Street Photography
Street photography is a type of documentary photography. It’s about documenting the human condition, recording peoples’ states as they go about their lives. Most simply put, street photography is taking candid shots of people in public places such as streets, cafés, malls, and about anywhere human life exists. Photo by Alan Wilson Photo by Markus Hartel Photo by Alex Magedler Photo by Alex Magedler Photo by Alan Wilson Photo by Alan Wilson Photo by Alan Wilson Photo by Alex Magedler Some might argue that street photography need not contain people to make a shot. Others insist that it’s...
Read MorePortrait photography tips – Filling your frame
Almost every portrait with a strong composition demands us to fill the frame with our subject. For portraiture is about people, and conveying their states and emotions. As a viewer of your photo, a person should be able to tell the exact message behind your shot, and not have their eyes wander around looking for a target to rest upon. In the same sense, filling your frame might not necessarily mean zooming in all the way filling the shot with the face of the person you’re trying to shoot. You can take a capture of your subject practicing their job, or playing with their kid, or even calmly sitting on the porch contemplating the silent free way. And as...
Read MoreCinematography
Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography. Many additional issues arise when both the camera and elements of the scene may be in motion, though this also greatly increases the creative possibilities of the process. Numerous aspects contribute to the art of cinematography: Filters Filters are used to dramatically tint the film gold in the opening titles of Wall Street, evoking an atmosphere of money, capitalism and greed. Filters, such as diffusion filters or color-effect filters, are also widely used to enhance mood or dramatic effects. Most...
Read MoreMinimizing Red-Eye in Your Photos
Red-eye refers to people having glowing red eyes in photographs, which increases the closer your flash is to your camera lens, reaching its highest levels in built-in camera flash. Most simply put, when you fire a flash, the light reflects off of the blood vessels of your photographed subject’s eyes back into the camera lens, consequently recording onto the camera’s digital sensor, or film. Some camera manufacturers provide a feature called the “Preflash”, which helps a bit with this problem. This technique is mainly based upon having the flash fire a light prior to the actual flash light, forcing the iris in your subject’s eyes to close...
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