Tag Archive: learn photography

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Photographic composition for posters, flyers and front covers

A whistle-stop tour of front cover, poster and flyer images I’ve found online along with my views of whether they work or not.

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Mistakes make great photographers

Why mistakes are good, and how you can use them to develop your own personal style.

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Tall young trees, some of which have spring leaves but some of which have only leaf buds or no leaves at all reach towards a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. The sun, very slightly to the right of centre at the top of the image is in sunburst form with rays extending to left and right edges of the image. On the floor are swathes of violet bluebells and fresh almost luminous green grass. The overall impression is of peace and growing things and you can just about see a person with a dog to the right, just below eye level

Exploring the edges; Using creative constraints to develop your photographers voice

How to develop your creativity by constraining it.

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Image of Mbulelo Ndabeni dancing in hoodie, his face expresses something between concern and terror. He is holding a slatted bench at an angle and appears to be peering out at the camera as if ready to hide behind it or run away at any time. Image has little or no detectable noise (speckling) despite being taken at ISO 3200.

Colours at high ISO part 2, Signal to Noise

The different types of noise (chroma and luminance), signal-to-noise ratio and their relationship with high ISO photography.

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Girl with large eyes wearing a Christmas hat and white toga-style top. You can tell it is very dark because the image is extremely grainy, there is considerable colour noise and the colours are not true.

Colours at high ISO

This post talks about how camera technology perceives colour and why photographic images are so different to what human beings see.

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Lady with long dark hair stares intently ahead and to the right of the image. She has a camera in her hand but it's pointing down. Behind her is a beautiful mural depicting a beautiful woman surrounded by unexplained baubles of many colours, also staring into the distance this time to the left of the image. In the further distance is another mural of a dark skinned boy with sad eyes who is wearing a hoodie.

5 things to consider when choosing a photography course

Pointers to help you choose the type of practical photography class that best suits you.

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While giving a course I shot these to illustrate the importance of waiting for the right light to my students. (c) Carole Edrich 2016.

5 insider tips on how to choose your photography class

The five most important things to consider when choosing a photography course.

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Deb Bono and Lemington Ridley

Copy rights and wrongs

An explanation of copyright, creative commons and how to manage your rights as a photographer or videographer.

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10 pointers to help you shoot better sunsets

10 pointers to help you shoot better sunsets