I’m writing this because recently I had a few discussions with photographers about the necessity of studying the technical aspects as well as art to be successful in photography. Some folks think that all it takes is a camera and shooting as much as you can eventually one will be good. My position is: I don’t think so. That’s almost like saying: learning to write and studying literature will distract me from being a great author.
The answer is “it depends”.
Chimping is supposedly an acronym for CHeck IMage Preview – an alternative to metering by looking at the monitor on the back of your camera.
Most of us accept the fact that modern cameras have a built in lightmeter and we use it in whatever mode seems appropriate for the situation at hand. There are Aperture Priority, Time Priority, Program, and several other modes that allow photographers more or less control of the final image. Most cameras also allow to adjust automatic exposure by one or two stops to compensate for very bright or very dim subjects.
Here you’ll find information about workshops and classes that will come up pretty soon.
I know, the suspense is unbearable …
This will be the part where we divert from the painting with light paradigm and use some computer tools.
More to come …
Without any doubt you’ll find out pretty soon that I have a lot of thoughts that I like to share.
But before we go there I would also like to hear from you what you would like to find here on this blog. And obviously I’d like to hear your opinion as well. Isn’t that what blogs are all about? I like an open discussion or an argument. I believe the purpose of an argument is not to win but to make progress.
dk
That’s what many photographers like to talk about – unfortunately it’s the most expensive but least important factor on our road to success. I am completely oblivious to the Canon vs. Nikon debate. I really don’t care. I believe both companies have excellent cameras and lenses and whatever floats your boat should be the tool you carry in your bag.
dk
It was a hot summer day and the beach was burning … or something along the lines of a Meat Loaf song when I had the idea to incorporate a splash of water in one of my shoots. Once in a while we need to cool down and get water involved in our pictures, not only as a refreshment but also as an artistic element. Water has some funny characteristics when photographed and in this post I want to explore the options we have to get a good shot at it. I also want to talk about a few other ingredients that contributed to making of the photograph below.
The resulting image is not the most artistic photograph I’ve ever produced but it has some technical qualities that are worth discussing. The intention for this shoot was to capture a nice big splash of water exactly when it bounces off the model. It was actually part of a lighting exercise that I went through to figure out how I can make this work. There are aspects of the image that should be improved such as the background and wardrobe. The background is somewhat busy and thus distracts from the sparkling splash to some extent.
Hello World and welcome to all photographers and who else is interested in the art of photography.
I have been pondering about the idea to start this blog for a long time because I was asking myself: what do I have to offer that other people might want to read about? But then I found during discussions with my friends and fellow photographers that I might be on to something. And wasting a few megabytes on an existing web server does not hurt anything either.
What I’m planning to do here is post some of my ideas about the making of photographs, about techniques and style not to forget the rants and raves about things that either touch or bother me. Not that there isn’t already enough of that out there on the web. But somehow I find that people writing blogs about photography are holding back, not giving the full story or stopping right at the point where it gets interesting. Right there they refer to a paid workshop where you can get the whole story.