This week was hard, intensive and marked by continuous lower back pain for me. Even though the acute lumbago pain was over within a day, the difuse pain is still here combined with a disturbing inflexibility of the body. The whole experience with the medical system while not being able to walk left me seriously…
Tag: composition
windows and doors
how do you get a nice photo of a window or door? can you see what I did wrong in this one? here are a few short tips: keep straight, perpendicular lines. you do this by standing straight in front of the object and right in the middle of it. this can hardly be corrected…
spring in detail
close-up photos, also known as macro, suffer from shallow depth of field BUT you can turn this to your advantage. create a minimalistic or abstract image using few colours I find that the strong contrast and the simplicity helps these images pop looking for other tips? check out the blog archive! you can search for…
framing
are you using framing in your photos? intentional or accidental? this is what framing does: provides a context for the subject leads the eye to the subject creates depth there are various types of framing such as architectural and geometric – as in my photo above. others types are natural framing (using trees, for example)…
shallow depth of field
There can’t be a photo blog without discussing this topic a number of times 🙂 depth of field, also known as DOF, is that space that will appear clear in a photo. the distance between the first and the last object that will be focused depth of field is one of the most important thing…
lens flare
Lens flare is one of those things you want in some pictures and definitely don’t want in others. You may like it in images such landscapes where you are going for a dreamy effect or artistic drama. Yet it would be completely out of place in photos where full clarity of the subject is required….
a knowledge tree
A good image is one that tells a story. Some say storytelling is a photographer’s main duty. What do you see in the picture? If you see the tree trying to write a story, by shooting letter-like birds up in the air, then you too may be a dreamer 🙂 I see the tree as…
a golden hour image with reflection
So I’m insisting on that famous golden hour. And reflections. I loooove reflections nearly as much as silhouettes. Looking at this picture taken with the phone it seems the most important thing in photography is to be in the right place at the right time. And so it is, if you have a camera with…
a story?
This image I added to Unsplash a few months ago has been dowloaded in the hundreds. It made me wonder why. There is no shortage of sunsets and historical monuments out there on the net so what makes this one stand out? Free download – link in caption! If you have a minute please hit…
a balanced golden hour image
Golden hour! The photographer’s magical minutes! I feel the first post on this blog must be dedicated to it. While I wish golden hour lasted all day it’s sadly not even one hour long. Here are what I consider the top tips: do arrive early. use an app such as Sun Seeker to find sunrise…
compose image 