SLR Photography Guide Blog

Tips for illustrating height within photographs

2009-04-22T00:21:29Z

Tips for illustrating height within photographs. How to show the enormity of a place or subject by photographing people standing next to them. Illustrative examples of height and perspective.

Tips for photographing travels through other tourists and people

2009-04-15T23:54:08Z

Travel Photography Tips - Stand back and photograph other travellers around you. Tips for photographing your travels as seen through the experiences of other tourists and people. View examples and tips for travel photography.

Smoke photography 15 examples smoke photography art how to

2009-02-16T00:51:32Z

15 inspirational examples of smoke photography, or smoke art as it's also known. Smoke photography is rapidily gaining popularity and these examples will literally take your breath away. At the end of the post is a tutorial by Terry Watson, explaining how to do smoke art.

Photographing reflections 25 inspirational examples

2009-02-08T04:56:07Z

25 inspirational examples of reflective photography. Photographs that include reflections can often result in the most beautiful of images as you'll soon see by these examples. Reflections can include those created through the use of water, mirrors or shiny objects and surfaces. Hope you enjoy these examples as much as I did.

Blog - Photography equipment and camera reviews

2009-02-07T10:25:18Z

Digital SLR Cameras and Gear category will now stay on its own blog. Reviews so far include: AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens, Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens, Digital Optic closeup macro filters, amongst others.

0.9ND Lee filter, Slow motion water with a .9 ND Lee filter

2008-12-14T03:56:43Z

Discussion on what situtations are most useful for adding a .9 ND Filter to your camera setup. Includes photographs of slow motion water taken with the help of a .9 ND Lee Filter and how it was used.

Combining 2 Lee Filters .9 ND plus Coral Stripe

2008-12-12T23:13:43Z

Combining 2 Lee Filters .9 ND (neutral density) plus a Coral Stripe for landscape photography. Explains when these two filters go well together and gives an example photograph.

nightscapes like daytime, long exposure landscapes

2008-12-12T01:01:53Z

How to photograph nightscapes with long exposure, so they look like daytime shots. As you'll see by the example images, landscapes that would normally be photographed during the day, can look quite dreamy when taken at night with a long exposure.

Hand held panorama tips photographing panoramas

2008-11-29T07:24:27Z

Tips for photographing panorama's. Also includes an example of a hand held panorama taken at Manly Beach in Sydney Australia, with an explaination of how several shots were merged into one image with software.

Review Canon 17-40mm f4 L lens example photographs supplied

2008-11-22T03:48:49Z

Canon 17-40mm f4 L lens, non technical review, from a personal photographers perspective. The Canon 17-40mm f4 L is an extremely sharp, wide angle lens, perfect in particular for landscape photography or in tight areas where you have limited space. Many example photographs provided.

Free PDF ebook downloads for Photographers

2008-03-18T23:55:49Z

Free photography PDF ebooks Here are 3 useful O'Reilly PDF files for photographers to download. They are not the full text, however are still useful in the chapters that they do offer and are definately worth the download. Note: You will need a copy of Adobe PDF reader to view the ebooks you download. Digital Photography Expert Techniques Professional Tips for Using Photoshop & Related Tools to Enhance Your Digital Photographs. Here is a PDF download that covers...

Understanding shutter speed fractions

2008-03-11T23:12:22Z

Shutter Speed = Fractions To understand shutter speeds fully, you also need to understand how fractions work. More specifically, it's important that you understand the relationship between fractions and your camera's shutter speed setting. The faster or shorter your shutter speed, the less light that is let in to your camera's sensor. Therefore, to use a fast shutter speed, you also need a lot of natural light (sunlight) or a flash, to ensure your images don't turn out too dark or underexposed. On...

Macro photography discussions challenges favorite macro and twin lite flashes

2008-03-10T23:33:27Z

Flickr Group - SLR Macro Photography (digital) There are now quite a few interesting discussions going up over on our Flickr Group, SLR Macro Photography. 1. Penny has started a challenge for members on a theme called 'Threads' which is becoming popular. Members have posted photo's of material such as denim, cotton and woollen objects. While others have taken the theme one step further to include threads seen in spider webs, or threads of a leek while preparing dinner. To see more of this challenge and...

Pure white backgrounds in product photography gray card

2008-03-04T23:14:43Z

How to get a pure white background in product photography If you do a lot of product photography, either for stock or ebay listings, you'd have probably realised by now that items that sell the most, are those that have a pure white background. Many photographers new to this style of photography, start off by placing a white background such as a sheet behind the object they are shooting, then change the exposure until they achieve the look they are after....

New Flickr group SLR Macro Photography (digital)

2008-03-03T04:17:41Z

Flickr Group - SLR Macro Photography (digital) If you love macro photography, we've started a new Flickr group called SLR Macro Photography (digital), where members win REAL prizes! To start the group off, this month we will be giving away a free book from Amazon called, 'Close up shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography'. The winner will be announced on the 27th of March to celebrate the groups first month anniversary. More details over at: SLR Macro Photography (digital) Group ...