During the Photo-Tour I encountered nice places and scenes that I wanted to photograph but could not get out of the car because the road and traffic did not allowed me to stop the car. Also, sometimes, pictures taken from a car can be more creative, more interesting than a normal snapshot of the landscape. [...]

I received (from Mark via email) a nice video tutorial on the workflow and editing that can be used to create moody and melodramatic monochromes well suited to architectural and urban photography. Clcik here to watch the tutorial Tools used by Mark in this video: * RAW conversion software,(Pixmantec’s Rawshooter Essentials 2006) * High Dynamic [...]

If you have just purchased your Nikon D80, the controls on the outside of the camera coupled with all the menus and custom settings can be … all » downright overwhelming. We give you a structure for looking at the controls as well as a repeatable ritual for taking great photos with your new camera. [...]

Nikon Understanding Digital Photography DVD You are ready to take your digital SLR photography beyond the automatic settings on your … all » Nikon digital SLR camera, this 45 minute Nikon School© DVD is the perfect guide. Join Bob Krist, award-winning National Geographic Traveler Photographer, on a day of shooting and instruction. Along the way, [...]

Repetition of shape and colour can add an engaging motif to your scene without making an ugly busy composition. Finding pattern and symmetry for your shot need not constrain you to photographing your grandparent’s carpets and curtains. Spot the Patterns Patterns of all kinds occur at all scales throughout nature, but also throughout human constructs [...]

Windows, just like doors, are gates, or better said portals, to other worlds. The words inside and outside don’t make too much sense in photographing windows, so we can let the imagination decide what are the two worlds on each side. These portals welcome you with flowers. They also wary in shape and the old [...]

digg_url = ‘http://www.photoaxe.com/tips-for-photographing-kids-children/’; Preparing to Shoot Honest emotions (tip1) is the expression that best describes what we feel when we look at children. This is what a kid picture should capture. But, just like pets, young kids are most of the time restless and with no patience for a shooting session. Otherwise, why do a [...]

digg_url = ‘http://www.photoaxe.com/how-to-shoot-roads-in-photography/’; What do you have in mind when taking pictures on a highway? Maybe the road signs. Yes, it’s a good idea but here I’m not talking about that. Road construction requires the creation of a continuous right-of-way, overcoming geographic obstacles and having grades low enough to permit vehicle or foot travel. This [...]

Sometimes when I can’t go out, all I have to do is to look over the window… and… here’s what I come up with: Tip 1 More sky filled with clouds and less city scape or city shapes in direct sunlight. Tip 2 Cranes or other human crazy inventions look good in composition. Tip 3 [...]