Theme:
In every marketable photo there is a theme. In 95% of the photos that editors
buy for editorial use you will find people in an appropriate environment. See
if you don't continually notice that the photos that you see in publication have
a good background in which appropriately dressed people are engaged in
an activity, be it trade, profession, church attendance, parenting, or travel.
If you wish to make better photos of your travel vacation, study your favorite
travel magazine.
Upgrade Your Technical Skills
Marketable photos in a magazine, newspaper, or book are technically sound
with easily understood story-telling impact. You must evenly expose your
photos with no dark shadows or extreme contrast and you should, in most
cases, strive for sharp focus throughout, although the current style is to have
motion blur and soft focus. Involve the foreground, mid ground, and
background; waste no space but try to keep it simple.
Fill Flash will be one of your most important tools when photographing
friends and family; it will even out exposure especially when making photos
of people wearing wide-brimmed hats.
The two-stop graduated neutral density filter could be your most important
filter for balancing exposure when making a landscape or cityscape photo.
A handy tool to steady the camera and give you sharp images will be
important. although a tripod might be forbidden in many situations the
beanbag or Joby's new Gorillapod will do the job.
ISO: Use the low numbers: 100-200 unless you have a special situation or a photo with
dramatic editorial content.
You can gain depth of field (sharpness) by steadying the camera while using a slow shutter
speed and a smaller aperture(larger number like f 22) if your camera has these settings.
A tripod, bean bag, or Joby Gorillapod will steady the camera and prevent camera shake
at the low ISO numbers and slow shutter speed..
Shooting digitally in raw mode, saving the raw mode file as a digital negative and
converting a copy to a large tiff file for printing could give you an 8 "x 12" photo at 300 dpi
at 24 megs and the flexibility to make large prints. You can always downsize the file for
sending as email or preparing a digital projection presentation.
For each horizontal photo you make, you should make one vertical for variety in your
printing or presentation.
Vary your viewpoint: shoot high, shoot low, shoot left and right; shoot wide, shoot tight;
make it interesting.
dramatic editorial content.
You can gain depth of field (sharpness) by steadying the camera while using a slow shutter
speed and a smaller aperture(larger number like f 22) if your camera has these settings.
A tripod, bean bag, or Joby Gorillapod will steady the camera and prevent camera shake
at the low ISO numbers and slow shutter speed..
Shooting digitally in raw mode, saving the raw mode file as a digital negative and
converting a copy to a large tiff file for printing could give you an 8 "x 12" photo at 300 dpi
at 24 megs and the flexibility to make large prints. You can always downsize the file for
sending as email or preparing a digital projection presentation.
For each horizontal photo you make, you should make one vertical for variety in your
printing or presentation.
Vary your viewpoint: shoot high, shoot low, shoot left and right; shoot wide, shoot tight;
make it interesting.
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Joby Gorillapod, a great
tripod for sites,
churches tabletops.
tripod for sites,
churches tabletops.
What can a Graduated Neutral Density Filter Do For You
Without the Graduated
Neutral Density Filter
Neutral Density Filter
With the addition of three
or four stops of graduated
Neutral Density Filter the
sky retains detail and
saturation(4 stops here)
or four stops of graduated
Neutral Density Filter the
sky retains detail and
saturation(4 stops here)
Take a reflected
reading of the
foreground and
one of the sky.
If there is a three
or four stop
difference, expose
for the foreground
and attach one or
two 2- stop
graduated Neutral
Density filters to
your lens.
reading of the
foreground and
one of the sky.
If there is a three
or four stop
difference, expose
for the foreground
and attach one or
two 2- stop
graduated Neutral
Density filters to
your lens.
Making Better Travel Photos
A slot canyon is a marvelous creation of nature and although not
easy to get to, they can provide some great photo opportunities. Mid day is
the best time. At noon the sun will be overhead and will light up the walls in
interesting and contrasting ways. A tripod is a good tool to have in this low
light situation.
Slot canyons have been done by some of the best and by looking at the
photos done by the pros you can get an inkling how you might approach the
situation.
One way to improve your travel photos of slot canyons or any other subject
is to look at a lot of other people's photos. Ugh you might say, too boring.
Perhaps, but you can look at thousands of top-notch photos of slot canyons
in just a few minutes by looking at stock photos on the web.
Check samples of the stock house or portals on the web, paying particular
attention to the theme or message and the style and quality of the
photographs.
Check: www.Alamy.com, Agpix, and a dozen others. Go to their category,
enter slot canyon and look at the work of others. You don't need to copy,
just get an idea of how to begin, what you like, what you do not. You can do
this with any photo vacation; find the place where you will vacation and look
at the iconic photos: better than looking at postcards.
Before we took our slot canyon trips we looked at lots of slot canyon
Photos and tried to find a unique approach to the subject.
If you are serious about a photo sideline, you might find that you can
improve your photo making in two ways: Technical and Thematic
A slot canyon is a marvelous creation of nature and although not
easy to get to, they can provide some great photo opportunities. Mid day is
the best time. At noon the sun will be overhead and will light up the walls in
interesting and contrasting ways. A tripod is a good tool to have in this low
light situation.
Slot canyons have been done by some of the best and by looking at the
photos done by the pros you can get an inkling how you might approach the
situation.
One way to improve your travel photos of slot canyons or any other subject
is to look at a lot of other people's photos. Ugh you might say, too boring.
Perhaps, but you can look at thousands of top-notch photos of slot canyons
in just a few minutes by looking at stock photos on the web.
Check samples of the stock house or portals on the web, paying particular
attention to the theme or message and the style and quality of the
photographs.
Check: www.Alamy.com, Agpix, and a dozen others. Go to their category,
enter slot canyon and look at the work of others. You don't need to copy,
just get an idea of how to begin, what you like, what you do not. You can do
this with any photo vacation; find the place where you will vacation and look
at the iconic photos: better than looking at postcards.
Before we took our slot canyon trips we looked at lots of slot canyon
Photos and tried to find a unique approach to the subject.
If you are serious about a photo sideline, you might find that you can
improve your photo making in two ways: Technical and Thematic
