Archive for the ‘guide’ tag
Quick Tips for Event Photography
Coffee Common NYC , An event I recently shot
In my time as an event photographer, I have come up with some things that always seem to work. They are simple and clean methods that never fail. It requires something that goes beyond just having great gear. A little preparation can go long way.
So let’s get right into it.
Coping With Mixed Lighting As a Photographer
Mixed lighting refers to an environment that is lit by multiple light sources that have a different color temperature. It could be fluorescent and incandescent, incandescent and flash, natural light with incandescent or any other combination of lighting, and if you’re really unlucky there could be three or more color temperatures in one place. It can be one of the biggest challenges in photography and mishandled, it can ruin a photo that is great in every other way.
While there’s no definitive answer to this problem, there are some guidelines that can help. Here are some things to keep in mind, which I’ve ordered by my usual priority list from most preferred to last option.
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The Phoblographer’s Library
If you search Amazon for photography books, you’ll currently get 103,631 results. Some are gems and some aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. How do you know which ones are worth spending your money on? Here I’ll list some of the ones I believe are useful, and I welcome you to add the gems you’ve found in the comments below. Sharing the good ones is a simple way we can all help each other be better and more informed photographers.
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Field Review: Impact LiteTrek Portable Strobe Kit (Day 1)
Impact LiteTrek Kit (with optional stand)
I love light. Without it, we can’t create photographs. The more light we have available to us and the better we can control it the greater the possibilities to express ourselves through our photos. Because of this I became a studio photographer. However, studios become boring unless you can build complex sets or have the budgets to hire people to. Sometimes I mix it up with location shoots, but the problem there is that I lose a lot of the control of light that I enjoy in the studio. Can I have both?
Top 10 things I don’t Want to Shoot Without
Listing off the photography gear you feel you need is subjective at best. What is and isn’t on your list depends on what type of photography you do and your personal tastes. If everyone’s list was the same there wouldn’t be hundreds of thousands of options out there to consider. That said I still think it’s worth discussing our most (and least) favorite photography items. Here’s mine. It’s primarily a studio photographer’s list since that’s a lot of what I do.
An Introduction to Golden Spiral Composition Method
The Golden Spiral Nautilus spiral and Ediely
Recently Chris Gampat wrote a great introduction to The Rule of Thirds, one of the most popular composition techniques. Today I am going to introduce you to another form of composition and the one I prefer, The Golden Spiral.
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