White Balance – Learn a Mode Mode Monday
It's All About Balance http://www.flickr.com/photos/timpearcelosgatos/ / CC BY 2.0 What is White Balance? The White Balance setting (WB) on our digital camera controls the overall color cast of the image. The reason why there may be a color cast on our pictures is because this is the way that digital cameras react to light temperature. Every light source- the sun, light filtered through clouds, a bulb inside or florescent all have a different light temperature. And each temperature results in a different color hue. Our eyes naturally filter out these color differences and in most cases all light appears the same. Digital cameras however do see the differences in different light temperatures and hence different "colors" of light. The White Balance setting adjusts to counteract these color casts. Just use Auto White Balance? In most cases our camera's Auto White Balance does a pretty good job at setting this mode correctly, however in some scenarios we are going to have to adjust this setting manually. This is especially true if we are shooting without flash and in a particularly unusual lighting situation. Here are some pictures I took without flash to demonstrate. My subject's dress is supposed to be snowy white: Auto White Balance ...
A little late but none the less – Happy New Year!
[caption id="attachment_177" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="CameraShy Student at work"][/caption] So how many of you got a new digital camera for Christmas? Judging by my inbox - a lot of you! That's my excuse for not being blogging as much lately. I've been out helping my clients around Atlanta get to grips with their new DSLRs. It's been great fun but I just realized that I had gone a month without posting here and I've been neglecting my readers. So from now on I promise to write more regularly, with more tutorials, recommendations, reviews and all round great photography advice for beginners and anyone else who wants to listen! So for this post I'm just going to try to encourage you to get out and start shooting and make 2010 the year when you really learn how to move out of Auto mode, get creative and really master your camera. I'm planning on learning a few new techniques myself and I'm challenging myself to improve my skill set to bring my photography to the next level. So let's learn together - it's always more fun that way, isn't it? If you are in the Atlanta area and would like to book a One-to-One private instruction ...
Christmas Time! How to Photograph Lights
This is a really great time of the year to get unique and magical pictures of your kids. One of the things that adds to the magic, is all the sparkly lights everywhere. From the lights on the trees, to the neighbor's vibrantly decorated yard, there are excellent festive backdrops for holiday pictures everywhere. So why is it that when we try to photograph lights at night they disappear into the darkness? What Usually Happens (what not to do!): We see a beautifully lit up scene and position our subject in front of this perfect Christmassy backdrop. We use our camera's auto setting, the Auto Flash fires and the lights disappears into the background. Here's a shot I took at the weekend which demonstrates what happens when we use flash: It's a perfectly exposed shot but we don't really get a feeling of the atmosphere of the picture. The background is beautifully lit by fairy lights but when the flash fires it throws the background into darkness. How to Photograph Lights (do this instead) So how to we accurately portray the scene as we see it? Simply set your camera to Night Scene Mode (the icon looks like a little man beside a moon and stars) Hold steady ...
Learn a Mode Monday
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Continuous Shooting Mode – Learn a Mode Monday
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