s a dynamic appeal to an athlete frozen in a complex movement. I have no problem relating to the placement of the subject in time and space; the blurred background streaking behind a downhill bike rider commands the eye with speed. A zoom lens, a tripod and [...]
Night Photography Without Fancy Equipment – A Bare Bones Guide
Night photography has always captured my attention through its ability to transform some of our mundane, daily surroundings into dynamic sceneries of light and shadow. A setting that appears commonplace during daylight hours can take on a surprisingly new atmosphere at night. I noticed this affect at a public park near my house. In the [...]
Improve Your Photographs – Taking Good Photos is Actually Much Easier Than You Might Think.
In an age where social-networking and photo-sharing communities allow and even expect users to publicly document their lives through hundreds (if not thousands!) of crude un-considered point-and-click photographs taken by any person who can afford the steadily declining cost of a compact digital camera, it can sometimes be easy to forget that there even is [...]
Creative Photography Exercises: 3 Ways To Rekindle Your Passion
Taking the leap into photography can be a difficult process, but feeling lazy and unmotivated after years of practice is easy. The thrill of the new camera wears off, everyday surroundings turn predictable and suddenly it’s a chore to go out and take some shots for fun. For me, setting goals for myself is a [...]
Use a Low f/stop for Portrait Photography
When taking portrait photos, or photos of people in general, it is always wise to use a low f/stop in order to “blur” the background. This tactic will offer less of a distraction from your subject and more focus where it should be. Also, the low f/stop will make it possible to take photos at [...]
Taking Portraits – Simplify Your Background
When taking portraits, or any kind of photo where you want the focus to be 100% on your subject and not the background, you must remember to clear the background of distracting objects. Move your subject in front of an area with a soft, even tone, like the leaves of a tree or a solid [...]