Start Looking
Look for an overhang or reef wall where it starts to drop away. You have a good chance of placing two fingers on a non-living part of the reef, holding steady and approaching a subject from below or at eye level. From this angle, you have a great opportunity to eliminate a cluttered background. Shoot a bottom dweller whilst it is resting on plain sand instead of rocks and boulders. It's easier for you and will make a better picture. A great tip from the late great Jim Church is to shoot the...
Walkers Key bull shark experience
Over the past thirty one years I have swam with sharks all over the world but none of these experiences could prepare me for what I found at Walkers Cay in the Bahamas. It was a cold February morning when a select group of divers left for Walkers where we would be joined by the respected British shark expert Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch. The idea behind this trip dreamed up by Jeremy and the tour operator Divequest was to introduce a limited number of divers to these creatures under a supervised...
American born in Germany
The reputation of Walter Peterhans, a former Bauhaus instructor, has long been secondary to that of what are considered the main representatives of modern photography, those who practiced during the medium's formative growth in Europe during the 1920s. This is due, in part, to the fragmentary way his photographic works were made known to the public, and in part because he dedicated himself more to his teaching than to his own art. Because of his profound influence as a teacher on students in...
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A Few Words About External Flash
The built-in pop-up flash on the 7D is a nice addition to the camera and, as you've learned in this chapter, it can be useful, but as far as quality of light goes, it's average. I don't use this flash very frequently in my photography since I find that there are other, more flattering ways to light my subjects. Many professional photographers use an external flash, or Speedlite, in their photography when they need an additional and portable light source Figure 7.10 . Speedlites are extremely...
The Whole Sandwich
Techniques for building a whole sandwich are similar to the techniques used to build a burger. However, creating a hero sandwich can be a little more forgiving than building a burger simply because there are often more elements present in a sandwich. The various sandwich elements allow for manipulation to create visual interest. This is especially true when thin deli meats are used in combination with specific techniques to build a sandwich. The meat edges, as shown in our hero shot, can be...
Showing Some Depth of Field
One way to become a more artful photographer is to learn how to control depth of field, which refers to the distance over which sharp focus is maintained. With short, or shallow depth of field, only objects close to the subject are sharp, as in the left image in Figure 6-6. This treatment is perfect for portraits because it prevents the background from drawing attention away from the subject. Figure 6-6 Shallow depth of field is ideal for portraits left landscapes benefit from a longer zone of...
Soft Light or Hard Light
Light can be hard or soft. This is easy to judge based on the quality of the shadows and the quality of the highlights the light source creates. A soft light source creates open light , soft-edged shadows or shadows with no discernable edges at all and large, diffuse highlights on subjects. A hard light source creates deeper, darker shadows with well-defined edges and small, sparkly highlights on subjects. Out in nature, soft light is created when the sun is obscured by clouds or fog. The...
Umbrellas
I own umbrellas, which are essentially concave reflectors, in just about every size from around 32 inches up to 80 inches. There are a number of reasons to love umbrellas. First, they are relatively cheap. Second, the light they produce is as soft as that from softboxes of the same size. Third, they are very quick and easy This photo of Hayes is right in line with my style for certain editorial portrait clients. I use a large softbox or umbrella to the left of the camera, then add a...
Nikon D5000
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Classic Black And White Portraits
There is something timeless about a black and white portrait. It eliminates the distraction of color and puts all the emphasis on the subject. To get great black and whites without having to resort to any image-processing software, set your picture style to Monochrome Figure 6.10 . You should know that the picture styles are automatically applied when shooting with the JPEG file format. If you are shooting in RAW, the picture that shows up on your rear LCD display will look black and white, but...
The Job 1
Art directors are responsible for all visual aspects of printed or on-screen projects. The art director oversees the process of developing visual solutions to a variety of communication problems. He or she helps to establish corporate identities advertises products and services enhances books, magazines, newsletters, and other publications and creates television commercials, film and video productions, and Web sites. Some art directors with experience or knowledge in specific fields specialize...
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Night Photography
2010 Lance Keimig. Published by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. DOI 10.1016 B978-0-240-81258-8.00004-1 Most people are shooting with digital cameras these days, but there are still valid reasons to use film at night. Film provides high quality at a low cost, can produce very clean images there is no noise , and with film it is possible to make multi-hour exposures. Although each new generation of digital camera produces less noise in long exposures, it is still impractical to extend...
Keeping You In The Picture Aya
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Nathan Welton Shoots The World With A Sigma Lens
In a Colorado national park, the snow-covered dunes stand out against the deep blue sky. The striking contrast between the expansive sky, pristine dunes, and people passing through this landscape was captured by the Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM lens. This super-wide angle zoom lens for digital SLR cameras has a maximum aperture of F3.5 throughout the entire zoom range and its super-wide angle enables breathtaking perspective and one-of-a-kind shots. ELD Extraordinary Low Dispersion glass, SLD...
Artist Statement Cgj
We spend so much time in transit from here to there. This series is about the journey in-between. Our perception of the world is of things always being in motion, as if passing us by. My use of in-camera motion-induced blur reflects the experience of viewing the landscape in transit. Buddhists say the world is illusion. Modern physics tells us that material objects are mostly space. I'm interested in the way motion in a photograph can dematerialize objects we normally regard as solid. Here...
Why Digital Macro Photography Is Cool
Digital cameras and macro photography were made for each other. In many ways, digital cameras can be far superior to an ordinary film camera when it comes to taking close-up pictures. Consider these advantages Close-focusing lenses Digital camera lenses are ideal for focusing up close. Without getting too technical, macro photos are made with any camera by moving the lens farther and farther away from the film or sensor, in the case of a digital camera . Film cameras require moving the lens...
Compound Lenses
The focusing power of the lens, taking into account both surfaces, is characterized by the quantity 1 f. Now, suppose we have two thin lenses in contact as in Figure 7.3. What is the power of the combination This is an easy question that can be answered by combining the conjugate equations for the two lenses. First we introduce the labels 1 and 2 to obtain The image for the first lens falls to the right of the second lens and becomes its subject. Therefore, we can substitute -q1 for p2 in the...
montage
Montage refers to a variety of related artistic techniques developed during the early part of the twentieth century in photography, film, literature, and the plastic arts, whereby parts of separate works are appropriated and juxtaposed to make a new artwork. Usually, the heterogeneity of the components is foregrounded by leaving visible the seams where the pieces were put together often too, a break in visual, temporal, or narrative continuity foregrounds the technique. The terms collage,...
Timeless Simplicity
For more than twenty years, portrait photographer Tim Kelly has been recognized throughout the industry as a master printer, digital pioneer, and esteemed educator. At the heart of his acclaim, however, is an exceptional body of portrait work images that eschew gimmicks and special effects in favor of clean lines, subtle tones, and delicate simplicity. Melding classic lighting and composition with a contemporary sensibility, Tim's portraits have a quality that makes them almost timeless. When...
Essential Monitor Settings
Every device scanner, monitor, printer has a slightly different color calibration. You can add a color profile to the image so that the color is consistent on all the devices and color shifts can be kept to a minimum. There are two possibilities to ensure a consistent color reproduction on all output equipment. Initially, it may be enough to select a suitable color profile for your monitor and to adjust it to GIMP or any other editing program . Should the printout still deviate from your screen...
Oceain Leisure
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photography in russia and eastern europe
The map of late twentieth-century Eastern Europe included Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and the Ukraine. This article primarily discusses the development of photography in the former Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic , Hungary, Poland, and the countries that used to be the part of Soviet Union. The main distinction in the development of photography in the Eastern Bloc...
Success with the Glamour Edge
For the past ten years, Rolando Gomez has been on the forefront of glamour photography, tirelessly working as a staunch defender of the often-disdained artform he is passionate about. It finally seems like people are taking notice. Once the black sheep of the photography industry, glamour has cast off most of its cheesecake reputation, gotten back to its elegant Hollywood roots, and lost some of its stigma along the way. A RIGHT Here, Rolando placed a Rosco 4430 green gel over the flash and...
Monochromatic Iron Processes
Some of these processes are known from the early days of photography, such as the cyanotype, invented by Sir William Herschel in 1835, which is based on the sensitivity to light of iron salts, and offers the rich deep blue tones that account for its name. Early in the twentieth century it obtained a certain popularity among amateur photographers, due to its simplicity that allowed them to make contact prints with great ease and very few materials. Sometimes professionals also used it to obtain...
The Images
The majority of the full-colour deep-sky images presented in this book in Chapter 11 are from the Hyperstar setup, and many have been published in either Astronomy Now or The Sky at Night magazines. Details of the imaging parameters accompany the corresponding image. There are some images from the Sky 90 with the SXV-H9C camera included for comparison with the Hyperstar work. You will see that the Sky 90 with SXV-H9C colour CCD combination gives a 40 larger F.O.V. than the Hyperstar with...
Speed Up Your Workflow with Photoshop Actions
As you gain experience with your own workflow, you will find that there are certain sequences of Photoshop steps that you perform time and time again. In order to automate repeated tasks, Photoshop includes the Actions panel that allows you to record and save sequences of steps. You can save multiple actions in sets that cover certain aspects of your work you could, for example, have a set called frames, for your picture frame actions . The Actions panel in figure 4-72 shows the open action set...
Mexican 1
Born in Mexico City at the home of his grandparents on January 17, 1906, Carrillo was the son of an important Mexican family with roots in the northern state of Chihuahua. His grandfather, Lauro Carrillo, was a close ally of Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz, and an uncle, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. Manuel Carrillo attended several private schools in Mexico and worked briefly in the fledgling Mexican film industry before moving to the United States at...
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Key Features
Let's make a note of the main differences between the EOS 1100D and the EOS 600D which SP reviewed last month. The table shown here clearly demonstrates the segment the EOS 1100D is aimed at. Naturally, this is also reflected in its lower price. The 1100D was supplied to us with its kit lens EF-S 18-55mm f 3.5-5,6 IS II, though we believe Canon also has another kit lens - the EF-S 18-55mm f 3.4-5.6 IS III - which may be for the American European markets. Canon users will immediately notice that...
Depth Of Field
Selective focusing with a wide aperture can add a lot of creativity to your images. You are telling the viewer where you want the focus of the image to be, and the meaning and story changes depending on what is in focus. Using a telephoto lens can compress your background even more, decreasing the depth of field and making the background or foreground even blurrier. But take into consideration that just because your background or foreground is blurry, it doesn't mean you can't show detail in...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci
Complexity What appears to be a straightforward photograph of the inside of a subway car can, at second glance, be quite confusing. We see what appears to be a Paris street scene inside the car. Our first thought is that it is just a Photoshop manipulation. To the extreme left, we notice part of an open door and a blurred image of a person on the outside walking by. Evidently a slow shutter speed was used to adjust for the light level inside the car. In a discussion with the photographer, he...
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Incamera and Digital Darkroom Blurred Time Techniques
Painting with light. A particular instance of using blurred times in creating unique visual effects is in a technique commonly known to studio photographers as painting with light. Painting with light is accomplished by using a long exposure in a darkened environment, which allows the photographer to literally paint in areas of the scene using a flashlight or any small, controllable light source. The effect seems to be one of softening the overall focus of the image, but what is really...
Serious Zone System photographers use 4 x 5 or 8 x 10 or insert the format of
View cameras certainly make many aspects of the Zone System easier. With sheet film you can individually expose and develop according to the results you want. The same is true of roll film cameras with interchangeable backs, although it's not as convenient since you must match all the exposures on a roll N, N 1, N - 1, etc. . With 35mm cameras, modifying the developing time is truly inconvenient. You would need several camera bodies, each with a roll of film for a particular tonal range. It's...
A Great Fake
Let's talk about styling with fake ice cream instead. Many years ago, fake ice cream was made with a base of instant mashed potatoes. It did not look realistic, and I never personally used that recipe. The first time I made fake ice cream, the base ingredient was solid white shortening. It wasn't bad-looking fake ice cream, but the process of making it was tedious. There were several ingredients and I often had difficulty getting the proportions just right because humidity and room temperature...
Tripods
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Edit Now or Later
An ongoing dilemma among photographers has been whether to perform image adjustments before or after the film is scanned. There are several competing impulses here. On one hand, Photoshop is the de facto standard for image editing. It's a tool with which most photographers have at least some experience, and it can be used on all manner of raster images, regardless of the scanner that captured them. The contrary argument is that by optimizing a scan for pleasing output at the time of capture,...
Underwater Photography 1
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Kodak ColorPrint Viewing Filters
In addition to the Beseler Universal Color Calculator there are two other matrix-type calculators currently on the market Kodak's Filter Finder and Unicolor's Duocube. The Kodak Finder is somewhat impractical for the following reason. Instead of averaging out the color-mix of the image by using a white diffuser during printing, it requires that you, in effect, average out the color-mix when you shoot the image by including a gray-card in the scene. Then, to use the Finder, you project onto it...
Mixed light sources
Any source of light can be combined with another to create interesting lighting effects and shifts in colour balance. In a studio situation this can go beyond mixing tungsten with flash and is limited only by one's imagination. Normal domestic lamps are often used as supplementary and practical sources of light. Candles give a warm glow and very soft shadows. Torch light can be used to great effect when painting with light. When working in colour do not be afraid to change the colour of the...
II The Class Portrait
Photography entered the social lexicon conceptualized as a commodity for the bourgeoisie. Louis Daguerre introduced his method of making permanent camera images by citing its automatic process and its potential as a means of representation of those things that defined the well-to-do Everyone, with the aid of the DAGUERREOTYPE, will make a view of his castle or country-house people will form collections of all kinds Even portraits will be made.7 Daguerre1s vision of the uses of the photographic...
Types of Fisheye Lenses
The equidistant projection fisheye also known as linear-scaled, angular, or ideal It is convenient for angular measurements, as in star maps. R f0 . The orthographic projection OP fisheye Nikon was able to implement the OP fisheye by using as-pheric lens elements. This lens gives an extreme fisheye effect with objects at the center made even larger and is useful for measuring illumination in architectural applications. This special-purpose lens is expensive and not very popular R f sin 0 . The...
Glacial Deformation
The combined pressure of glacier loading and forward movement of ice deformed soft sedimentary substrata in many locations, which resulted in conspicuous ice-shoved FIGURE 12-14 Topographic map of Vormsi and surroundings showing the trace of a long esker system red dots that extends at least 26 km from Austergrunne to Kuivarahu. Adapted from Tallinn Eesti topograafi-line kaart, nr. 1, 1 200,000 1992 , Estonia. FIGURE 12-14 Topographic map of Vormsi and surroundings showing the trace of a long...
Adjusting Output Resolution by Resampling
Suppose that your image is 1280 pixels wide by 960 pixels tall. You like the image so much that you decide you want to make a large print for the sake of easy math, let's say 10x7 inches. At that print size, the output resolution is just 128 ppi. 1280 divided by 10 is 128 960 divided by 7.5 is 128. Your printer, however, needs 300 ppi to produce good print quality. You have two options You can live with the print quality that you get at the low output resolution, or you can tell your photo...
Fixed Lens Digital Cameras
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Soft diffused light Rembrandt style
In the previous lighting set-ups, I used a strong direct light source to make the shadow areas and direction of the light completely obvious. But this style of light is rarely used for contemporary portraiture. These days, soft or diffused light is much more popular see Figure 23.7 . In this example, I positioned the soft light source to the left and above the subject - Rembrandt style. Notice that the triangle of light is still visible but the edges of the shadow areas are much softer....