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An inexperienced photographer might find it very difficult to properly direct a model for great poses that will enhance the model’s presentation, showing her best face and figure, and most importantly convey the photographer’s message. Here you can find some resources which can be really handy when you’re shooting in a studio/outdoor with [...]

Australian Photographer Ken Duncan shares some tips on how to take beautiful photos at the beach with a point-and-shoot camera. A must see video for Panasonic FT2 owners if you want to get the most out of your camera.

Bryan Peterson shows us how you can take a great macro photograph without using a complex studio lighting setup. Here you can learn how to take a beautiful photograph of a lemon slice and sparkling water using the sun as your main source of light.

In this tutorial video Kent Weakley explains the difference between a regular zoom lens and a fast zoom lens.

Some good advice from WDC magazine on how to take great wildlife photographs.

Ken Duncan shows some tips on shooting great sunset photographs using a pocket camera (LUMIX ZR3)

Professional photographer Ken Duncan shares some photography tips on shooting with the Lumix GF1 at Somersby Falls. Learn travel photo tips like how you should explore locations before you start shooting, tips on apertures and depth of field, etc.

Dave McKane of the Institute of Photography shares some tips and hints on how can drop your shutter speeds more than normal so you can blur water even in bright light.

Tom Saap – an Award winning photographer – shares some tips on taking great graduation photographs

Australian photographer Ken Duncan shares some tips on how to shoot great sunrise photographs using Panasonic Lumix digital camera.

The latest episode of the of the Marc Silber Show – Advancing Your Photography is featuring John Freeman Todd, a professional sports photographer.

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In this episode John will be sharing some tips and techniques which can help amateurs to take better soccer photographs

Photographer Gavin Hoey shares some tips on getting a studio quality pure white background using a simple two light set up.

The Full Photographer’s Guide to Aperture & Shutter Priority Mode
A must read guide for beginner photographers who are still not familiar with Aperture (Av or A) & Shutter (Tv or S) Priority mode on their Digital Camera.

Guide to Daytime Long Exposures
Read this buy­ing guide to assist you in mak­ing the right pur­chases to pho­to­graph day­time long expo­sures.

Five Tips to Improve Your Portraits
Josh Ryan shares some tips for anyone who’s ever been frustrated by a batch of photos that just didn’t turn out.

Controlling File Size When Resizing Photos During Photo Editing
To manage image size during photo editing, you must take into account the major contributors to file size. These are image complexity, resolution, and compression.

How to Shoot and Post-Process Professional HDR Photos in One Day
Learn how to shoot sequence for HDR and how to edit your HDR images with Photomatix and Photoshop

Stock Photographer Yuri Acrus shares some tips on how to choose and communicate with your models

Zurina Bryant – Singapore professional photographer – shows you some tips on how to take good photographs of children.

Learn how you can capture sharp results on moving subjects in the studio which usually really hard to do even when you have the best studio lights available in the market.

Karl Taylor shares some photography tips on understanding light.

The first thing you need to to look for when shooting silhouettes – dark subjects, often in profile with no detail – is a scene in which the background is much brighter than the main subject. Then, of course you will need to find your subject.

Silhouettes of Palm Trees – Canon EOS 5D @ 1/8 sec, f/16

What’s essential is to choose the right subject. The more interesting shape your subject has, the more interesting your photo will be. Don’t wait until there’s a vivid sunset/sunrise before looking round for something to use as a silhouette. However, as you travel around, keep your eyes peeled for suitable subjects. With a little imagination you can also create your own silhouettes by placing something suitable in front of the scene.

If you have a consumer DSLR camera, generally you just need to make sure that the light-meter is set on multi pattern, which reads and evaluates all areas of the frame. You don’t have to adjust exposure evaluations, the camera then will expose for the backgorund, and your subject be recorded without detail. In addition, the sunrise or sunset colors will be rich and vivid.

Shooting the Sun

The sun, source of all nature light can make a stunning subject in its own right., and enhance an image through its inclusion within the frame. Composing your photograph this can can create a dramatic effect, especially at sunrise/sunset.

Many new photographers are unsure about how to make an exposure reading when the sun is included in the picture. If you have a spot metering on your camera, you can use it to meter the sky expsoure away from the sun’s intense bright centre, you will find that your picture will be correctly exposed. If you meter directly into the sun, your camera will compensate by dramatically under-exposing: the iris will close to compensate for the bright light.

Lonely Tree – Victoria, Australia – Canon EOS 300D @ f/22, 1/1000

Another thing that you need to pay attention of when shooting silhouettes is to avoid flare. Because the light is pointing directly at the camera, it can bounce around inside the lens and reduce contrast. To minimize the risk of this, all you need to do is to fit a good lens hood.

While you don’t actually want flare, because it’s difficult to control, the effect can be appealing. Some software programs such as photoshop have a ‘flare’ filter, which lets you produce the effect in a controlled way.

Written by Emma S. (Written on Nov 13, 2007)

The video will have some pretty cool snow photography tips and advice by professional photographer Gavin Hoey