perjantai 31. heinäkuuta 2020

PictureCorrect.com: The Importance of a Focal Point

A focal point is the part of an image that draws the eye of a viewer to the most important part of the image or the area that you want to highlight. How you do this will make or break the final image. If you don’t know how to create this point then you will not achieve much...

PictureCorrect.com: Interesting Photo of the Day: Ouse Valley Viaduct

The Ouse Valley Viaduct, also known as the Balcombe Viaduct, carries the London-Brighton Railway Line over the River Ouse in Sussex. Thanks to the ornate design, it looks aesthetically beautiful. This is why many describe the structure as probably the most elegant viaduct in...

PictureCorrect.com: Photography and Memories

Photography is a powerful tool. It allows you to freeze a particular moment in time. In other words, you have the ability to peek into a fragment of time that’s already passed. In this way, photography is something like a time machine that only lets you travel to the past. Old...

torstai 30. heinäkuuta 2020

PictureCorrect.com: Black and White Portrait Photography Tips

There are no hiding places in a black and white portrait. With no distraction from color, the physical characteristics of the subject are revealed. Monochrome exposes intimate details such as bone structure, texture, and expression to a much greater level than an equivalent...

PictureCorrect.com: Interesting Photo of the Day: Evening Railway

The allure of the sunset shot has captivated audiences and photographers for decades. The high contrast and fascination with light and color entices photographers to use the last remaining sunlight to set the mood and tone of their shots: “This Evening Railway” by Lauxxx....

PictureCorrect.com: Landscape Photography: Quality vs Quantity

When you’re out on the field taking photos, typically there are two ways you can work. You might either spend hours and take a handful of photos, or take lots and lots of photos within a very short period. And it’s important to note that each of these methods has its own set...

keskiviikko 29. heinäkuuta 2020

PictureCorrect.com: Interesting Photo of the Day: Golden Morning in Florence

Mornings are a great time to walk around taking photos. The same holds true not only for photographing landscapes but also for cityscapes. When the sun hangs low it provides a perfect opportunity to photograph the city in a phase that most people don’t often get to see. Besides,...

PictureCorrect.com: LED Flash Tutorial for Beauty Photography

LED lights have been on the photography scene for quite some time now. And videographers have been using constant LED lights as video lights for quite a while as well. Recently, companies have been developing LED flashes as an alternative to the traditional strobes that have...

tiistai 28. heinäkuuta 2020

PictureCorrect.com: 10 Tips to Improve Your B&W Photography

In a world of color, sometimes you just can’t beat a strong black and white image. Black and white photography can be an amazing tool to conveying a mood, story, or statement to your viewers. While a color portrait can tell a story too, the absence of color in black and white...

PictureCorrect.com: Interesting Photo of the Day: Heimaey Stave Church

Situated in the Skansinn area of the harbor of Vestmannaeyjabær, Iceland, is the Heimaey Stave church. It was gifted by Norway to Iceland in connection with the millennial anniversary of the conversion of Iceland to Christianity in the year 1000. This church is in fact a replica...

PictureCorrect.com: Planning for that Decisive Moment in Photography

You can never be successful in any field if you leave everything up to luck. Similarly, if you want to succeed in photography, you need to be sure of what you’re doing. Every action that you take needs to make sense. And most of the outcomes, if not all, need to be predictable....

maanantai 27. heinäkuuta 2020

PictureCorrect.com: Understanding Black Point for B&W Photography

This article is based on concepts from the Better B&W Photography Guide if you want to dig deeper for further training. What is the color black? It seems like that should be a relatively easy question to answer. However, it’s not – especially when it comes to black and white...