Photo tips & tricks

Photographing Concerts, my 10 tips.

Photographing Concerts, my 10 tips.

PHOTOGRAPHING CONCERTS, MY 10 TIPS.
I thought I would write down some tips on how to shoot at a concert.
Lately I have been shooting more and more concerts, but I still have a lot to learn.
So if you have more tips please comment and share the info :)
So here are my 10 tips.

1. Getting the exposure …

Shoot super macro with your normal lens?

Shoot super macro with your normal lens?

SHOOT SUPER MACRO WITH YOUR EVERYDAY LENS
Here is a trick that I actually tried quite some time, but forgot about it before it came up in a discussion at work.
I wrote an article about the secret make good button Ae-lock a while back, so I thought I would now write about the magic trick that …

The basics in shooting a movie.

The basics in shooting a movie.

THE BASIC IN SHOOTING A MOVIE
More and more cameras now has the ability to shoot video, and now even full HD video with your SLR cameras.
I thought I would write down some really basic stuff to think about while shooting your videos.
In this article I won’t go in to how to use your camera when …

Ae-lock, the secret make good button.

Ae-lock, the secret make good button.

USE AE-LOCK
How many of you know what the ae-lock button does?
Now 50% of you goes, ae-lock button??
If I then say that the ae-lock button is the button with the * on your camera, now how many people are using it?
50%?
Okay good, this is what it does:
Here are two photos taken with the “same” setting on …

Shoot with high iso.

Shoot with high iso.

SHOOT WITH HIGH ISO
I thought that I would type a quick tip, which have taken me years to really learn.
I have always been scared of using high ISO when shooting because it will cause grain on the picture.
So I have always tried to keep the ISO as low as possible, but the lesson I have …

Full Frame vs. Crop Frame

Full Frame vs. Crop Frame

FULL FRAME VERSUS CROP FRAME
A friend of mine asked me to write an article about Full frame vs. crop frame, so I thought I would write a small article about this.
I won’t go in to really technical stuff here, mostly because I don’t really know about how the sensors are built and frankly I don’t …

Which lens should you buy?

Which lens should you buy?

WHICH LENS SHOULD YOU BUY?

I thought I would write a little post about buying lenses.
I’m actually not going to write down which lens you should buy, more what might be good to know when choosing your lenses.
When I bought my first DSLR camera a Canon 300D I got a standard kit lens with it, the …

Back to basics, part 2

Back to basics, part 2

BACK TO BASICS, PART 2
Okay, so I read through the first tutorial and noticed that it might be good to explain how you use these settings together.
So I thought I would give you some examples how aperture, shutterspeed and iso works together.
I will try to explain it as simple as I can, but I need …

Composition

Composition

COMPOSITION
Okay, so now you know how to use your camera (you´ve read the older tutorials, right?) then I think it´s time to move on.
The first thing I´m going to say is that these are guides more than rules!
Sometimes it´s good to break the rules, but understanding the basic rules of composition makes it easier to …

Shooting indoors.

Shooting indoors.

SHOOTING INDOORS
I’m not sure if I’m the only one that has gotten annoyed when shooting something indoors and the colors isn’t at all what you thought they would be?
For example when I go in to our bathroom, everything is pretty white, the toilet, the sink, the walls and so on.
But when you take a shot …

Which mode to shoot in?

Which mode to shoot in?

WHICH MODE TO SHOOT IN?
Av, Tv, P, manual…
What does all these modes mean?
(on the image, the camera is set to P)

All these modes help you to get good shots in all different kind of situations.
But then again if you understand your camera all Av, Tv, P, Automatic and so on… = Manual!
Because all those different …

Shooting with HDR

Shooting with HDR

SHOOTING WITH HDR
First, what is HDR?
HDR is a shortening for: High dynamic range imaging.
This probably doesn’t tell you anything.
So…
“HDR’s are created by taking multiple shots exposed for the highlights, mid-tones and shadows seperately”
This means you are now able to take a right exposed shot for all different tones and then combine them together as one …

Understanding iso

Understanding iso

UNDERSTANDING ISO
You who have been photographing with normal film cameras probably already understand what this is all about. If you buy a film for your camera you can choose what kind of film you want, from 100 to 3200.
With SLR cameras you can now use any “film” you want buy just choosing your iso while …

Understanding shutter speeds

Understanding shutter speeds

UNDERSTANDING SHUTTER SPEEDS
This is probably the easiest thing to understand on your camera.
The shutter speed is how fast your camera “records” your photo.
Usually people talk about short and long shutter speeds, which means shots taken 1/60 second or faster.
Slower than 1/60sec usually means long shutter speeds.
1/60sec means one sixtieth of a second.
if you are shooting …

Understanding Aperture/F stops

Understanding Aperture/F stops

UNDERSTANDING APERTURE/F STOPS
As I said in the introduction, I will try to give you some tips and tricks how to use these settings without getting in to too much technical details.
So what does you aperture do?
The 2 main things that your aperture does is help you to shoot things depth of field, also called dof.
The …

Understanding the basics.

Understanding the basics.

UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS
When I started photographing I mostly used the automatic settings.
There is nothing wrong with using them, but understanding the basics of using more manual settings will improve your photos and then you are allowed to choose what you actually what want to capture with your photos.
Here are 3 things that will help you …


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