Iceland Photo Blog
by Tony Prower
Technical Things
My collection of photography tutorials, articles and photographs have been accumulating since 2008. I enjoy writing about the stories behind the landscape photography in Iceland. Most people don't realise the amount of planning, travelling and waiting that is involved in landscape photography, but that is all part of the fun and adventure of photography. Some of the articles were written when I had other things on my mind, but hopefully you can pull some clarity out of what I am trying to say. Sometimes the articles become technical, so please browse through the Beginner's guide to Photography section to get used to what the photography jargon means.
Tony Prower
Landscape Photography
I believe that we can aspire to become artists of photography. With discipline, dedication and a commitment to learning we can express ourselves through a lens. The journey is similar to a meditation path where the essence of photography is incredibly basic, but cameras and lenses can become incredibly complicated. Landscape photographs can be so serene that they can help with healing. There is also a connection that happens between the photographer and the subject. As you study the visual aspects of a landscape, night sky or Aurora Borealis, a special bond is formed between you and that part of Nature. It might be an insignificant part of Nature, but it is incredibly important that you photograph it.
Landscape photography
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Long exposure photography
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Technical
3d advice ansel adams art art shop artefacts automatic mode basic black & white brightness Camera gadgets Canon cleaning color colour coloured dots communication competition creativity critique Crop Factor digital noise digital photography digital technology discipline display display screen DSLR DSLRs electrical noise exhibiting exhibition fine art fingerless gloves Frames per second full frame galleries gallery gopro hack ISO lens lens cap lens cloth lenses Live view macro Megapixels Nikon noise Olympus online portfolio Panasonic Pano Panorama parralax perception photo filter prime lens semi-automatic
Image editing
action adjustment Auto-Blend Layers black and white conversion blend blending brightness levels Burn Clone Brush contrast correction curves dialogue box Dodge duplicate layer edit editing software Gaussian blur graduated effect Healing Tool hue image editing image size LAB mode layer mask layers layers palette lightroom Lightroom graduated filter Load layers as stack mask masks Mono Conversion new layer noise reduction opacity slider paintbrush photoshop photoshop elements photoshop preferences pixel selection presets printing RAW saturation save for web smart sharpen tonemap tonemapping unacceptable noise workflow
Composition
abstract arrangement backgrounds break the rules composition Crop detail eye fixed focal length focal length foreground frame Golden mean golden ratio grids height landscape features leading lines leading the eye perspective pictorial depth portrait proportions ratio reflection reflections rule of simplicity rule of symmetry rule of thirds rules of composition selfie sense of space spirit level subject subject isolation telephoto thirds rule view finder visual depth wide angle wide angles wonky horizons zoom
Exposure
auto-bracketting back-lighting back-lit black card technique blue hour bracketting cable release contre-jour dark dynamic range exposure exposure triangle f-stops fast shutter full moon grad filter hdr High iso highlight highlights histogram light light source. lightening lighting lightness low-light manual mode milky effect multiple exposure multiple exposures new moon over-expose reciprocity failure red filter reduce noise remote shutter shadow shadows Shutter Priority shutter speed slow shutter slow water star trails sun sunlight tv mode TV-shutter priority under-expose white balance
Photo subjects
arctic fox Auroras autumn colours basalt beach black sand candid church coastal comet crater eruption face fox geyser glacial lagoon glacial lake glacier green horse ice ice lagoon ice-caves iceberg lagoon lake lava lava field milky way moon moss mother of pearl clouds mountain mountains nacreous clouds naked yoga nature outdooor people Polar stratospheric clouds red river rock scenery seascapes skies stars sunrise vista volcano water waterfall winter