How to blur backgrounds for portraits

How to blur backgrounds when photographing portraits A question I get asked often from beginners to SLR photography, is how do I achieve a smooth or blurred background in my photographs. It doesn’t matter whether you’re photographing a portrait, flower or animal, the technique stays the same, and revolves around the Aperture setting on your [...]

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4 eBooks that will improve your photography

Photography eBooks written by world known photographer David DuChemin A few weeks back I came across a set of eBooks written by David DuChemin. I’m not normally one to purchase eBooks, however considering each cost as little as a cup of coffee, I thought I’d give them a read. All I can say is Wow! [...]

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Sunset iPad wallpaper download

Free sunset iPad wallpaper to download To download this free iPad wallpaper picture, simply touch the sunset photograph to load the full size version. When the wallpaper has loaded in the browser, touch and hold on the image and select ‘save image’ from the pop up menu.

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Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed is the amount of time a digital cameras shutter is held open for when taking a photograph. In other words, the time it takes from when you first press the shutter button, to when the camera completes the shot. To experiment with Shutter Speed, first set your camera to Shutter Priority using the [...]

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Make iPad wallpapers from photographs

How to make iPad wallpapers to suit both horizontal and vertical dimensions Even if you don’t yet own an iPad, creating wallpapers for those who do, is a great way for getting a portfolio of photographs noticed. As most users are aware by now, the iPad has a 1024 x 768 pixel screen. However, since [...]

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Metering Modes

How to use metering modes on your digital SLR camera. Metering systems work by measuring the amount of brightness within a scenery or object, then sets the exposure accordingly. However, the camera can often get the exposure wrong if the onboard metering mode has been set incorrectly. Photographers need know how to select the most [...]

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DSLR Tips Night Photography

Digital SLR tips for night photography How to take photographs at night? It’s no doubt one of the most popular questions we receive from beginners to SLR photography. What at first seems like a hard technique, in practise is much simpler, as this video tutorial demonstrates.

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Manual Mode

Shooting in Manual Mode. Setting your digital SLR camera to Manual Mode allows you to control both the shutter speed and aperture. Nowadays there is a belief that no one uses this mode except in complex conditions. That is both true and false. Certainly don’t believe anyone that says you’re less of a photographer for [...]

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More Manual exposure – low light

When to use the Manual setting on your SLR camera Before reading head on into this subject, we’d like to recommend that new photographers understand how these 3 settings work singularly first, before trying them altogether with the Manual setting: Program mode (ISO), Aperture setting and Shutter Speed. Hard facts about Manual mode 1. Manual [...]

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Free PDF Guide to Depth of Field DOF

Free PDF / Ebook tutorial for photographers A Photographer’s Guide to Depth of Field (DOF) is the first photography downloadable guide from ‘Light Stalking’, but don’t let that fool you! It might be their first guide, but it’s full of excellent advice for beginners.

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Focal Points

Why it’s important to manually set your cameras focal point? One of the most useful skills for a beginner to learn from the start, is how to focus properly. Photography can become very frustrating if you don’t understand how to set the focus on the exact object you’re trying to photograph. How many times have [...]

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White Balance

Setting the White Balance on your digital SLR camera. White Balance is how you set the color balance. Color balance, is critical to every image. Have you ever taken a photograph and found it looked too blue, yellow or green? This is usually a result of the camera’s White Balance not being set correctly for [...]

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