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Studio Lighting - Still Life and Product Photography

by Morguefile

A lesson on using the studio lighting for product photography (especially for hard-to-light subjects), and also explaining the importance of backgrounds.

Filed under: Product photography

Portable Flash Exposure Basics

by Angelo Lorenzo

A short article guiding the reader through basics of flash photography.

Filed under: Flash photography

Seven Ways To Improve Your Photographic Vision

by Scott Bourne

A short article with insightful pointers that might urge you to make the move from making snapshots to creating photographs.

Filed under: General

The light that the photographer paints with often has a colorcast to it. Film and sensor capture this color, which then affects the quality and mood of the image. To create an image that accurately depicts what the photographer intended, the photographer must be aware of the color of light and must make adjustments when necessary. The subject of the color of light, and the techniques of dealing with it, are referred to as white balance.

Filed under: Exposure, General

Tips for live music / concert photography

by Daniel Boud

Some insightful tips for photographing concerts and live performances, as written by an Rebel XT (350D) user. Also applicable to clubbing photography.

Filed under: Concert photography

Photographing Difficult Children and Adults

by Photography Corner

A few tips on how to effectively improve your communication towards people you're photographing - or trying to photograph.

Filed under: Portrait photography

A Technical View of Bokeh [PDF]

by Harold M. Merklinger

It's time to learn more about the background blur. This interesting 5 page article published in Photo Techniques May/June 1997 describes what makes the out-of-focus images different for different lenses.

Filed under: Focus & Focusing

Photographing Olympic Sports

by New York Institute of Photography

This article is about how to photograph the type of sports that are featured in the Winter Olympics. Outdoor sports like downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, speed skating, and indoor sports like hockey and ice skating. These are all activities you may be able to see - and photograph - in your home vicinity.

Filed under: Sports photography

Taking Professional Looking Product Photos

by Lindsay Landis

A hands-on article written by a professional designer who's runing her own boutique and taking her own product photos. Well worth the read even if you can't put this knowledge to practical use right away.