Nov
22
These days anyone who can swim can take photos underwater. In most cases you don’t even need to buy a whole new camera setup- it’s possible to fit a clear plastic underwater housing to many popular digital compacts. A housing will protect your everyday camera from the water while still letting you access the functions […]
Nov
21
When I was an absolute beginner at photography, I did not understand how to properly focus my SLR camera. Prior to falling in love with photography, I was the usual snapshot taker with a compact point and shoot camera. Auto mode produced “good enough” focusing for the purpose of my family snapshots and 4 x […]
Aug
2
Now that photoluminary has been around for over six months, I can proudly state that it has become profitable. This is true in spite of the fact that I have barely written any posts in the past six weeks or so. I’ve actually had this post, How to Build a Successful Photography Affiliate Website, planned […]
Jun
23
While there are not technically “rules” of composition in photography, there are some strong suggestions to follow. Simply pointing your camera at an attractive scene and hoping to convey the drama in front of you simply isn’t enough. So, in this article I will describe the top rules of composition in photography. Rule Of Thirds […]
Apr
23
Photography has been described as “painting with light”. The camera is the “brush” and the “light” is the paint. In this post, I will be detailing how to use natural light in your photography. Personally, I am not a fan of studio photography. I happen to like a certain amount of “reality” in photographs, and […]
Apr
21
If you decide to purchase any Photomatix product, you will get an instant 15% discount by entering the following coupon code on the order form: photoluminary Also, please see my more comprehensive Photomatix Pro HDR tutorial, which explains in detail how to bracket exposures. Prior to getting started on the tutorial, I want to explain […]
Apr
15
There are five main image file formats used in digital photography. In this article, I am going to describe each of these file types, and when they should be used. JPEG JPEG is the most common file format used in digital photography, and on the Internet. This is basically due to file size, since images […]
Apr
10
Photomatix Pro will work with a variety of file formats. Specifically, the software will open and save images with the following formats: JPEG, TIFF (8-bit, 16-bit and Floating Point), Radiance RGBE, OpenEXR, and RAW files from supported cameras. A list cameras which the current version of Photomatix Pro and Light support RAW files are available […]
Apr
5
When part of a subject in a photograph appears to be larger than the rest of the rest of it or larger than than the other objects in a photo, this is called Perspective Distortion. Perspective distortion, which is related to focal length, appears to increase as the camera gets closer to the subject. A […]
Apr
3
The focal length of a given lens determines the size of the recorded image on your digital sensor. Lens focal length was confusing to me personally, until it was explained to me in basically this way. Generally, the longer the focal length of the given lens, the larger the subject will be in the image. […]
