Weekly Photography Challenge – Hands

Hands can be just as expressive as the face sometimes, as these images show.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Hands

By Elisabetta Orlacchio

This week it’s your turn to photograph hands. Human or otherwise – it’s your choice. Find some expressive ones and use good lighting, and compositional techniques to create some great images.

By Bill Gracey

By lucio zandonati

By Johnson d

By Jessie Jacobson

By Giovanni

By romanlily

By Sharada Prasad CS

Share your images below:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

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A Beginners Guide To Choosing A Digital SLR Camera

A Beginners Guide To Choosing A Digital SLR Camera

Digital photography is no longer a new thing? Digital photography has flourished
of late and for good reason. Gone are the days when taking your holiday snaps
required buying a film, taking pictures in the hope that at least half would
develop and then tripping down top the processor after your holiday or
sightseeing. Now there is a multitude of options from the expensive to inexpensive
that allow you to take your pictures, view the results and decide which pictures
to save for future printing on your home PC or delete as unsatisfactory. All the
former big boys in the SLR camera market, such as Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus and
Fuji now have digital SLR cameras to suit every pocket and every use. There are even
numerous smaller companies building digital cameras to suit this ever growing
market. For a first time buyer the choice can be so bewildering, so how do you
choose which SLR camera will suit you?

The basics of choosing a digital SLR camera are to know your budget, know what type of
pictures you want to take and how you intend to use the pictures.
For the beginner setting a budget on your camera purchase will soon cut down the
choice to a manageable level. Ask yourself, are you just gong to take the odd
holiday snap if a one off picture opportunity comes up or are you the type who
likes to fully document each holiday you have, maybe you’ve a habitual holiday
snapper from pre digital times? If you’ve the type who only takes a picture on
holiday if you see something truly inspiring or just to document that you did
attend then go for the lower price end. You should be able to pick up something
useable for $50. If you document your holidays and most of the sights you see
regularly and have maybe owned a camera for years then splash out toward the
higher end of the basic models, think in terms of a $200 investment.

Once you have established your budget consider the type of pictures you will be
taking. Are you likely to be taking pictures everywhere you go? Consider the
weight and size of the camera you need. Are you likely to be taking pictures of
friends and relatives on location or do you have an eye for the picturesque
panoramas? Maybe consider a zoom lense, for panoramas go optical for family shots
a digital zoom with flash may suffice. Are you a habitual snapper when the cameras
in your hand or an opportunist clicker? Consider the size of memory you will
require. The opportunist may not require huge lumps of memory but a habitual
snapper may be different. Think about battery life. If your going to take a few
shots a day you will need a better battery life than if you take the odd snap.

Once you have chosen the best combination of size, weight, memory, battery life
and zoom for your uses, consider how you will use your pictures. If you need to
print large pictures off your computer beware the more megapixels (resolution) you
have the better. It is a sure thing that the higher the megapixels the more
expensive the camera, so leave this choice till last. For a beginner spending your
budget on a camera based on megapixels initially will lead to a poor choice with a
camera that does have the other characteristics to suit your purposes. If you
generally print off the more traditional photo sizes for an album do not be to
concerned with the number of megapixels, most base model digital cameras will give
you an adequate print.

Photography Lighting When Sunrise And Before Sunset

Photography Lighting When Sunrise And Before Sunset

Digital portrait photography could be at better quality once you have the right equipment, the appropriate colour as well as the best linghting. In case you have together with you the latest model of digital camera, the photographs will not prove wonderful if you're not utilizing the correct tactics in getting them correct.

 Professionals in digital photography have started to know that the digital camera is only one of the matters that you must have to get excellent photos. In addition there are additional circumstances to take into account so that you will be let down through the consequence. One may be the lighting.

 You may make your own images greater through controlling your digital cameras flash light as well as take advantage of obtainable lighting in various conditions.

 The secret for you to get that perfect picture is to take it right at the very begining. It means that you should take into consideration just how well or perhaps bad your lighting is in the process of taking the photo.

 Don't use the camera's flash light here. Alternatively you need to use your own tripod to steady your camera. There is usually less light outside compared to inside your home. Hence, holding your camera completely still is essential. You need to get longer exposure time instead.

Here's how you can advance in digital photography lighting without breaking a sweat:

 - After sunrise and before sunset.

 During these times the photos are at their peak. Meaning, photos come out wonderful when they are taken after sunrise and also before sunset. How can this be?

 The reason is because the orange color that appears in the sky during these times adds to the colors that your digital camera is capable. Most of the time, some photos appear dull and unrealistic when they are printed because of the representation of the colors when it is printed. 

 The colour in the natural environment can also add a lighting for a images. Moreover,it will make it easy for you to edit them on your computer once you feel that you want to put in some combination in the natural setting of the photos.

 - Natural sunlight.

 Natural sunlight is one way of lighting which is extremely effective if you know how to use it to change your photos. Keep in mind that you cannot change the actual illumination of the sunlight or  the shadow it can easily produce on your photos.

 It is up for you to choose the best position wherein you can make the most of the light that is emitted by the sun. Work them to your advantage. Try on different angles and see if they look perfect once frozen.

 You can even make the most of the drop shadows that is created by the sunlight. Just make sure that they will not blur your photos. Try to take on different angles or directions to see whether they may look better. 

 Firing electronic digital photographs is not only concerning having the most advanced camera. It is usually regarding trying to find strategies and techniques which will benefit your own photographs. Try to shoot your photos with the perfect lighting and you will see that you do not need to edit or add some more colors in them.

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