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How To Get Perfect Exposure Using Spot Metering and the Zone System
Having problems getting your exposure spot on? Then I have got the tutorial for you! We are going take a look at how we can combine the awesomeness of spot metering, with the simplicity of something called the Zone System. This system was developed by a very famous black and white film photographer called Ansel Adams, who devised it as a way of determining the perfect exposure in camera for any given scene. Although this was created for black and white film users, we can steal it for use in color and digital photography too!
Enough history: Let's get crackin' with the tutorial!
5 Camera Options for Underwater Photography
It started innocently enough - a quick visit to Amazon to purchase a disposable waterproof camera to get some underwater shots. Four hour later, I had somehow managed to develop an underwater camera obsession, and could even be seen eyeing up Ikelite Housing for my DSLR at a whopping $1,700. I have looked at everything from disposables to "rugged" cameras to underwater housings, so I thought I'd put all that recently gained knowledge to good use and list some of the options that are available to you if you fancy taking some underwater pictures yourself.....
Guide to Fixing White Balance in Editing
In both Photoshop / Elements and Lightroom, it is very easy to fix your white balance in post processing - particularly when you have a neutral tone in your image. Checking and fixing your white balance should be the first thing you do in editing to an image, so here’s how to do it.
Please note that the screen shots are from ACR - the free plug in for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (If you don’t yet have this plug-in for any reason, go get it now- makes life much easier) but it's the same process when using Lightroom.
Fake a Black Background: Introducing the Inverse Square Law
This is guest post from a couple of years ago that i've moved over from the old blog - so if you are are a long-time follower you may have read this before but it was such a good tutorial I had to share it again! If you have ever wondered how you can get a black background without a backdrop (or just need reminding!), then this is the post for you. Over to my good friend and wonderful photographer, Jan, to share how this is done....
First of all, thank you Audrey for having me back. Don’t you all just love Audrey’s blog? I think she can explain things more precisely than anyone else out there. She’s amazing!
Photo Display: Glass Bottles
I don't take credit for this idea - there are loads of variations on this theme around Pinterest, each with a slightly different take on it, and this is mine.. It's so simple to do - you just take any glass bottles, or jars, and pop in your images for an instant photo frame that's a little bit different.
Interval Timer or Wireless Remote?
If you want to actually BE IN some of the pictures you are taking, then you will find life much easier if you have either a wireless remote or interval timer! Both of these work by allowing you to press the shutter remotely, so you can actually be in front of the camera but still in control. They both work a little bit differently, a wireless remote is a small transceiver that you simply point at the camera. They are small and inexpensive, and allow you to take a picture as and when you would have pressed the shutter if you were behind the camera.
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It's been quite a few years now since I made the switch from Aperture Priority Mode to shooting in Manual Mode, and it was one of the BEST things I ever did to improve my photography skills.
It was like a whole new world opened up to me, and I started TRULY understanding exposure, and in turn, getting the images that I wanted.
Of course, there was a lot to learn, and there are some things I wish I had known before I started!
So, here are 10 things about shooting in Manual Mode that you might just wish you knew…