Nikon D750: Live View Photography Mode To enter Live view photography mode you will flip the Live view selector lever to its top position (image 1) and press the Lv button. To exit Live view photography mode, simply press the…
Photo by Peter Fauland, author Mastering the Fujifilm X100T and X100S With its small, inconspicuous body and ability to easily fit in a camera bag, the Fujifilm X100 series has earned a cultlike following among today’s street photographers. Friends of…
From The Portrait, 2nd Edition by Glen Rand and Tim Meyer Posing requires directing the subject to change physical position to increase visual interest, flatter, imply emotion, or communicate intent to the viewer. This is done by rotating the subject, tilting the…
From The Nikon Creative Lighting System, 3rd Edition by Mike Hagen Traveling soon? Discover what works best from the three case studies listed below. With insight from Nikon lighting expert, Mike Hagen, you’ll leave for vacation feeling fully prepared for nearly any photography…
From More Than a Rock: Essays on Art, Creativity, Photography, Nature, and Life by Guy Tal The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of…
From How Do I Do That in Lightroom? By Scott Kelby Using Lightroom’s Built-In Book Module Before you begin your book, put all your final images into a collection. These should be “final” images, meaning they’re cropped, sharpened, edited—you name…
Do textbooks and rules make sense in a photographic context? If you want to do arithmetic accurately, you have to stick to the rules. If you want to take great photos, you have to know the rules too, but you…
A growing love of good food and the desire to cultivate an online community of like-minded people has seen an explosion in the number of food blogs in recent years, but it still takes good photos to give a food…
Rethinking Visualization I now measure my growth as a photographer in terms of the degrees to which I am aware of, have developed my sense of, and have the skills to symbolize visually the four-dimensional structure of the universe. —Wynn…
Insight from architectural photographer and author, Adrian Schulz The inclusion of people in architectural photos is the subject of much debate, as they can influence the dynamics of an architectural scene in both positive and negative ways. Historically, people were…