By Karsten Stroemvig on www.diyphotography.net - Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. In photography this term is used to describe the quality of the areas in the picture which are not in focus. When referring to Bokeh, we can distinguish some of it characteristics:
The HDR Conundrum
By Darren Rowse from digital-photography-school.com – A couple of weeks ago I asked readers what their favorite DSLR lenses are. The responses were quite overwhelming with 170 comments left and just under 60 lenses mentioned. Today I waded through all of the comments left and identified the most popular DSLR lenses mentioned. I’ve arranged them in three categories – Canon (89 votes cast), Nikon (68 votes mentioned) and Other (13 votes). These are the categories because Canon and Nikon lenses were mentioned by most comment leavers where as there was a much smaller representation of all other brands.
By Patrick Arseneau – A lot of people look at my landscape pictures and say “Wow! How did you do that?” or “You must have a really good camera”. Well I’m about to share a little secret. Yes I do have a fairly good camera, but the real reason why the sky is so blue and the colors are so saturated is because I’m using a polarizer.
Article from www.digitalpicturezone.com - Lightning photography is both one of the most tricky and one of the most frustrating types of photography. You get only one chance for the particular situation – it is not like portrait photography where you can go back in the studio if the photos didn’t come out well. Photographing lightning at night is relatively easy provided you have access to remote areas away from town/city lights. The results can be exciting but they are also partly based upon luck.
