Innehållsförteckning för No. 477 från Photography Week

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Prior to undertaking any shoot, I like to have a meeting with my clients to brainstorm, and produce a brief and a creative direction that we all agree on. To produce the type of images my client requires, I need to be sure that I fully understand their requirements. You hear horror stories from clients and photographers, and most of the time it’s due to a lack of communication between the parties. Once you have a clear and precise brief, produce a storyboard for the shoot. For me, it’s one of the most important processes in the planning stages, as it guarantees that I’ve understood what the client wants – they see my storyboard prior to signing off on the shoot. A storyboard also acts as a constant source of…

Stand back, zoom in and let the scene play out. Shooting at the 135-200mm range allows you to stand back and record the action as it happens. When the camera isn’t right up in your subject’s face, they tend to relax a little, which can provide you with an opportunity to capture some more natural-looking images. Longer focal lengths are also great for compressing the scene, and giving a more intimate or energetic feel to the frame.…

Lifestyle photography is very much about making the normal seem more glamorous, with your ability to anticipate the action being an invaluable tool in making great images. Whether it’s with a single image, or a collection of images, always look to get a clear message across to the viewer. With larger commercial shoots, the story will more often than not need to be kept in line with the company’s marketing campaign, whereas with smaller and more intimate shoots, this will most likely be a direct story of your subject’s experience, or an emotion. Your storyboard from the planning stages plays a big part in this process, so don’t be afraid to refer to it throughout. Really think about each frame, and ask yourself what message or feeling it will portray.…

1 LIGHTROOM CULL The first step in the post-production process is to cull and rate images prior to any editing. There are specific apps designed just for image culling, but I prefer to use Lightroom, as I’m then able to tag and organise images into catalogues for locations, subjects or even time of day. 2 LIGHTROOM EDITING I exclusively use Adobe Lightroom to process my raw files. Capture 1 and Adobe Camera Raw are options too, so find the program that works best for you. I find Lightroom to be a more enjoyable and smooth editing experience, as I can have all my images in one place alongside quick and efficient tools. 3 PHOTOSHOP CLEAN-UP I export the raws to Adobe Photoshop as high-res TIFF files for a final clean…

The winners of the 2021 Landscape Photographer of the Year contest have been announced, with Mara Leite taking the top prize for her image of a footpath running though a tunnel of trees. “Mill Lane is a famous footpath in Halnaker, West Sussex,” says Mara. “I was looking for a different composition when I decided to turn the other way and saw this beautiful sight.” Landscape Photographer of the Year is now in its 14th year, and is one of the UK’s most prestigious photography competitions. The contest aims to celebrate the richly diverse landscape of the UK. Click the link to see more winning and commended photos at the LPOTY website. Images from the contest will feature in an exhibition which runs from November 15 to January 9 at…

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1 HOUR In this Crash Course we’re going to show you how to move out of the comfort zone of your camera’s fully auto shooting mode and experiment with the semi-automatic Aperture Priority mode. This mode is great for shooting static subjects, like our rock formations, but if there are none to hand then look for anything stationary, such as trees, some urban architecture, or perhaps a statue. We chose to shoot rock formations because they give you the opportunity to capture some wonderfully abstract shapes and colours, so they’re a great place to start your photographic journey while you learn more about your camera. Aperture Priority mode allows you to take control, and get creative, while still having a safety net. In this mode you get to decide what…

Ultra-wide-angle prime lenses are enormously versatile. They’re U great for everything from shoehorning architectural interiors into the frame when your back’s against the wall, to shooting cityscapes and sweeping landscape vistas. Venture out on a star-studded night, meanwhile, and you can take in the majestic panoply of the heavens above. On a full-frame camera, a focal length of around 14-20mm is ideal. You’ll need a lens with real pulling power when it comes sucking in light, so it pays to go for a fast aperture of around f/1.8 to f/2. This avoids sending your camera’s ISO setting into the stratosphere, as you keep exposures short enough to stop stars and other celestial bodies in their tracks, so they don’t appear to be trailing across the sky. It’s not just the…

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Lifestyle photography is a term we hear bandied around a lot in today’s marketplace, but what exactly is lifestyle photography? Lifestyle is a genre of photography that simply aims to capture real-life situations in an artistic manner, producing the perfect representation of a scene in a natural way, reflecting everyday emotions whilst also including elements of the surrounding environment that contribute to the story. Traditionally, lifestyle photography is thought of as a style of relaxed and natural portrait photography but, for me, the perfect lifestyle photographer would generally be required to combine various disciplines of photography, including classic portraiture, photojournalism and landscape/cityscape photography. Over the coming pages, I’ll take you through my process of producing original, unique and powerful lifestyle imagery – from the prep work to the shoot and,…

On the day of the shoot, I’ll make some time to talk through the storyboard with my subjects, client and art director. I want to be sure that everyone is clear as to the direction of the shoot, and how we’re going to make it happen. Time is often tight, so it’s important that everyone understands the part they’re playing in the creative process. I always take a few minutes to run every member of the team through my working process, and explain what they can expect from me during the shoot. As the photographer, I’m running the show and the buck stops with me, so I need to have the shoot run smoothly in order to guarantee my clients the best possible outcome. Expectations could be simply instructions, such…

A SMIDGEN OF RED AMANDA COLLINS EADE “This is Azizi, a young male lesser hedgehog tenrec. He was 12 months old when I took this image. I wasn’t entirely sure that he would make it through the winter, but he is very sweet, curious, and sociable, and is accustomed to being handled and photographed. I photographed him indoors, as he lives in a heated vivarium. The image was shot purposely in low-key.” https://bit.ly/3GFb2Eh BEEN SO LONG LUIS SOTO “This was taken at Buchupureo on the coast of central Chile. This great rock formation is called Iglesia de Piedra (Stone Church), and it’s constantly hit by the incredible force of the Pacific Ocean.” https://bit.ly/2YFpsmG ABOVE ETIVE CHRIS DAVIS “I shot this image at sunset, overlooking Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands.”…

Photoshop’s Shadows/Highlights command has long been one of the most useful tonal tools on offer in the software. Initially, the tool offers two simple sliders: one lets you lift the shadows, while the other darkens the highlights. However, as you’ll discover in this video tutorial, hidden away are a wealth of other options that give you a fine degree of control over the balance of tones in your scene. Shadows/Highlights really comes into its own with landscapes. Like our Icelandic seascape here, a typical landscape photo will be dominated by very bright and very dark tones, as skies tend to be lighter than the land below. This makes it tricky to achieve a balanced exposure, as the contrast between the two areas is so great. Thankfully, there’s often far more…