Photography 101
Part One
Equipment: camera, meter, flash, tripod
This article is a simplified photography course directed at new photographers out there who want to know where to start.
Why Pinhole Photography?
It’s fun. It’s creative. It’s educative about the basics that photographers deal with whenever they do their thing.
What is Pinhole Photography?
At its simplest, a pinhole camera is just a light tight cardboard box with a piece of aluminium pie dish containing a pinhole to expose the film or photographic paper.
Several years ago, I met a fellow photographer – albeit, he was an amateur, a very good one (the difference is not the quality of the work . the difference is that one does it for love, the other does it for money). He is now a new friend and fellow photographer named Marco, an Italian. His day job is as a top children’s heart surgeon. His passion for photographing people takes him all over the world, seeking out that special face, interesting enough to be captured on film/file.
Infrared photography is sometimes placed on the outside edge of the mainstream photographic world. To the uninitiated observer infrared photography conjures up television images of car thieves speeding away from police helicopters during the dark hours of the night, only to be caught hiding beneath bushes beside a darkened home as their hot bodies light up the camera monitor in the police chopper like Bedouin camel herders atop a Sahara sand dune.
Photography make up is slightly different from daily make up applications. Here are some pointers -
Lighting:
Preparing the face:
You can get some great images using your camera underwater. Think about the following to ensure you don’t miss that important shot:
Get an underwater housing – most cameras can be fitted with a specialised, waterproof underwater housing. These are available from specialised retailers or from online auction sites.
Think about an underwater camera – this is specifically designed to be moisture-proof and sustain the rigors of immersion in water
Having the sun overhead (that is around either side of midday) gives the best results underwater
It’s Christmas. There’s a great many photo-opportunities but, to be frank, I have missed them all. I have convinced myself that I am too busy. Well, there’s the presents to buy and the parties to attend. And, where I live, EVERYBODY is shopping – that means queues, waiting, frustration and heartache. Add these problems to the usual ones of not knowing who to buy presents for and what to get them then I can justifiably consider myself worthy of a hard-earned rest. That means sitting with a glass of wine rather than taking photos.
Almost nothing is more important than composition. No amount of manipulation of your image will help a badly composed picture.
But what is “composition”.
Don’t worry about the fancy terms, but basically, composition is the art of getting the final image looking right, starting from the moment you take the picture.
There are several elements: