Group photos tend to be documentary in nature i.e their primary purpose is to record who was present at some place and time.
For that reason, I take a quick group photo with my point-and-shoot camera as an attendance record whenever I’m teaching. It cures the most camera shy instantly.
What if you are aspire for your group photo to be better? To get past the mentality of lining up everyone up against the wall? Continue reading Tips for better group photos
It’s always great to start a new year with new gear but before you go out and purchase a new camera body.
I would head to this DSLR shutter life database and look up your model and see if it’s listed.
If your DSLR isn’t listed, it’s probably because it’s considered too new to be near the end of its useful live. 😉
Canon DSLR users have no easy way to determine how many shutter actuations are on their camera because Canon DSLR doesn’t appear to write that info into the EXIF info.
Those of you who shoot with Nikon can try uploading your latests picture to Shutter Counter. If you are on a Mac platform, do this:
Find the Finder, choose the most recent image you made, then hold down the “Control” key and click on that image and choose “Open with Preview.”
Continue reading Repair or replace your DSLR?
Advancements in digital photography used to be measured by the megapixels that its sensor can capture for each image.
Thank goodness that race has ended at least in the DSLR market.
Now, it’s about how good the image looks at high ISO.
It’s not that I have an aversion to digital noise in an image.
I lived with digital noise for years when I worked in news because there are lots of instances when flash photography is not allowed yet I had to had to produce an image to illustrate what took place.
Two such instances that come to mind is in the courtroom and some athletic events like badminton tournaments.
These days the ISO setting on my Canon 5DMarkII is never set higher than 400.
Even though I know the camera handles low light very well, I prefer to ‘light’ my subjects if it’s a portrait for better control.
I find if I’m doing a portrait, I want to be in control of the lighting anyway except in the case of this Saturday at the close of the 2013 Lunar Festival in Riverside.. Continue reading Photographing fire dancers in low light
If you do any kind of lighting whether it’s a portrait session, still life or product shot, grab a shot of your setup.
Every time you move your light closer, higher or change the distance, shoot the setup.
By doing so, you are taking notes visually so that when you are in front of your computer, you will be able to recall what happened when you either liked or disliked a particular frame.
I was fortunate enough to have a friend shoot some behind-the-scenes pictures in the basement.
Continue reading Improving and growing as a photographer Part 2
