Photography

INTRODUCTION BASIC BUILDING BLOCK Welcome to a beginner’s tutorial on shapes and forms in photography. Circles, squares, rectangles, triangles – As “simple” as these may seem, the basic shapes and forms are actually one of the most important building blocks when it comes to composing a good photo. But to an untrained photo ninja, looking at […]

INTRODUCTION FINDING THE WAY Welcome to a beginner’s guide on how to get a sharp focus in night photography – Have you just started with night photography? Struggled with the autofocus and ended up with blurry photos? Tried deploying a tripod, but the autofocus still hunted back-and-forth to find nothing? Well, you are not alone,

INTRODUCTION ATTENTION CATCHER Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the visual weight elements in photography. When we look at interesting photos, there are always some parts that will capture our attention. That “something” is called the visual weight, and when mastered, will turn people into actual photo ninjas. Yes, there are several elements that will

INTRODUCTION ADVANCED LIGHTING Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the photography studio lighting basics, and congratulations on coming this far! When it comes to studio lighting, some beginners will probably shy away, suddenly collapse, foam in their mouth, and mumble something about “too expensive” or “too difficult”. Well, studio lighting really isn’t that big and

INTRODUCTION NOT SHARP? Welcome to a quick guide on how to do lens calibration. Having trouble with the autofocus on your camera lens? Is the focus always off? No worries, let us walk through the steps on how to do lens calibration and get things back into sharpness – Some of you guys may think

INTRODUCTION SILHOUETTE, THE ANCIENT ART Welcome photo ninja, to a guide on how to do silhouette photography. Silhouettes have actually been around way before photography even existed, and arguably, first found on cave paintings. But it is not called “silhouette” until 1759, when the French people decided to name this style of “cheap cutout portrait”

INTRODUCTION THE CAMERA ANATOMY Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the basic parts of a camera. Cameras these days come in many different shapes and sizes, often with plenty of confusing buttons, switches, connectors, and parts. While having many functions is a plus, but that also makes it very daunting for beginners to pick up

INTRODUCTION EXPOSURE TRIANGLE, NOT A CONSPIRACY. Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the exposure triangle in photography. I understand, some people can’t wait to snap away with their new camera – But just can’t seem to get it right with photos that are either too bright or too dark. That was how I was as

INTRODUCTION THE MIND-BOGGLING QUESTIONS Welcome to a guide and tips on how to reduce noise in photos. So just what is noise? We hear a lot about it in digital photography, but just what does it mean? Why is it bad? Why don’t we have this problem when using film? How do we prevent and

INTRODUCTION USEFUL BUT LESS KNOWN FEATURE Welcome to a beginner’s guide on exposure bracketing, and congratulations, you have stumbled on one of the “underrated parts” in photography. Yep, bracketing is actually a very useful technique, but yet, it is not that widely known to many beginners. Just what does it do, and how does it