All Entries Tagged With: "composition"

The Art of Black and White Photography [Book Review]

The Art of Black and White Photography: Techniques for Creating Superb Images in a Digital Workflow [Amazon] by Torsten Andreas Hoffman
Over the last few years, most books on photography emphasized explaining the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In the Art of Black and White Photography, Torsten Andreas [...]

National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide To Landscape Photography [Book Review]

 
National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide to Landscape Photography (National Geographic Photography Field Guides) by Robert Caputo
This is an updated, new edition to National Geographic’s most popular field guide: landscape photography. The new information is comprised of information on digital cameras and digital software in the field of landscape photography.
Never before have I seen [...]

Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography [Reader Book Review]

This is a reader review of the book Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography from ted @ndes for the Photography Book Club.  Join the fun and submit your own review of any of the books read in the Your Photo Tips Photography Book Club!
“…My photography career didn’t begin with people as my main interest. Waterfalls and [...]

ISO Killed the Professional Photographer

Perhaps the title is a bit much, or is it?
Consider that the some of the first barriers to becoming a professional photographer were prices in camera bodies, lenses, and lighting equipment. Nowadays the entry level “Pro-sumer” DSLRs allow many people without a professional photographer’s budget to break into the field of professional photography. [...]

The Small Format Camera

Modern small cameras serve well in many different situations. If you own a medium format, large format, SLR, or DSLR, then I highly recommend also having a small camera as well. This can of course mean a 35mm or digital compact point and shoot camera.
Perhaps it’s a matter of convenience or a change [...]

Break All The Rules And Produce Amazing Photography

Rules, rules, rules…
Rules were made to be broken, right?
Well… yes and no.
Rules, especially when dealing with the visual arts, act more as a guideline than anything else. Rules, like the Rule of Thirds can help you to learn basic fundamentals of design and composition.
Perhaps it’s a rule like sharp photographs are better photographs, or [...]

A Different Kind Of Focus

Earlier we asked our readers in the Your Photo Tips.com Flickr Group to give us some of their best one sentence photography tips and we had a great response! For the next few weeks I’ll be elaborating, in my own words, what those photo tips mean to me and how they can help you become [...]

Weekend Perusing: One Polaroid A Day

Are you having trouble keeping up with your 365 project? Consider this. Jamie Livingston died on his 41st birthday on October, 25 1997 after having taken one Polaroid a day since 1979. That’s 18 years!
DIYPhotography.net is hosting the At My Home Photo Contest in conjunction with the release of the new America [...]

Using Leading To Engage Your Viewers

You have to consider that when you create a photograph you should have your viewers in mind. This is true whether you take photographs for your family or for clients. There are many things that we have to consider when crafting a technically sound photograph. Of course there are basic design elements [...]

Composition And The Rule Of Thirds

Capturing better images with your digital camera can be a snap. Don’t worry this will not involve reading your camera’s really long manual. You don’t even have to worry about changing those pesky settings on your camera!

Be Careful About That Horizon

This guest article was written by Antoine Khater. Along with being a great photographer and enthusiast Antoine also authors All Day I Dream About Photography where you can find more splendid articles on composition and more!

Look at these two pictures of trees, which one is more appealing for you?
Is it only because of [...]

Get Close and Personal for Better Portraits

This really is a simple tip for Your Photo Tips readers. When composing an image, especially if your subject is a person, fill the frame with the subject. Get really close!
This works well to eliminate cluttered backgrounds and keep the viewer’s eyes on your subject. A really close portrait of a person, [...]

The makings of a great portrait.

I found a great article on the makings of a great portrait over at [EV+/-] Exposure Compensation. It’s a wonderful collaborative article on finding that “it” factor for a portrait. It deserves a read.
As a photographer that used to make a living creating portraiture I really loved the points of view in this [...]

Showcase photograph: the reflection… by Linhy

the reflection …Originally uploaded by Linhy
This morning I’ve spent the first moments of my day perusing the online photographic world. I do this mostly on flickr because it allows me to show you guys what I’m looking at without restriction and you are also easily directed to that photographer’s site.
I love photography, as I’m sure [...]