Digital Photography Tutorial

Featured photo: extreme small baby hand

Paul van Weert — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:26:27 +0000

From the page Baby photography tips:

The extreme small hands of a baby, emphasized with the hand of the mother.

Today’s glossary word: Bulb mode

Featured photo: baby from above

Paul van Weert — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:10:01 +0000

From the page Baby photography tips:

Instead of the ordinary, make a photo of a baby from a quite different angle, like from above.

Today’s glossary word: sepia tone

Featured photo: rule of the thirds

Paul van Weert — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:00:38 +0000

From the page Photography tips for beginners:
Imagine the frame divided into thirds, both vertically and horizontally, like a tic-tac-toe board. Then place the subject on or near one of the lines or intersections. This is called the rule of thirds.

Today’s glossary word: CCD

Featured photo: avoid distracting elements

Paul van Weert — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:19:25 +0000

From the page Photography tips for beginners:

A photo with some distracting elements. Waiting until the hand is gone and standing more to the left, so the people in the back are out of the frame, would both improve the photo.

Featured photo: aerial photo of coastline

Paul van Weert — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:02:26 +0000

From the page Aerial photography tips:

An aerial photo should have a topic. In this photo it is the coast with contrasting red and blue colors.

Featured photo: dead tree

Paul van Weert — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:52:11 +0000

From the page landscape photography tips:

A photo with oddities in it: a curious dead tree placed in the foreground, a bend over tree in de midground and damp in the background.

Featured photo: London Eye Millennium Wheel

Paul van Weert — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:21:13 +0000

From the page extremes:

The London Eye Millennium Wheel is an eye catcher for viewers because of the extreme size.

Featured photo: baby in odd pose

Paul van Weert — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:57:39 +0000

From the page Baby photography tips:

A baby sleeping well in an odd pose. The wrinkles in the sheets form good leading lines to the baby.

Featured photo: tilted sea horizon

Paul van Weert — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:10:26 +0000

From the page Photography tips for beginners:

A unintentional tilted horizon ruins the photo. Be sure you hold your camera level, or adjust it afterwards in your photo editing software, like Photoshop or Paint Shop pro.

Featured photo: tiny baby hands

Paul van Weert — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:06:13 +0000

From the page baby photography tips:
The oddity of only hands of two persons as a depiction of two persons, and the extreme small hand of the baby.