Category: Learning Lab
Top 3 Factors When Choosing a Drone
Courtesy of Hobby Mounts 1. Camera: Ultimately, the better the camera, the better your image quality will be. Most hobbyist or commercial drones will use either a 1/2.3” sensor, the larger 1” sensor or even a Micro 4/3 sensor. The bigger the sensor, the better the overall all image quality/resolution. Some will even give you a mechanical…
Top 3 Tips – Portrait Photography
Get to know your client Get to know who they are and what makes them tick. This will help you to bring out and photograph their real personality and relationship rather than something fake and contrived. The more they see of their authentic selves in the images, the happier they will be. Consider a pre-session questionnaire to pull out the…
All Together Now
Photo Credit: Rick Sammon Many composition elements come together when making a good photograph. For example, when making this photograph of the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona , I used several composition techniques to make a compelling and artful photograph. The techniques used here: Foreground element adds a sense of depth to the…
Top 3 Tips for Underwater Photography
Get Close Whether it’s sharks or shrimp, to get good shots underwater, you have to be close to your subject. Minimizing the amount of water between you and your subject increases image quality and color and decreases the likelihood of getting distracting floating debris in the shot. Don’t zoom! Zooming compresses all the water…
A Photography Balancing Act
Photo Credit: Rick Sammon Balance is important in life. It’s also important in our photography. In creating this image of three models in an historic hotel in Venice, Italy during Carnavale 2018, I thought about balance. I placed the models, one in the foreground and two in background, for a balanced photograph – following the composition rule: the rule of…
Steal Like an Artist: Girl with a Pearl Earring
By:Rick Sammon “10 Tips for How to Get Motivated and Stay Inspired” is perhaps my favorite seminar. After all, I think we all need to get motivated and to stay inspired to make good images. The first tip in my talk is “Steal Like an Artist.” I got the idea after reading the…
microSD Cards: The Ultimate 2-in-1 Solution
Small, yet powerful; microSD cards are the ultimate 2-in-1 solution for your photographic and video needs. Including a full-sized SD card adapter with each Delkin microSD card, microSD cards can be used in a wide variety of devices, including DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, camcorders, point-and-shoots and even external recorders. Delkin currently offers 4 different options, each…
Trio of Tips for Landscape Photography
Do you love landscape photography, as I do? Here are three quick tips for getting the best in-camera image, illustrated with an image I took in remote China. 1) Set your focus. Just because you have an autofocus camera, that does not mean that your camera knows where you will focus. For maximum depth of…
What You Need to Know About Camera Sensor Cleaning
What Is It, Do I Need to Worry About It, and How Should I Clean My Sensor? Whether you recently got your first DSLR camera or you’ve owned a DSLR for years, sensor cleaning and maintenance is sometimes the last thing that we think about when it comes to deciding on which camera accessories we…
Capture Fireworks Like a Pro
It’s that time of the year again when one thing looms on the minds of millions of people – FIREWORKS. Photographing fireworks, in all its glory and beauty, can seem like a daunting task to capture, but it’s actually fairly easily and can be done in just a few steps. Here’s a couple tips and…
Top 3 Wedding Photography Tips
Shooting a wedding is one of the most difficult photographic assignments you can embark on! You need to be organized, methodical, sociable and produce stunning images…and you only get one shot at it! We asked Andy Robinson of J&A Cameras + Photography (who has recently been placed in the Top Five UK Wedding Photographers…