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

INTRODUCTION VERTORAMA, THE LESS KNOWN COUSIN Welcome to a guide on how to do vertorama photography. You have probably already heard of a panorama, a long and ultra-wide photo. But what happens when we rotate it around and take a tall vertical photo instead? That will be what we call a vertorama, the cousin of panorama. But

INTRODUCTION FLAVORS OF FIREWORKS PHOTOGRAPHY Welcome to a guide on how to photograph fireworks. Fireworks are fascinating, but the way some beginners will capture that special moment is – Take out a camera and snap away. Well, nothing wrong with this and it is one of the most casual ways to enjoy photography… But there

INTRODUCTION THE MAGIC OF LEVITATION PHOTOGRAPHY Welcome to a guide on how to do levitation photography, where we will walk through the different ways to make people float… or at least make it look like so. While levitation photography may seem to be an “advanced technique” to some beginners, there are actually very simple ways

INTRODUCTION FAST AND FURIOUS Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the camera burst mode, and this will be a fast and furious one. The camera burst mode is sometimes also known as continuous shots, and it is pretty commonly known to be used for capturing fast-moving subjects. But just how do we use burst mode,

INTRODUCTION LIGHT TRAIL PHOTOGRAPHY IS FASCINATING Welcome to a beginner’s guide on how to do light trail photography. Back when I started photography, light trail is one of the first subjects that fascinated me. Personally, traditional photography has always been capturing “a single frame of time” in a photograph… Then came along a photo with