Good Photography Techniques for Beginners

Good photography techniques are important as they enable you to learn how to set up the perfect environment, and what rules to follow in order to shoot the perfect photo. Below are some of the key digital and film photography techniques you should consider.

1. High Speed Photography

High speed photography involves capturing super fast movements even with an ordinary camera. These images are typically of high-speed events such as breaking glass, popping balloons, as well as splashing liquids which reveal interesting structures that are not visible to the naked eye.

2. Tilt-Shift Photography

Tilt-Shift photography involves using camera movements on small and medium format cameras, through the employment of special lenses. This type of photography comprises of 2 types of movements. The first is the tilt which involves the rotation of the lens relative to the image plane. The second is the shift which refers to the movement of the lens parallel to the image plane.

3. Black and White Photography

Black and white photography begins even before you take your shot. To do this well, you will need to practice and focus on the texture and contrast. There are certain settings you will need to have on your camera in order to achieve the best black and white photographs. In addition, you will also need to know which color filters are ideal for taking your black and white images.

4. Motion Blur Photography

With motion blur photography, you are able to display a sense of speed. This can be artificially achieved in a normal setting, by using a camera with a slow shutter speed. This type of photography is common amongst photographers who capture movement in images while shooting sports and other fast-moving events.

5. Infrared Photography

With digital photography, you can take photos whenever you please, mix them up with normal images, view the results immediately and play around with the settings until the image comes out just right. If you want to shoot near-infrared images straight out of your camera, you will need to do a lot of post-processing to enhance your photographs and get them looking as dramatic and beautiful as images captured normally.

6. Smoke Photography

Smoke photography involves photographing different types of smoke such as outdoor smoke, incense and liquid nitrogen. For the perfect smoke image, you will need to learn how to get the smoke right, set up your exposure and lightning perfectly and thereafter learn how to manipulate images digitally.

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Joan One is a freelance journalist and creative writer who immensely enjoys writing and researching into any topic under the Sun. She specializes in writing "green" eco-friendly topics aimed at enabling environmentally conscious readers to find simple ways to reduce their carbon footprint and help save our planet.


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