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Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nancieSingle Picture Explains How Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Work In Photography If you’re a beginner photographer, it can be helpful to have a simple guide that helps you understand the different settings that you can toggle on your DSLR camera. While this helpful exposure chart by Daniel Peters at Fotoblog Hamburg won’t explain HOW the optics of photography work, it will show you exactly what happens when you tweak your camera’s settings. The three setti... See more -
Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nancieHow To Quickly Focus Stack an Image in Photoshop When you take into account all the different ways to get a tack sharp image, it can be quite overwhelming. I’ve been photographing landscapes as a full time photographer for six years now, and have tested just about every method out there. Focus stackingis just one more option, but it is one of my favorites, if the conditions are right. Focus stacking is a life saver when you have a foreground subject that is very close to the frame, and a... See more -
Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nancieThere are many written and unwritten “rules” in Photography. Mostly, they are guidelines, I am not sure that there are rules about any art form, but some guidelines help us out. You have probably heard of the rule of thirds as it relates to composition. You have heard about the golden mean for composition, but have you thought about how depth of field affects your composition?.... https://digital-photography-school.com/using-depth-of-field-as-a-compositional-tool/ See more -
Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nancieLandscape photography is a popular genre for many photographers, especially beginners. But doing it well does have its challenges. Here are some of the most read articles on this topic from the past 12 months..... https://digital-photography-school.com/best-landscape-photography-articles-2016/ See more -
Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nancieTake a look at your favorite travel magazine, and you will notice a pattern in the images. Understanding how to turn a bunch of images into a story – creating series is crucial to any travel photographer. In this article, we will get familiar with two kinds of very important visual concepts in the travel photography world: the establishing shot and the detail shot..... https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-tell-better-visual-stories-with-travel-photography/ See more -
Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nanciePreviously in the posing guide series articles we looked at posing female subjects, posing male subjects, posing children and posing couples. It is now time for posing groups of people. There are usually three kinds of group shots. First are just formal shots with a large number of people. Second are more informal shots with a group of friends. And finally, photographing a group or family members. In this order, let’s look at some sample poses and posing ideas..... https://digital-photog... See more -
Publish Date: 20 February 2017By nancieThe histogram in Lightroom is a useful tool that is easily overlooked. Its main purpose is to help you understand the relationship between the sliders in the Basic panel and the tones in your photos. It helps you get brightness levels spot on and edit images without losing highlight detail..... https://digital-photography-school.com/understand-lightroom-histogram/ See more -
Publish Date: 16 February 2017By nancieSometimes, we tend to be our own worse critic, downgrading our accomplishments and minimizing the amount of skill we summoned to wrangle a particular shot. This is typical self-loathing behavior of the creative mind.Instead of focusing on where we've failed, we could better use our energies to recognize how far we've come. Here are some simple exercises to take along with us in our journey as a reminder of our amazing growth and achievements. ___________________________________________________... See more -
Publish Date: 16 February 2017By nancieToday's Question I just noticed there is now a "Content-Aware" checkbox for the Crop tool in Photoshop. When would this apply, and do you recommend using it? Tim's Quick Answer: The Content-Aware feature for the Crop tool is used when you set the crop box outside of the boundary of your photo. My general recommendation is to only use this option for situations where the area being added to the image is relatively simple, s... See more -
Publish Date: 31 January 2017By nancieNew Jersey is home to over a dozen castles, but many are private residences or have been converted into business spaces. Still, us average folk don’t need to miss out on the magnificence. I’ve created a quick castle road trip that’s both easy and enchanting. http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-jersey/nj-castle-road-trip/ See more
