Learning Digital Photography
Lighting Techniques...
Light is the first and foremost important thing in your photography. Whether you are shotting black and white or vibrant colour, you'll find the your lighting is the biggest issue.
There are many challenges in getting the perfect lighting in our scenes when doing photography. Sometimes when you think you've got it just right, the picture turns out too dark or too light. These states of being too light are termed "overexposed" and when there is not enough light on your scene your photo becomes "underexposed."
The term "exposed" comes from having light exposure on your film or
sensor. In order to create a photograph in the first place, you need
exposure to light. It's that exposure that makes or breaks your image.
For the best lighting look around you. Each hour during the day will bring a subtly new kind of light than the hour before. You'll also notice that morning light is the best to work with and overhead daytime, midday light is the most penetrating.
This photo here, with the crossing lights, has a even, full morning light. Morning light is softer than afternoon light because it does not have the tendency to cast harsh shadows as afternoon light does. If you are going to shoot outdoors then choose the soft morning light. Its easier to get a good exposure during the morning.
And the most frustrating of all is getting action shots indoors at night time when light is limited. You may have found this if you ware taking shots of a sporting or dance event for example. You'll quickly feel the frustration of not having enough light and not being able to do anything about it. However there is good news. There are two main things you can do to increase the amount of light getting into your camera. Lets take a look at the first article that shows us the beginning of how to master light. In order to get beautiful shots, you first must understand how light affects your photograph and how your camera interprets this.
In this section of the site, you'll find information on day time lighting, night time city shots, photos at night and astrophotography. So please see below in the "Latest Article" section some articles we have so far for you.
Discover The Secrets To Beautiful Photography With Photography Lighting Techniques
If you want to take stunning photos with bold colour, super sharp focus and detail, clarity and depth then You'll need to master your lighting. Take a look at Digital Photography Success. This e-book package includes excellent step-by-step instructions on how to master the lighting for beautiful landscapes, portraits, macro, flowers, weddings, fireworks, night scenes, etc. It explains, in simple English, how to master the shutter speed, aperture and how to easily over-come common exposure problems such as capturing fast action shots indoors without blur. Learn how to shoot professional photos - just like those you see in glossy magazine covers.
Latest Articles:
"How To Tone Down The Flash In Your Wedding Photography"
If you are thinking of doing photographing a wedding, then you will most likely be faced with having to use your flash. The flash is great but many enthusiast photographers can feel apprehensive about it because it can overexpose light areas, wash out colour and create an uncomfortable shadow from our subjects. [+] More
"How To Use Flash Fill And
Exposure Compensation Together"
This photo you see above could never have worked out so well if it hadn’t have been for a soft flash fill. You can see that just by looking at the dramatic intensity of light behind him and the light from the front of him. In other words the background light is enough to underexpose the front of him to a large extent, but thanks to this handy little technique, you can see the front of him perfectly, without the.... [+] More
"Understanding How To Read Light"
Photo by G & A Scholiers
In order to understand how to get the best results in your photography it is imperative that you understand the basics of how to read light and interpret exposure. Learning how to read light is one of the most primary aspects of digital photography, creatively and technically. Once you start to ...[+] More
"Why External Flash Units Are So Good"
Photo by G & A Scholiers
It can sound a little odd that someone wants to buy an external flash when there is a flash already on the camera. So why would this be?
The secret appeal to use an external flash is their flexibility in their use. They are highly versatile. You can use them with any camera. As opposed to a fixed position, the external flash is more adaptability. They can work with just about any DSLR.
The great thing about external flash units is that ...[+] More
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