Saturday, April 30, 2011

Real estate photography tips

Selling your home? Here are seven great tips for photographing real estate:
  1. Use a wide-angle lens
  2. Clear the room and position items
  3. Put stuff in the foreground to add depth
  4. Use angles, not flat-on shots
  5. Try low light and long exposures
  6. Try sunset shots
  7. Try HDR (high dynamic rage) shots

Friday, April 22, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

Using camera movement to create a painted effect

If the light is poor, use a small aperture and slow exposure to see what effects you can create by moving the camera.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Infrared photography with a dSLR

In the first of these two videos, Gavin Hoey shows how he uses a dense infrared filter to take pictures with a digital SLR camera. In the second video he shows how to manipulate the image in Photoshop to emulate a traditional infrared photograph taken on a film camera.



Sunday, April 10, 2011

Camera straps - three different approaches

If you want a little more functionality from your camera strap beyond the one that came with your camera, here is a brief video review of three others, and down below there is a selection of other options.


Thursday, April 7, 2011

Corey Rich - action photography

Corey Rich has gone from college rock-climber to a legendary photographer whose client list includes Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, Climbing, Rock and Ice, Apple, Patagonia, North Face....

Tuesday, April 5, 2011