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Turn your obstacles into features
On some rare occasions the elements which lead to a beautiful photograph are all there in fron tof you just waiting for…
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Advantages of a prime lens for composition
Prime lenses are lenses with a fixed focal length. This article looks at the advantages of photographing with a fixed focal length.…
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Contrast – the photography buzz word
The most important concept in photographic art is โContrastโ. Contrast in photography and the many different applications of the words can be…
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Landscape composition – the story of the 3 grounds
Considering a photo as a story can be useful if you are careful to show how the elements of a scene relate…
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3 is the magic number
Simple landscape composition. Three is already a Magic Number in photography. How many legs does a tripod have? It wouldn’t work the…
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Compositional consideration
You arrive at a new scene and start shooting with your camera and tripod. then you go home and upload your images…
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Comparing Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 mark one and mark two
Further from my conversation with Chip, I decided to take the plunge and purchase a Canon 24mm f/1.4 USM L mark II version…
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The perfect lens for star-scapes
Star-scape Lenses This article tracks an email conversation between me and Chip Porter of www.chipporteralaska.com. I thought it was useful to share because…
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Photography is an ‘Art form’
Controversial title, I know. To start the discussion, lets define some terms. I think we can agree on the definition of photography…
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Night Photography 2 – overcoming the darkness
Night photography is a challenging hobby. You are taking a picture in conditions where you can barely see your camera. You have…
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Exposing to the Right in Digital Photography
Exposure is a critical element in photography. Until the emergence of Digital photography, it was common practice for landscape photographers to slightly…
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Advanced Photoshop – Dramatic Mono Conversion
This tutorial looks at ways to convert your image to black and white using the tools available in Photoshop CS3. There may…
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Photoshop basics – simple colour correction – colour cast fix
This simple colour correction technique shows you how to correct the colour cast in J-pegs or Tiff files, using Adobe Photoshop
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Create a photoshop action – Colour boost
Photoshop actions are great short cuts. It is worth going to the trouble of learning how make them for the time they…
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Focusing Landscapes – Hyperfocal Distance
Hyperfocal distance involves careful focusing adjustments to ensure that objects close to the camera and objects in the distance all have the…
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Photography Blending Techniques – Focus Stacking
This articles looks at a lengthy and complicated procedure to render every part of a scene with perfect focus. the aim is…
Category: Photography Tutorials
A collection of Iceland photography articles by Tony Prower. These articles are in-depth guides to taking landscape photographs with topics covering, long exposures, low-light, northern lights and night photography.