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What You Need To Know About Filling The Frame In Photography

March 29, 2021 by Hari Leave a Comment

Contemplation

When you’re working with a subject, whether it’s a person or an object, you always need to keep the overall composition in mind. One of the central aspects of composing an image is to consider how you are going to balance the positive and negative space in the frame. The positive space in a photo…

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What Are the Best Practices For An Aspiring Videographer?

January 15, 2021 by Hari Leave a Comment

Sunset By The Beach

Every practicing videography must master the basic techniques and rules in order to learn how you can break them! As with any artform the rules are made to be broken but it is necessary to know and understand them first! Working in a coherent way with the basic rules in mind will allow you to…

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What Makes A Good Candidate For Tilt Shift Photo?

December 14, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Tilt Shift Photography

Tilt shift photography, also known as ‘miniature faking’, is a unique genre that stands out from almost any other due to its eccentric quirkiness, versatility and practical professional functionality. Tilt shift photographers can create photos that look as if they were tiny miniature models! A tilt shift photograph looks like a highly detailed hand made…

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Great Signs That You Are A Photophile

October 16, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Rural Landscape

The word photography comes from the Greek root words of ‘photos’, which means ‘light’, and ‘graphe’ which means a ‘representation’ of something, usually using lines or by drawing. Together, the words ‘photos’ and ‘graphe’ roughly mean ‘drawing with light’. This is a quite an elegant way of describing the art of photography since the practise…

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Great Ways To Improve The Backgrounds Of Your Photographs

October 8, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Fog in woods

It’s only natural that when we take photos that our main focus is on the subject of the image however, whether we realize it or not, the background is incredibly important as well. The overall success of the composition of the photo is heavily dependent on the background. If the background is too distracting then…

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How To Reduce Camera Shake During Photography And Videography

October 7, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

People Watching Concert

A camera shake can ruin an otherwise perfect photograph. This can be heartbreaking, especially if the photo opportunity was a once in a lifetime chance! A camera ‘shake’ refers to those times when you slightly shake or jolt while taking a photo causing the finished product to be slightly blurred. This destroys the sharpness of…

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How To Learn Photography On Your Own Without Training

September 8, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

William Penn on Top of City Hall

Photography is a fascinating art form that has undergone unparalleled evolution in the past few decades. Huge improvements in camera technologies have made hitherto inaccessible cameras available to the general consumer markets and with these advancements a massive increase in interest in the field has followed. But can you really teach yourself photography or do…

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Is the Image Resolution of Your Camera Important in Photography?

September 2, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Camping in Pennsylvania

When you are taking photos, having a good understanding of the resolution of the images is an important factor that you are going to have to consider, particularly if you are buying a camera or deciding which camera to use to best capture your subjects. The number of megapixels that your camera has will play…

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Why Are Leading Lines Important In Photography?

July 15, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

architecture leading lines

‘Leading lines’ refer to a powerful compositional technique where the photographer uses shapes, lines and other features within the image to draw the eyes of the viewer towards the chosen subject matter of the photo. Leading lines allow the photographer to control the way their audience visually interacts with the subjects of their work and…

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Great Ways You Can Photograph Tall Buildings

May 5, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Glass High Rise

High rise photography is an emotive type of photography that expresses the incredible achievements of human engineering and our place in that new and growing world. Only 100 hundred years ago most people on the planet would never even have seen a photograph of, yet alone a real, high rise building in their entire lives!…

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