I’ve been by this place several times. Each time I see it, I think that there must be one or more great photographs lurking about. All I have to do is find them and push the shutter.
Archive of posts tagged Technique
Make use of wide angle lens perspective
Of course, wide angle lenses take in a wide field of view. They also have a larger depth of field when compared to normal or telephoto lenses. And, they are also very good at helping you vary the perspective of your image. What’s perspective? The relative scale of nearby and distant features. This is what I want to talk about today.
PIG Tales 1
How do you make photos at night?
One member of our club has a trip planned to Yosemite. He (let’s call him “Donuts”) wants to do something a little different and make photos after dark. Do you need special equipment? What settings do you use? How do you focus when you can’t see anything?
Sunrise and Wading Egret – Persistance Pays
Once again patience and persistence paid off for us and everyone in the group had a chance at some very good photos. I’ve also written here before about not putting your camera away until you’re back in the car. Yesterday was another example of this very important rule!
Where’s EdRo?
… you need to look around and find the non-obvious photos wherever you are. Go ahead and get the “trophy shots” (photos that everyone takes at a popular spot), but don’t forget to share your unique vision, perspective, and outlook with others.
Birds on the wing: Flight photo tips
The nest building usually goes on for quite some time and predictable flight paths and multiple opportunities are a huge advantage for the observant, prepared photographer.
A Focus bracketing / stacking experiment
Focus stacking software can give the photographer complete control over depth of field and background appearance and enables optimal image quality results.
Re-processing older photos
I guess you can tell I’m not a straight out of the camera, photo journalist type photographer.
Don’t put your camera away until you’re in the car
So, even though our explorations this morning didn’t succeed, we did end up getting some nice photos. And we didn’t get them until we headed back toward the car. The moral of this story is the title of the post.
Our vacation – Ch. 3: Other Alaskan and Seattle photos
This is the third installment of our vacation adventure, where I’ll show you the some of the other things we saw, both in Alaska and Seattle.
