Why switching to Back Focus Button is a good idea
Most cameras have the autofocus function coupled with the shutter button You half press and then the AF kicks ins and locks. But many times you like to recompose You hold the button half pressed, recompose and make the picture. Damn, you want to make another one, again you have to focus on your subject and recompose again. Wouldn’t it be nice if al this focusing had to be done only one time?
Are you all the time switching between one shot AF and servo AF? Wouldn’t it be great to have a way making all this switching not necessary?
Sometimes you want to use manual focus. Maybe when the AF is hunting with close ups. You have to set the lens to manual. Because if you don’t the AF will override you when touching the shutter button. Very annoying and wouldn’t it be great to have a solution for his?
Well, the solution for all these situations is Back Focus Button. It basicly means that the AF function has been assign to a button on the back of your camera. This button will be operated with your thumb. Only when you press it the AF is activated.
How you can implement this on your particulate camera is bet found in the manual.
You might a few days to get used to this method but after that you’ll probably stick to it for the rest of your life.
How to be Successful with Long Exposures
Sometimes there is just too much light.
You see a nice scene, a waterfall, a fountain or great moving clouds. You would like to blur all the movement and so you put your ISO to 100, your aperture to f16 and still you’re not able to achieve a long enough shutter speed.
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Tutorial: Creating Ink Swirls
Have you ever seen those floating blobs of ink and wondered how they were made? Today we are going to explain how you do it.
You will need:
- Water
- Ink or food colouring
- A pipette
- Tank (a small fish tank for example but you can be creative)
- White background
- Tripod
- Your camera
How To: Photograph Reflections
Photo by Michiel Fokkema
If you have ever tried to photograph reflections in glass, metal or water, you might have been frustrated with the results.
The key to photographing reflections is not to focus on the reflective surface itself but on the reflection instead.
You might need to switch to manual focus and then focus on the reflection again if your autofocus insists on focusing on the wrong place.
With a little bit of practise, you can get some great results.
Tutorial: Exposure Bracketing
Exposure bracketing involves taking several shots of the same subject or scene but instead of each photo having the same exposure, each photo of the series is taken at a slightly different exposure to ensure (or increase the chances) that at least one of them is going to be exposed properly.
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Four Simple Tips for Perfect Flower Photos
Are you in the mood for photographing flowers? Then here are four tips to make the most of your petal power shots:
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What is Vignetting and When to Use It?
Vignetting applied in post processing
Vignetting
Vignetting is the phenomena in which the corners of your photograph are darker than the center. It’s caused by the fact that the light rays have to travel further to reach the corners of the sensor. When light travels further it loses power hence the darker edges.
Vignetting can be applied afterwards in post processing but actually almost every lens suffers from vignetting itself, especially when used at the wider apertures and the wider focal lengths. Longer, expensive lenses might only show the vignetting at half a stop, whereas the cheaper wide angles can suffer from 3 or more stops. From 1.5 stops and more it can start to show in your picture. But it might be a pleasing effect.
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The Art of Cropping
Some people try to tell you cropping is the 8th deadly sin. Your picture should be composed in the camera to perfection and otherwise you just shouldn’t bother making it.
However, they forget that you will not always be carrying your super 400 or 500mm telephoto lens, that you might fall off the cliff when getting closer, that you just don”t want to climb that fence between the hungry lion and yourself or that the picture just looks better in a different ratio then 2:3 or 3:4.
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How To: Photograph Fireworks
Photo: Heather Tucker
A New Year is almost upon us and it is at this time that many photographers decide to try their hand at photographing the fireworks that light up the sky as the clock strikes midnight.
So that you are in with the best chance of getting some stunning shots, here are some important hints, tips and suggestions to get you going:
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