Innehållsförteckning för No. 351 från Photography Week

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Creative photography is a wide-reaching term that incorporates an almost unlimited variety of techniques, styles and artistic intentions. This makes decisions about what is appropriate for any given subject or location challenging, especially for inexperienced photographers who are yet to master the essential techniques of the medium. At its most basic, creative photography is the production of images that show the world in a unique way, in a departure from how we see the subject every day, with our own eyes. This can be as simple as choosing a composition that presents the subject from an unusual perspective, or as complex as utilising advanced, multi-source, off-camera lighting setups. The first step to next-level creative images is to address each aspect of the image-taking process in isolation, and then make informed…

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1 HOUR The internet is obsessed with cats, and we are too! We love our furry felines, and for us there’s no greater pleasure than snapping some fun portraits of our companions as they trundle around the house doing cute things. Inevitably, though, they’re usually being cute at awkward angles, or in dark areas, so getting a clear shot can be tricky – and that’s where this project comes in. You’ll just need to tweak a few key shooting settings in order to get sharp and well-focused images every time – all it takes is a bit of patience, fast shutter speeds and a bump of the ISO. So stop pussy-footing around, and read on to find out how you can capture professional-looking paw-traits! LAY THE BAIT USE TREATS TO…

DxO has confirmed an update to its popular Nik Collection set of plugins. DxO bought the Nik Collection from Google two years ago, and gave the plugins an update last year. This latest Nik Collection 2.0 update adds 42 ‘En Vogue’ presets to the 156 existing options, spread across four of its seven plugins. Ten of these are added to each of the Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro and Analog Efex Pro plugins, with a further 12 new HDR presets added to HDR Efex Pro. The plugins, which also include Viveza, Dfine, Sharpener Pro, are compatible with Adobe’s most popular editing programs, namely Photoshop, Lightroom Classic and Elements. High-resolution (HiDPI) monitor support has also come to Windows users, who should now see the graphic elements of Color Efex Pro,…

The post-processing stage is where many photographers choose to apply the greatest proportion of creative techniques. There are still numerous effects that can’t be easily applied in software, or for which considerable care must still be taken in the field to ensure a usable starting point for later editing. However, Photoshop, Lightroom and all of the associated satellite applications offer an exhaustive range of tools for crafting unique effects, for photographs that offer more than a mere record of a subject or location. The best strategy for successful post-production is to think of the shooting and editing stages as part of a single process. This helps to maintain greater continuity of style and intent throughout the entire photographic workflow, thereby minimising the risk of over-processing and reducing image quality as…

Composition and framing are essential skills, especially for landscape photography. But this isn’t going to be just another guide to the rules of composition – instead, we’re going to cheat just a little bit… In essence, a strong composition is about arranging the elements in front of you into an effective frame. Normally this is done with a careful choice of camera angle, lens, and perspective. However, sometimes the weather won’t be on your side, so you might be faced with a dull sky, and on other occasions the scene could just use an extra element to make it more interesting. So in this video tutorial we’re going to look at a few ways in which we can do some creative landscaping to aid our framing, both by using Photoshop…

Top-flight professional photographers are still likely to go for own-brand Canon, Nikkor or Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 zooms, but the new Sigma Sports alternative matches the Nikkor in pretty much every aspect of handling, performance and image quality, and edges ahead of the Canon – and that’s no mean feat considering that the Sigma is only a little more than half the price to buy. The Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 G2 is another great-value lens, and is a little more compact and light than the Sigma. The Tamron’s tripod mount collar is also completely removable; you can detach the Sigma’s tripod foot by removing four Allen screws, but it still leaves a protruding stub. If you’d rather downsize to a 70-200mm f/4 lens, the Canon and Nikkor options are both excellent in…

Tamron has released details and pricing of its new SP 35mm f/1.4 Di USD wide-angle prime lens, which has been designed to offer premium quality performance with full-frame Canon and Nikon DSLRs. The lens is being launched to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Tamron SP range – the SP stands for Superior Performance, and the range has become a favorite choice of enthusiasts. The lens is constructed of 14 elements in 10 groups, including four LD (Low Dispersion) and three GM (Glass Molded Aspherical) elements. These are said to ensure that chromatic aberrations are eliminated, and that the lens offers high-resolution performance right to the edges of the frame, even at the wide f/1.4 maximum aperture. The diaphragm uses nine circular-shaped aperture blades. The lens weighs around 810g, and…

Exposure is arguably the most important consideration in the photographic process, since the amount of light reaching the camera’s sensor directly influences all image characteristics, including brightness, detail and colour. Regarding brightness, the intensity and position of light sources within the frame is of utmost relevance, as this controls where viewers first look within the composition. While correctly using this device is a basic photographic skill, extra care must be taken when attempting creative techniques. It’s easy for the photographer to become preoccupied with their artistic intent, thereby forgetting the implications for baseline composition and image quality. The relationship between exposure and colour is another often overlooked factor, and must be acknowledged when altering either component, if a predictable result can be achieved. This symbiosis can either make or break…

1 LAYERS OF QUALITY Professional creative effects are supported by a high standard of core photographic skill. 2 ADAPTED NOT BROKEN Whenever you choose to deviate from rules you know work, be sure that quality will be maintained. 3 STRONG SUBJECT Especially important for noticeable effects, a dominant subject is necessary for good context and narrative. 4 CONTINUITY Colour, brightness and composition must continue to present the subject in the best possible way. 5 CLEAR INTENT With any creative technique it’s vital that your thought process as the photographer is easily interpreted. In any creative medium there are always opportunities to make mistakes when trying new techniques. This is most commonly due to a lack of understanding of the skills required and a failure to generate a high-quality baseline product.…

You can’t swing a cat online these days without hitting a cute/funny photo or video of a… cat. You won’t be surprised to learn that people where enjoying cat photos way before the advent of the internet and social media – but you may be surprised at how elaborate some of the earliest comedy cat images were. PetaPixel has been looking at the history of feline photography, and the earliest example it features is the image shown at top-left above, shot by an unknown photographer in 1898. The other images you can see above were shot by American photographer Harry Whittier Frees, who, starting in 1914, created a series of images of cats dressed in costumes and posed with props, which featured on postcards, in magazines, and in children’s books.…

Favoured by professional photographers all over the world, 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses are ideal for shooting action sports, wildlife, weddings and plenty more besides. The availability of short, medium and fairly long telephoto focal lengths, combined with a fast and constant aperture that enables a tight depth of field and rapid shutter speeds, is a potent mix. A drawback of 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses is that they’re necessarily bulky and quite heavy, weighing in at around 1.5kg, as well as being pricey. If you’re prepared to set your aperture aspirations a stop slower, at f/4, there are 70-200mm zooms that are much slimmer and only about half the weight, and a good deal cheaper. Typically, these feature the same advantages of the zoom and focusing mechanisms being fully internal, so the physical…