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8 Tips for Shooting At The Beach
Is that summer I can see just around the corner? I do believe it is! Unless you are one of those very lucky people who live in a part of the world where beach days are an all year round thing, for the rest of us, the warm weather means we can get ourselves down to the beach without having to wear five layers of clothing! And of course, with every weather change comes a new host of shooting opportunities, so here are 8 Tips for Shooting at the Beach.
10 Camera Settings You Should Change Today
Have you recently bagged yourself a new DSLR? Here are 10 camera settings that you should look to change or check before you start shooting!
A Complete Guide to Buying Your First Lens
In the Live Snap Love Facebook Group, I notice that some of most common questions that come up is around camera gear, and lenses in particular. I also know that for many of you just starting out with a new DSLR, and wondering what lens you need to get, it can be especially confusing!
So, today, I'm going to break down why your kit lens is NOT the best lens for you when trying to learn photography and what you should look for instead. Upgrading your lens from the kit one really will help you enormously when you starting out, as you will be more easily able to get sharper, cleaner images.
Let's dive in!
How to Use Contrasting Colors to Add Punch To Your Images
There are loads of different ways to use color in photography, but for this particular post we are going to look and how we can convey contrast using color. This is often called chromatic contrast, but personally I think it’s easier to use the term complementary or contrasting colors - but either is good :)
Here's a useful guide on how we can use this to add interest to our images!
A Step by Step Guide to Creating Starbursts
Adding star / sun bursts to your image is a great way to make an everyday scene or moment look a little bit more interesting, so it’s a great trick to have in your photography arsenal! I actually don't play around with this as much as I should, but since I have just reminded myself of it's awesome affect - I'm off to play with it again today!
If you want to give it a go, it's really simple! Here's a step by step guide on how you do it....
5 Tips for Shooting Wide Open (and what shooting wide open is!)
I love shooting with a shallow depth of field, where you have only the subject sharp and clear, but everything else soft and out of focus. It's such a great way of drawing the eye straight to the subject of the photo, and eliminating any distractions around your subject. You can get this affect from shooting wide open, but it can be tricky to perfect! So, today, I'm giving you five tips for shooting at low apertures.
But, before we get to the tips, let's rewind a little bit, and start at the very beginning, with what shooting "wide open" actually means!
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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…