There’s something inherently special about using natural light for your photography. I love the creamy skin tones & beautiful catchlights coupled with that natural glow. So how do you achieve great results using only natural light and how do you overcome the shortfalls & limitations of low light? Learn these photography basics & creative photography …
Video: Create Beautiful Portraits With Just One Light
Here’s a neat video I discovered recentely which I found very helpful and thought it would be good to share with you all. Jim Talkington: “In this video we’ll look at three fundamental styles of portrait lighting. Whether you’re using a studio strobe or a Strobist setup, this is a great intro to portrait lighting …
Easy DIY Photography Backdrop & Silhouttes
Today I thought I’d show you how I transform my family room into a studio & set up my photo-shoots in less than 5 mins and how the setup I used for the silhouette shots. Truly! 1. Our family room has lovely big windows which let in lots of natural light so I simply slide …
Creating Custom Silhouettes
I love to experiment. I believe it is the only way to truly learn something and explore your creativeness within. Soooo…. I decided to have a little fun with some silhouettes the other night and was happy with how they turned out. I am always being asked how I manage to achieve different effects so …
Studio Setup for Photographing Children in High Key
I love photographing and being creative with high key and I came across this advice which you might find helpful also. But first I hear you asking “what is high key“? High Key is generally a picture that consists almost entirely of light tones with relatively few mid-tones or shadows. There are varying definitions for …
Calculate Correct Exposure
I came across this site and thought many of you may find this helpful if not interesting … A light intensity chart to help calculate the correct exposure for different lighting conditions and lots of other handy information & charts at http://fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm#Light%20Intensity%20Chart Enjoy & learn!
Great Shots Indoors
It doesn’t take much to get great shots indoors. In fact the secret is so simple that it’ll amaze you once you know what it is. The first secret to taking good indoor shots is that you need light. The major problem with indoor shots is really just they are far too dark. I’ve taken …
