Additional Low Light Photography

1. Crank Up the ISO

The higher the ISO number, the more sensitive the camera’s sensor is to the light that is reaching it. The additional noise that is generated by using a high ISO can be filtered out somewhat in post-processing. Sometimes the extra grain adds a little something special to the shot. Shooting in RAW format allows for the most flexibility in post-processing.

2. Use a larger aperture

The larger the aperture, the more light is entering the lens. Shooting at f/5.6 lets in more light than shooting at f/18 (remember, the lower the number, the larger the aperture).

3. slow down the shooter speed

More light is captured the longer the shutter remains open. Keep in mind that a good “rule of thumb” for clear hand-held shots is no slower than 1/60th of a second. Use a tripod if you’re shooting at anything slower than that, though I have had success at slower hand-held shots using lenses with image stabilization.

4. If you do have to use a flash, try to avoid the on camera pop-up

It tends to flatten the appearance of the image because the light is hitting the subject directly. Invest in an off-camera flash, angle light so that it is not directly in front of the subject, and use reflective surfaces and diffusers to soften the light. Strategically placed constant light (such as tungsten lamps using soft white bulbs) work excellently for providing additional ambient light without sacrificing the atmosphere of the setting.

5. Use your camera’s exposure compensation capabilities.

The scale on many of today’s DSLR’s allow from -3 to +3 stops in 1/3 stop increments (my 7D is +/-5). Dial the exposure compensation to the positive side to purposefully “overexpose” the photograph.

5 bad Blogger habit you need to break

1. Check your Stats and comment 100 times a day

As a beginning blogger it is not uncommon to be obsessed over your web traffic and comments. Of course you want a lot of people coming to your blog, a lot of people linking to you and you naturally want as many people as possible commenting on your posts. That doesn’t mean that you have to check your stats every 10 minutes.
This habit will waste you a lot of time that can be channeled in much more productive activities for your blog. Set aside a time of the day where you check your stats. My suggestion would be twice a day. Once in the morning and some time late afternoon. Use that saved up time for producing more content or networking with other bloggers.

2. Not replaying to comment

When people are leaving a comment behind on one of your posts, see that as a compliment. They were emotionally compelled to leave feedback behind, good or bad. What I see is that most bloggers never respond to them. If there is one big thing that helps in building loyal readers, it is responding to comments on your blog. It shows you care about them, even to readers who didn’t leave a comment behind.
Don’t go overboard with responding to every single comment, but definitely respond to comments that are requesting your opinion or respond to commenters who leave valuable comments behind. If you don’t know how to respond then a “thank you” can go a long way.

3. Inconsistency in posting

It is a common mistake for new bloggers to start publishing a lot of content in the beginning phases of the blog and then take a break. That’s the wrong mindset to have and a bad habit. Avoid a “blog hiatus” as much as possible. You don’t want your posting schedule to be irregular.
Be consistent. Besides the fact that search engines love regularly updated websites, readers will love you for it too. By publishing on a consistent basis readers will look forward to reading your content. If you are new to blogging, pick one day where you will publish a new post and make the commitment of sticking to that. Don’t set the bar too high. Start off with one day and stick to it.

4. Not giving creadit where it is due

I see too many bloggers copy and paste ideas and works of others without giving any credit. This is not a good way of building credibility. It’s very easy on the Internet to trace back to original sources and you will get called out on it. Give credit where credit is due. Mention the source where you got your idea or work from. Linking out to others is also not a bad idea. It is actually a great way to get on your fellow blogger’s radar and use that as a starting point to network with him or her.
This issue not giving credit especially goes for using copyright images. Verify to make sure you can use the images in your posts. There are a lot of resources (like Flickr) to get free images as long as you credit the producer. Search for Creative Commons copyrighted images. You can use those images without the producer’s consent as long as you give credit to the producer.

5. Not proofreading your post

Nothing bugs a reader more than reading a post full with typos, grammar mistakes and a train of thought that does not go anywhere. You lose credibility and professionalism when your post contains a lot of typos and grammatical errors. Typos can easily be avoided by using a spell checker.
Make it a habit to proof read every post before you publish it. Do it especially when you are not in a hurry and you can focus on proof reading. A good way to proof read is to read your post out loud and do the editing along the way. What is even better is if someone else can proof read your post.

source : dailyblogtips.com

Negative space in Photography Composition

Composition

There are three principal compositional components to a photography image.

• Frame, The frame is the border that is all around the rest of the imag.
• Positive Space,The subject of the image. This is generally the item on which the camera is focused. 
• Negative Space, The rest of the image. It is located between the positive space and the frame. 

When many people go about composing an image, they concentrate their attention on the positive space. The negative space, gets very little thought. If it receives any consideration at all, it is more of an afterthought. This kind of approach can result in second-rate images. When correctly utilized, the negative space can serve two very important functions:

1. it can help in defining what the positive space is all about. Basically, it help to tell the story for the positive space.
2. It can Improve the positive space. Essencially the negative space help to make the positive space more noticeable.

Composition and Negative Space

The negative space can serve to help define the positive space by furnishing additional detail. As one example, a photograph may show part of a bridge. However, there may be few details that offer any suggestions of where the bridge is based. Is it in a crowded, urban park or in a forest? We can not tell from the close-up. If the photographer were to show some of the landscape, this would create some negative space that would certainly help to much better define the positive space. As a result, the image would be improved.
While utilizing a negative space can really strengthen an image, there is one thing that must be avoided. The negative space should never be allowed to overwhelm the positive space as this would serve to deteriorate the image.
Making the positive space stick out is the other way that the negative space helps to enhance images. This is accomplished due to the fact the negative space helps to control the attention of a viewer. It does this by helping to lead the viewer’s attention to the positive space. When utilized in this fashion, the negative space is often relatively devoid of detail (this gets rid of any unproductive detail).
In short, both spaces need to be taken into consideration when figuring out how to best compose an image. Basically, both spaces are of equal importance and should be treated as such. This will help improve the quality of the images that you capture.



Your Photography project
So, are you geared up to start a photography project? For this project, you should concentrate on capturing images where both spaces have been very carefully thought out. The goal is to carefully think about both spaces before the image is captured. This will require that you previsualize the image. That is, you must imagine what the image will look like before you capture the shot.

How to Improve your Writting Skill

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This is tips how to improve your wrtting skill. there are so many kind of people that have their own way to write an article.

Here is the tips from Stafford, how to improve your writting skill.

LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND DESCRIBE IT

Try to use as many of the senses as you can; taste, smell, sight, sound, touch. Does the picture make you think of a certain sound or taste? Does it have aspects that look soft, fluffy or hard and cold? How would those aspects feel if you could touch them?
This exercise helps you develop the skill of using more descriptive language in your writing. You may not be a fiction writer but using fiction techniques can improve your writing skills.

READ A LOT OF SALES COPY

f you’re running a blog or online business you may already be doing this, but are you skimming the material for the benefits or are you really studying the material? What does the sales page begin with? How is it laid out for listing the problem? Does it highlight the solutions contained in the product that’s for sale? Does it compel you to want to buy? If so, then pay close attention to why it’s effective sales copy and start using that in your own sales pages.

REWRITE SOME ONE ELSE SALES COPY

This tip is a little like the tip above except you’re going to take a section or several sections of a sales page and rewrite it. Change the wording, change the order of the listed items. Try to find better descriptive words than the ones the writer used.

REWRITE PARAGHRAF OF FICTION

Yes, we’re back to the fiction thing, but writing is writing. If you improve in one area you will improve in another area. Take a paragraph of fiction and rewrite it. Change it up like you did with the sales copy. Find similar descriptive words to describe what the writer is trying to make you see or feel.

READ THE DICTIONARY

This is something not many people do, but it’s a great way to expand your vocabulary so you can write better descriptions. Having a large vocabulary will not only improve your writing but it will also help you out when you run across new words.
Writing is something practically anyone can learn and learn to do better. Not everyone can draw, paint or play a musical instrument, but anyone can learn to write. It takes practice. The more you write the better you’ll get at it. Writing “out of the box” so to speak will help improve your overall writing skills too. Don’t limit yourself to your comfort zone–get out of and improve your writing skills. Your readers will thank you and want to read more from you.

Teknik Dasar Pemotretan

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Berhubung saya pun adalah seorang Photographer pemula dan mulai hobby photo ketika ada sorang teman yang punya photo dan saya tidak segaja coba-coba untuk memotert objek-objek yang menurut saya menarik, ehh hasilnya kata teman saya lumayan bagus. Dan akhirnya saya pun tertarik dengan dunia photography selain saya juga ingin menekuni dunia pemograman dan blog. tapi yaa hobby dan propesi itu memang tidak harus satu kan, kata orang bijak "jangan bawa telur dalam satu keranjang kalau jatuh pecah semua" yang artinya jangan mengandalkan pada satu bidang usaha saja kalau suatu saat bidang usaha itu bangkrut atau terkena krisis kan repot jadinya.

sudah dulu ya intermejonya, kita langsung saja ke pembahsan utama, kali ini saya akan membahas apa yang sudah saya pelajari yaitu teknik dasar pemotretan :

Memahami pencahayaan

Fotografi adalah lukisan bercat cahaya. Maka, hal terpenting dalam fotografi adalah pencahayaan. Sekilas memang pencahayaan ini terkesan sulit, tapi pada dasarnya, penyetelan banyak - sedikitnya cahaya yang akan masuk dalam lensa kamera nggak begitu rumit. Kamera digital memang memiliki penyetelan cahaya secara otomatis, yang apabila di tempat terang ia akan menyesuaikan setelan rana menjadi lebih sempit sehingga hasil gambar akan normal, alias nggak berlebih cahaya (over-exposure). Tapi bagaimana di tempat gelap? Realitanya, kebanyakan kamera saku belum mampu mengatasi masalah pemotretan di tempat gelap. Dengan setelan shutter yang relatif cepat disertai dengan kondisi cahaya minim, hasil foto pasti akan buram. Solusi untuk ini tentu saja dengan memilih kecepatan rana rendah.

Memotretlah tanpa Flash

Nggak semua tempat bisa dijadikan lokasi pemotretan sesuai keinginan kita. Di museum, misalnya, kita nggak bisa seenaknya menggunakan lampu flash saat memotret obyek. Untuk menyiasati larangan tersebut, coba setel ISO ke level yang paling tinggi, buka aperture atau diafragma selebarnya dan gunakan shutter yang lambat. Dengan setelan ini, ditambah dengan penggunaan tripod, niscaya gambar kita akan bebas dari minim cahaya dan keburaman. Bagaimana kalau nggak ada tripod? Jangan khawatir, dengan teknik dasar, hal-hal sepert ini bisa diatasi. Caranya, perhatikan lah posisi tangan saat memotret. Minimalisasi gerakan yang mampu mengaburkan gambar dengan menempelkan sedekat mungkin lengan yang memegang kamera ke badan kita, lalu teguhkan posisi badan. Memang, trik ini nggak bisa menggantikan posisi tripod 100%, tapi bisa sedikit mengurangi gerakan yang mampu mengaburkan gambar.
Hal diatas sangat mudah dipahami, sekarang konsentasikan teknik pemotretan ke pemilihan penempatan obyek dalam gambar. Umumnya pandangan seseorang akan tertumpu pada obyek yang berada di tengah. Dengan kata lain, obyek yang di posisikan berada di tengah gambar akan mudah terlihat kekurangannya. Untuk mengecoh pandangan penikmat foto, coba ubah penempatan posisi obyek supaya nggak pas di tengah gambar.

Menjelajahi sudut

Sebaiknya jangan terpaku dengan sudut pengambilan sudut datar. Sesekali cobalah sudut pandang yang tajam dan juga sudut miring. Nantinya hasil gambar akan menarik. Masalah utama dalam fotografi salah satunya adalah keburaman. Betapapun canggihnya program manipulasi gambar, jika pada saat dipotret gambar sudah buram, akan susah untuk memperbaiki ketajaman gambar. Untuk mencegah keburaman, perhatikan selalu kecepatan shutter ketika akan memotret. Keburaman pada gambar seringkali disebabkan oleh terlalu cepatnya shutter. Idealnya, jika memotret tanpa tripod, pakailah shutter 1/125. Namun bila kita menyanggakan kamera di atas tripod, bisa pilih shutter dengan kecepatan 1/60 atau 1/30

Jangan tantang matahari

Hindari pengambilan gambar yang menantang matahari. Artinya, subyek foto lah yang menghadap sumber cahaya agar gambar yang di hasilkan terang. Jika sebaliknya, subyek akan terlihat gelap, sementara bidang lain di luar subyek akan terang benderang. Hasil ini bisa dianalogikan dengan suasana gerhana matahari. Memang, teknik fotografi menentang cahaya, atau sering disebut siluet, kerap dipilih para fotografer. Tapi jika teknik kita masih dalam level pemula, sebaiknya tunda dulu pengambilan gambar siluet.

Hindari Zoom Digital

Banyak bagunan-bagunan yang menarik untuk difoto. Sebisa mungkin hindari penggunaan zoom digital. Gunakan saja zoom optikal. Penggunaan zoom digital dapat mengakibatkan gambar pecah, atau terlihat jelas kotak-kotak pikselnya.