Photography tips and tricks for everyone

Here’s a pretty cool video from Digital Days showing when to and more importantly when NOT to use your flash. It pretty much turns on it’s head the common conception that it’s only used at night time. Well worth a look.

I use a Canon 5D, and since Canon rate it as a “pro” series body, there’s no inbuilt flash. if you want it, you need to add an external flashgun. This is probably a better option since you have to actually think about the shot and whether you actually need to get the flashgun out of your bag

Do you think about when to use flash, or just accept when the camera pops it up ready to go?

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Here’s a quick 3 minute YouTube video detailing High-Key vs. Low-key lighting. This covers what ever photographer should know and is a good grounding to get started.

I’m a great believer that if you know the basics, the advanced stuff always comes a lot easier. It never fails to amaze me the number of photographers that start playing around with multiple lighting setups without a basic understanding of how light actually works.

What do you think — is it better to have a good grounding in the basics, or do you always want to jump right in and see what happens?

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Here’s’ a short video on how to create a sense of 3D in your portraits. This takes you through a very quick 3 tips worth knowing. Although there are many more, again, getting the basics right leads you onto understanding the more advanced stuff.

What do you think?

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