5 Photo Tips » Light

Tips and techniques for photographing star trails (contd) ..

ashish — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:13:58 +0000

Tip 936 (Understanding what causes star trails): You see those beautiful star trails, and it seems like the movement of stars causes the whole beautiful effect. In fact, what your open camera shutter (and the sensor inside) captures is the movement of the earth, since the stars are stationary, while the movement of the earth [...]

5 Photo Tips – some tips about filters, explanations, different types (contd..)

ashish — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:45:52 +0000

Tip 926 (Grad filter: Fitting light as per dynamic range of the camera): The dynamic range of a clear day can be pretty large, while the camera is only able to capture a limited amount of this dynamic range. Because of this, there will be sections of the photo that are either over-exposed or under-exposed. [...]

5 Photo Tips – some tips about filters, explanations, different types (contd..)

ashish — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:44:38 +0000

Tip 921 (Functionality of a graduated ND filter): The core of a graduated ND filter is an optical filter, that varies the transmission of light. The graduated ND filter is composed of 2 parts – one is the filter that has neutral density, and the other is clear. This allows such modifications such as being [...]

5 Photo Tips – some tips about filters, explanations, different types (contd..)

ashish — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:02:32 +0000

Tip 916 (Different strengths of ND filters): Neutral Density Filters allow for control over the usage of the filter, letting you get ND filters in different strengths to adjust the amount of light blocked, as well as allow for use in conditions where you find that of the lens frame, parts of the image are [...]

Getting some great photographs of soccer games – Photo tips to improve your techniques

ashish — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:44:43 +0000

Tip 791 (One place to be, behind the net and a bit to the side): If you are not able to move much during the game, then the one place to be would be behind one of the goals, but a bit to the side, so that you are not totally trapped by the net, [...]