Photography tips

Every week when I am out shopping, I pop into a newsagency and take a quick look over the various photography magazines. There is always several different ones on the rack.

Over the last several Months I have purchased many of them and had a read of the articles in them.

Well, today, I was wandering around the City and took several photos as one does. There were a few out of the lot that I took that had potential, and a few where I will plan them a lot more and go back and take them again when the light is better.

The one I am going to talk about today is not so much the photo, but the post processing of it and how it was greatly improved.

A while ago, I posted about selling your pictures thru various micro stock agencies. Well, After having a little more experience using these sites I have decided to put together a bit of useful information about the one's I submit to.

The list is not exhaustive, but it is certainly a starting point for anyone considering selling or even buying photos.

Today, I spent a few hours at the Adelaide Zoo. It is something I have been meaning to do for a long time, but just never gotten around to it.

As far as Zoo's go, it is not huge, but it does have a reasonable number of animals on exhibition. Of course, one of the reasons to go to the Zoo is to try and take some reasonable photo's.

A couple of days ago, I spotted some bright orange fungus growing on a bit of old wood in the Garden. I thought that it would make a great Macro subject.

Earlier this afternoon, between the rain showers I went and had a go.

Over the last few weeks, whenever possible, I have been using the widest possible angle that I have. I normally make use of the great zoom lens' that I have and find myself a convenient location and use the zoom.

This adds a whole new dimension to how you go about taking the actual picture!

While I am not one who is really into stargazing, when a spectacular opportunity is present I will have a go!.

Well, tonight we had that spectacular opportunity in the form of the Comet McNaught.

January each year sees the Tour Down Under hit Adelaide and the surrounding area. The Tour is a 5 day cycling race that attracts riders from all ouver the World.

The Day before the actual tour starts there is a 50km street race called the Adelaide Classic. When the Classic was held a few days ago, I took a few photos.

In my post a few days ago about filters I mentioned that I had a fair few photos from my holiday that were not real good. A lot had very little detail due to the very bright conditions in NZ.

Today, I grabbed one of the photos that I liked and spent a little bit of time working on it.

I have been battling for a long time with my monitors. I run dual LCD monitors on my PC and when I am editing pictures I notice that there is a huge difference to the appearance of photos on each of the 2 monitors.

So, I treated myself to a little gift and purchased a little device that would help with calibrating my monitors.

Most people get to see fireworks only a couple of times each year, and this also means that most people only get the opportunity to photograph them a couple of times a year!

Now, I have had a couple of goes at this now, and after getting nearly everything wrong the first time, the firworks on New Years eve were pretty easy!

Filters are one of the important tools any photographer carries in their bag. There are a lot of different types of filters which are used for different things and depending on the situation can really enhance the photo that you capture. (More)

White in white on white on white was recently mentioned half in jest in a forum. In relation to a photo that a member posted, someone jokingly suggested that for their next subject, they might want to photograph a white cup on a white saucer on a white background full of milk!

Macro photography is 1 special interest area that most people have a go at at some time. I briefly entered into this area several months ago and did a few pictures and never really explored it.

Well that will probably change with an addition to my kit - an extension tube.

Sometimes, web forums have some real gems in the info from other users! Yes, I do browse a few photographic web forums and participate in some as well. Well, while browsing over @ DPReview tonight I came across one of those hints that looked pretty good. So, I checked it out for myself and sure enough -it was the gem I hoped it was!