This week’s video tips are about the technique on how to hold your camera properly. In the video, Joe McNally one of the best photographer of our time will explain the proper holding technique where you can get sharper pictures and how you can reduce fatigue with this technique.
Add comment Tagged: how to series, Video August 4, 2008
No matter how big pixels your camera has, it is worthless if your picture is not sharp enough. Sharp picture is essential in order to get your pictures categorized under great pictures. So how to get sharper shots?
1. Shutter speed
Use high shutter speed to get sharper shots. Slow shutter will make shots blurred. First rule of thumb is, you should set your shutter to 1/60 and above (if lens is focused at 50mm and below) as this will get you sharper shots. Secondly you should set you shutter value above the lens focuing length value. For example if you are shooting at 200mm, you shutter speed should be set at 1/250 and above (based on 1 stop exposure value) and if you are shooting at 50mm, then your shutter speed should be……? yes, 1/60 and above.
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: How to shoot Series July 29, 2008
Normally each of us will have a role model that we follow. Whether it is your dad, mom, teachers and leaders. The same goes to photography. You will have atleast one photographer that you like and this photographer will have an impact on your photography styles. So share with us who is your favorite photographer and why you like him/her?
Continue Reading 2 comments Tagged: top photographer June 18, 2008
Some photographer learn their photography skills from photography school. But many of us did not manage to enter photography school. Some of us enjoying photography as their hobby and some change their career from doctor, lawyer, engineer to photographer just because they love photography. So how do you get the photography skills if you are not in the photography schools? Read books and practice a lot is the best way to learn photography. Here I will mention few books that I have used and still using to enhance my photography skills.
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: News, photography books, tips June 12, 2008
Landscape photography, one of the oldest and most popular subject for photography. Each time we saw a great landscape photos we will always tell ourself “I wish I can shoot like this” and now you can. Keep on reading my 10 tips on how to shoot great landscape photos.
1. Go for smaller aperture
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: How to shoot Series, landscape June 11, 2008
This month, at Putrajaya, Malaysia we have the world biggest water screen show. I went out to try shooting water screen for the first time. At first I thought I can use the same setting I used to shoot fireworks. But I was wrong. For fireworks, you need to use very slow shutter speed 2 , 10 or sometimes even 30 seconds is used. But for water screen shot, I have to use faster shutter speed. The best is 1/8 and above. It was quite hard actually to get the right exposure because of the faster shutter speed.
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: How to shoot Series, tips, water screen May 30, 2008
Panning is great way of showing the sense of motion. It is a very simple technique but difficult to master. Last week, I have post an article about exposure and mention little bit about shutter speed and panning. This week I will give you a step by step guide on how to shoot great panning effect. This post will be divided into three parts. The stuff you need, the right setting and the step by step guide.
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: panning, shutter speed, tips May 30, 2008
When I first started photography 4 years ago, I am having trouble to understand about what is exposure. But after a while I’ve got the idea. Today I will introduce to you what is exposure and I will guide you to a simplified step by step guide on what is exposure and how to use it. This post will be divided into three sections. The first one is the general view about exposure which I have introduced to you just now and the second which I will tell you after this is about the factors or the elements that makes the exposure and the last part of the post will guide you on how each elements of exposure affects each other and how to use them effectively. I will tell you when we arrived at each sections, so relax and don’t worry about asking your self which chapter you at.
What is exposure? It can be simply describe as the combination of right shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Thats it. Simple right? See the diagram below:
Continue Reading 2 comments Tagged: Aperture, Exposure, ISO, shutter speed, tips May 21, 2008
In my last week’s post, I wrote about how to achieve a balanced pictures with the use of rule of third technique. This post is the next article on the composition technique series.
Leading lines is used to lead the viewer’s eye into the image or a subject in the image such as from right to left, bottom to top. This technique is best use for landscape and other panoramic sceneries. The example of leading lines are:
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: composition, Leading lines, tips May 20, 2008
Long before the DSLR comes to life, the photographer used a very simple camera. It really test the photographer’s skills. But today half of the hardship has been reduced by the sophisticated electronic camera. The image are sharper, the exposure are more accurate. But still there is one important element to complete the best pictures criteria still cannot be done by today’s sophisticated camera and that is composition. No matter how sharp the image is, how beautiful the colour is, how accurate the exposure is, the image wont be the best if the composition part failed.
Continue Reading 3 comments Tagged: compostion, rule of third, tips May 13, 2008
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