I recently stayed at Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island, which is about 4 hours north of Brisbane, Australia.
The weather was pretty overcast for most of the time, so most of my photographs were pretty ordinary. The main reception of the resort was a large atrium style building, with lots of windows. This made it pretty difficult to photograph. Here’s how I chose to tackle this problem…
Well, by now we’ve all managed to get through Christmas - be it a hectic time, or a quiet time.
Mine is usually pretty quiet, but this year there was no such chance, as my father was getting married a few days before Christmas, and there was no one to take photos!
This technique has become pretty common in recent years, but it’s still one of my favourites. The effect can be beautifully subtle, or outlandish - depending on your taste and what you’re trying to achieve.
For those who want to know how to do this in Photoshop, here are 10 steps, as well as images I’ve applied this technique to.
Photographing something so you see the movement is a great effect. I enjoy watching motor sports, and this is perfectly suited to the effect called ‘panning’!
Achieving this successfully however, has taken practice and I still get it wrong on a regular basis. Digital has made this process much easier…
For the amateur photographer, a good magazine for techniques, tips and great photography is, Australian Photography.
In the November 2007 issue, there was an article on “Copying Transparencies“, which I found pretty interesting, so I thought I’d share it with you.
Slides are a little before my time, but my parents and grandparents have hundreds of slides from family holidays and other occasions. It would be a shame for them to be forgotten and eventually thrown away.
Scanning them in though is a tricky, time consuming process, which requires special equipment and knowledge of how to really use this equipment.
Aperture and shutter speed. These are the yin and yang of photography. You can’t have one without the other.
They are concepts that can be a little confusing, so here is how I find it easier to understand them…
Digital has changed the face of how we look at our photos - literally. There are now all sorts of ways to display photos.
Traditional photo albums have given way to electronic albums, and printed photo books.
Events are very transient things. Each moment is gone in an instant, and you can’t recreate it. I photographed a small event last night and was reminded how you can’t plan for all contingencies, such as a fusing electrical street cable!
What to make sure you do when printing your photos on your printer at home - set the right type of paper, and paper size!
