There are different criteria of classifying photography techniques. First of all there has to be understood right from the beginning that there are specific standards for digital and for classical photography. Nowadays people often find easier working with digital cameras and modifying pictures working in Photoshop. And it is easier and anyone can do this. All you need is a computer and installing the appropriate program. You may also need some imagination and originality, if you really want to create a work of art. Even famous photographers use this way of processing pictures. They are not very proud with this but it is about saving some time. Photoshop offers all kind of opportunities and, if properly handled, may take the essential beauty out of a regular photo. Judging this from an absurd point of view we may be suspicious indeed. Critics often condemn digital art as it is inferior to classical art but in same cases this attitude is really superannuated. There are great artists who managed to create wonderful works using digital technology. Photography techniques are numerous if we refer only to digital art. Photoshop comes with multiple choices which can be easily called photography techniques.

If classical art comprises classical photography then handling photography techniques would be more complicated. A classical camera does not possess all utilities which can be found inside a digital camera. Famous photographers do know all kind of tricks which may sound hilarious for a person who uses only digital cameras. But this is the great charm of classical art. Photography techniques can vary from all kind of simple filters used for changing colors to weird systems which may offer the needed image.

A classical photography does not change the original image by altering aspects belonging to common sense perceptions. Photography techniques used in classical photography may be seen as primitive but they do not change an image violently. This situation is frequently met in digital art. That is why critics condemn digital art because in its obsession with saving time it neglects aspects of aesthetic importance.

Photography techniques offered by Photoshop are much more numerous but they can become superficial if they are used inefficiently. Critics are right at this point because handling a classical camera is harder but superior as compared to the final result. There had been a test which took place for demonstrating the superiority of classical photography as compared to digital photography. And the pixels in digital photography were visible flaws which modified the aesthetic whole. Photography techniques belonging to digital arts are supposed to be used with cleverness if artists want to impress. Classical photographers are more severe and they struggle for perfection. They are perfectly aware of their great effort and they impose themselves superior standards.

Photography techniques are intelligent tricks designed for original artists, but these persons are supposed to be artists indeed if they want to make the difference between rude images and pictures which can be considered pieces of art. Even if someone chooses to use digital camera he has to know that the human eye is a perfectionist tool which cannot be fooled by photography techniques handled with negligibility.

]]> http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/make-your-pictures-look-pro-by-improving-your-photography-techniques/feed/ 0 http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/webinar-with-brian-demint-on-elements-of-design-and-warne-noyce-canon-flash-techniques/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webinar-with-brian-demint-on-elements-of-design-and-warne-noyce-canon-flash-techniques http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/webinar-with-brian-demint-on-elements-of-design-and-warne-noyce-canon-flash-techniques/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:57:16 +0000 Rob http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/?p=3277 Dear friends…

two exciting No Bs webinars this week….

Wednesday, Feb 8th, 9:00PM, Warne Noyce with off camera flash techniques using the Canon system.

Register for Warne Noyce HERE

Thursday, Feb9th, 9:00PM, Brian DeMint with Elements of Design. A must attend webinar for anyone who wants to learn to how
raise their images above and beyond.

Photos by Brian DeMint

Register for Brian DeMint HERE

Sign up now and attend some of the best in online webinars available.

Yours in photography,
Robert Provencher

Digital cameras made possible redefining the light from an exclusively technological point of view. Main advantage of using a digital camera is the fact that a photographer is able to save some money. Beside this aspect of financial interest, he can learn from his own mistakes and improve his techniques rapidly. Lighting for photography changed its meanings in the sense of reintroducing few concepts which made it more abstract but more challenging too. Concepts as ‘scenes’ or ‘museum’ come to introduce the artist to a wide new area which can be childishly called photo toy. At first every person can play with such a tool and with its settings. All different settings of a digital camera allow the photographer to explore new worlds of shadow and color. These new improvements of technology permit to anyone to take a photo even in an inappropriate environment. This situation refers to all inauspicious conditions which may imperil the great desire of immortalize a wonderful moment. Cloudy days and gloomy pictures which annoyed the photographer are now only a matter of few seconds. He can opt for a setting which leads to a perfect picture. This is not as simple as it sounds and elements belonging to digital camera may become intrinsic, sometimes. Obtaining the lighting for photography may prove really exhausting and exercising is crucial. Even a great photographer has to exercise and test the new camera. There are all kinds of different settings which without being properly explored would lead to failure. Once a person knows his digital camera really good then he can start performing art attempts.

In classical photography this element was interpret in a different manner. Lighting for photography is now being understood as a computing and optic problem. During past times this was a matter of alchemy and imagination. But scientists considered easier and funnier to optimize light and reinterpret it as a physical phenomenon. Following this traces they discover the secret of lighting for photography. After learning how to handle its trifles they tame it. Lighting for photography was the great opportunity of creating more and more settings in order to facilitate this act.

White balancing is another ingredient added to digital camera. This setting enables the photographer to determine the baseline white as opposed to other nuances. There is also another setting which measures the exposure and can be handled easily.

But the lighting equipment remains necessary for professional photographers. Lighting for photography is really important and no matter how rich and tempting would be a digital camera it cannot assure all lighting opportunities. A photography studio is supposed to possess such equipment and famous photographers often do use classical camera in order to obtain credible shots. Lighting for photography evolved and had been reinvented. But lighting for photography kept its significance as an extremely demanded element which transform and lead form to perfection.

When the market for a certain product is so large, it can be very confusing for the layman to choose the right tutorial that will supply him or her with the necessary Photo shop tips to do what he or she want to do. Having some general knowledge about what kind of tutorials you can find will help you pick the right one or ones for you. You might also find some valuable Photo shop tips in tutorials that are unrelated to your interests so you should take multiple tutorials to cover different areas of interest. Photoshop tutorials usually divide themselves as follows: there are the basic tutorials, color tutorials, photo editing and scanning tutorials, text effects and effects tutorials and background and textures tutorials.

The basic tutorials are there for the unengaged. These tutorials will give you very good Photo shop tips on how to work your way around the software, and they are ideal for beginners. A basic tutorial should teach you about the available tools in Photoshop and the capabilities you would be endowed by using them.

The color tutorials will teach you and give you valuable Photo shop tips on colors and how to manipulate them in Photoshop. Such tutorials are very useful if you want to create certain effects by changing hues and tints or if you want to turn color photos into black and white photos. Most digital photographers use the color functions in Photoshop in order to enhance their photos.

The photo editing and scanning tutorials are again the realm of the photographers, but they are very useful for both the amateurs and professionals alike. These types of tutorials will offer valuable Photo shop tips on how to rehash your pictures in order to modify them and make them better, or worse if you want to play pranks on your friends. These tutorials will also give you important Photo shop tips on how to scan your paper photos in order for them to turn out well when after the digitization process.

Photoshop gives you the possibility to do a lot when it comes to texts also, these functions can prove very helpful when one is creating ads and teasers. Such tutorials will help you make the most of text, and give you Photo shop tips on incorporating the texts into pictures or just adorning them as the main focus of the graphics.

The effects tutorials will teach you how to come up with impressive effects that will make your graphics astonishing.

Photoshop can also make your pictures appear even more lifelike by playing on different visual textures, the backgrounds and textures tutorials will give you special Photo shop tips on how to make wonderful visual surfaces and much more.

These are the main types of Photoshop tutorials you’ll find while searching the Internet, but are many other types of tutorials that will offer you good Photo shop tips, and will definitely help you take advantage of the things this software has to offer.

On these forums, professional photographers have the possibility to promote their business, in a decent manner, and to give advice to amateurs in order to help them improve their technique.

Registering on a photography forum is really easy and takes only a few minutes. Once you’ve registered you can post the comments that you want, you can ask questions or you can answer to the existing ones. If you don’t want to be a member of a forum you can still access the available information but you cannot post any comment.

If you are an amateur then you should access a photography forum since you can get free advice and tips from more experienced photographers. You can ask any question you want, regarding any photographic topic.

These photography forums are grouped on different topics. While on some forums you can find information about digital photography, others will provide you information about some particular elements of photography. You can find also a photography forum which allows you to share images, along with tips and advices.

Don’t use these forums in any disrespectful manner like spamming because your email address and your IP address will be blocked. You shouldn’t misuse a forum that gives you so much useful and free information.

It doesn’t matter which is the reason for joining a photography forum, as long as it is for receiving advice, for getting information or just for joining a special community. All that matters is that you will definitely have a great experience.

Every time a new type of digital camera with impressive features appears on the market, the producer pays for publicity in one or more specialty magazines to let people know about it. Therefore, photography articles are playing an important role in the selling process of a product. Another important aspect which has to be taken into consideration is being represented by the fact that there are photography articles with informative character, as they are meant to inform the ones who are into digital photography on different types of techniques they may use for improvements in the image quality. Photography articles that are meant to inform people on several techniques seem to be most preferred by beginners in the field, as tey see these articles as valuable tutorials that can help them obtain better results in their digital photography activity.

If you do not have time to go to organized photography courses, you may opt for buying specialty magazines where you can find good photography articles that can guide you through the learning of the ins and outs of taking pictures. Also, these magazines feature displays of what kinds of pictures can be taken with a digital camera. So they may also represent a source of inspiration for beginners in the field. Having a source of inspiration at the beginning is important because it will help you develop, through intensive practice, a style of your own.

Photography articles can also be found over the internet, as there are many specialty websites providing with full information on different aspects of digital photography.

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“Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at
the same time. It must be a goal that is so appealing, so much in line with your spiritual core, that
you can’t get it out of your mind. If you do not get chills when you set a goal, your not setting big enough goals.” ~Bob Proctor~

 

There’s been some discussion going on about whether established photographers should be teaching non-photographers their craft.

It is a controversial topic and has some in a tizzy.

Wanna hear my take on it? Here goes. I help everyone. There isn’t much
I hold back unless it is specific information that has to do with my clients, prospects
or procedures that I consider internal and proprietary. Even in those areas I get tempted to reveal all.

It’s why I started NO Bs Photo Success Inc^(TM), and write these newsletters,
and started Profitable Studio, and run the Inferno Workshop  (which, by the way
you ought to attend) and on and on…..

Maybe I’m a neurotic nut case. When I think about it, my childhood has
a lot to do with this wacky out behavior, and could explain my willingness
and drive to want to help others.

There is a major redeeming argument for what I do, which beats all other debates,
but I’ll save that for the end of this article. Wait for it. Keep reading….

Back to my childhood. You see, I was a fairly lost child. I struggled with
finding my way, and was in serious need of direction. I was in trouble with
the law, a lot. I think that was just me looking for “negative male attention” You know,
a father figure. Someone to tell me where to go, what to do. Direction. That’s all.

I sought direction. And many, many others do too. There is a bright side, a silver lining,
so to speak. If one takes the plunge and learns to swim. You can figure it out by
reading a quote from one of my favorite teachers, and books….:

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”

~A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living~

 

Back to redemption. Here’s the ugly truth. Not too many actually
want to seek advice. Oh sure, they want easy answers. But the truth is,
our journeys can only be revealed by us to us.  A mentor, a coach, a teacher
cannot do this for us. That’s up to us. Looking to others is like asking Mommy.
You’re all growed up now. Mommy can’t help.

Here’s another truth, maybe ugly, maybe beautiful. Most folks who want
to be taught will do virtually nothing with what you teach them. Seriously. If someone
wanted to learn photography, lighting, marketing…whatever, they will figure it out,
very fast, on their own. If they want. If they have drive and desire.

Therein lies the big truth. The one thing you cannot control in another
and it is THE key ingredient to success, is desire. Passion. Motivation.

It’s the ones who will do something, get off their butts, that matter. And when I
meet one of them, I marvel. I don’t feel threatened. There ain’t enough of them
around to be a threat. Besides, I end up learning as much, or more, especially
from the ambitious ones. Assuming I too am teachable. Which is a key by the way. (being teachable, it’s how I got to where I got….think about it)

And besides, who really wins when everyone gets better? The clients do! And
that’s good. Good for them, for us, for the market. It raises the bar on quality and
value, and challenges each of us to be good. Or perish.

I always say, a rising tide lifts all boats.

So, you might be asking why the picture of the deer? Not random, not mine.
I recently did some copies of some older portraits from the archives of our local
KPMG accounting firm, and the go between was a guy named Jorma. I knew
Jorma from years ago when I was in Rotary. Nice guy, awesome guitar player,
hobby photographer, and retired senior executive from KPMG. I think he may
have been a part owner too.

Anyhoo, in our emails back and forth, because he loves photography, and does ask
me questions, he also sent me this file. He was, you know, showing me
his work, so to speak….And I couldn’t help myself. I worked on it, sent it back to him, and he had some questions. So, I created a tutorial for him. If you click on the image above, you can watch that tutorial. It’s short.

Will he do much with what I showed him? My guess, not much. Is he a threat
to me? Naaaawww. Read the last two sentences in the paragraph before the one
before this one.

I simply want to help. When I meet children who seem shy and lost, I feel for them.
The greatest gift I believe I gave my daughter was the gift of confidence. Nothing
much compares to that quality. She can, with knowing, certainty, confidence, and
a strong sense of self, go forth in life and be adaptable, resilient.

These are the gifts that I learned the hard way. But learn em I did. Teach them
I can’t. You gotta do it on your own. Get it?

Last week was our first ever NO Bs Photo Success founders fireside chat webinar,
and this question came up. Shawn Von Ins, our main dude in the forum, and
webinar moderator, offered some really, really cool advice on what he suggests
to anyone who asks about getting into photography, and considering taking
a photography college or university course. He tells em not to. Instead, he says,
take a business course. Because that is where you will find success in photography.

 

Wow. Why didn’t I think of that. Genius. Now when someone asks, that’s my advice.
Learn business, and marketing. And read books! Be a great student, no matter what
age you are. The photography will come.

Photography Tips and Lighting.

I love high key portraits. They are one of my favorites and  a look that
I use in my studio just about everyday…..Here’s a few samples of what I mean…

 

Over the years I’ve invested in props and backgrounds and I always end up using
the high key the most. It’s clean, simple, something about it works for me. So, today I will
explain how I get high key lighting in my studio.

Here’s a shot in my studio, from 6 years ago when I first set it up. You can see the cove
wall, which at that time was only 12 feet wide or so (maybe 14 ft). The two lights on top,
umbrellas back then, switched to small softboxes since, are the lights that cover the
background and create a white look.

By the way, any light should work. Softbox, unmbrella, small or medium reflectors…matters not! The only thing that matters is a consistent light that covers the area you want
to use. And your exposure. In my studio, I typically set my main at F8. That means
I try to get about one, to one half stop more from these lights. The reading from these
lights will read, ideally, at 11.5, give or take. You need to test, and play, and tweak and
adjust to taste.

The floor is mahogany subfloor, somehow braced onto the concrete floor
beneath. (my studio was a garage at one time). The cove??? Don’t ask. I don’t
do carpentry. I hired a, you guessed it, carpenter. He built something called joists
or something like that. I dunno, don’t care. Just get er done! My job is making
money is marketing, shooting photography. Not building things.

Another angle from camera position, from back when. I’ve since then extended
the width of the cove to cover to entire area, so now it is 16 feet wide. I can shoot,
and have shot up to 26 people:

The exposure may not by perfect for me, since it’s hard to get ideal and smooth
coverage over the entire background, especially when shooting large groups
or chasing a two year old around. But with PhotoShop, aahhh, yes, PhotoShop….
what a lifesaver. If you click here you can watch a quick video on how I
get nice clean high key images from my digital files.

yours in photography,

Robert Provencher

]]> http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/looking-forward-to-learn-wedding-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/looking-for-wedding-photography-tips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=looking-for-wedding-photography-tips http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/looking-for-wedding-photography-tips/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000 Rob http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/looking-for-wedding-photography-tips/ It seems that nowadays more and more people are looking forward to learn wedding photography. Some of them are doing it as a hobby, while others are constantly looking for having a great career in this field. Whether you do it for fun or for money, wedding photography careers can not be followed without learning some wedding photography tips. There has to be kept in mind that wedding photography tips practically can help the photographer obtain good results within various weddings under various whether and lighting conditions. Learning wedding photography tips can keep you prepared for any situation. That is why wedding photography tips are essential in the career of a respectable photographer.

An important aspect which has to be taken into consideration is being represented by the fact that wedding photography tips can be extracted from the internet. There are many websites providing with full details upon the wedding photography techniques that are being used by world famous wedding photographers. Also, there has to be kept in mind that good wedding photography tips can as well be extracted from photography forums. Usually, on photography forums there are many wedding photographers who are sharing their experience to those who just begun to make steps in this domain. Pay attention to the fact that performing wedding photography without knowing some basic wedding photography tips can provoke mistakes. Keep in mind that mistakes must not occur while performing wedding photography, as if the photographer misses one important moment, he/she might not be able to capture it again within the same event. It is important as well to be considered that wedding photography tips are practically the key to wedding photography success. Also, if you personally know some wedding photographers, you may learn from them some important wedding photography tips.