It seems impossible, right? You need at least 5 different exposures for every wonderful tutorial on capturing and merging HDR photos with third party software and Photoshop. It’s well worth checking out before diving into some of the more advanced techniques.

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It has been widely proven by many psychologists that people buy a product based on need, emotional attachment, and display. An advertising photographer has to make an advertisement or an item appealing on those grounds. Whether you are selling your product on a national platform or e-commerce websites, such as ebay, here are a few tips to help you sell your products.

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In this last installment of our four part series on abstract photography, we will examine a technique in abstract photography called ‘delaying recognition.’ To help us understand this technique, we will consider the ideas of Canadian abstract photographer Mark Raymond Mason. Mark likes taking photographs of abstract scenes from nature and out of the way urban areas. Working abstractly instead of linearly, Mark’s goal in his abstract photography is to delay the recognition of his subject. What this means is that Mark gives the viewer time to become acquainted with the subject of the photograph without hurrying the viewer in anyway.

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In this third installment of our four part series on abstract photography, we will analyse some more methods that have been used in abstract photography. Cambodia-based Russian photographer Ciro Totku is our featured abstract photographer.

What is amazing about Ciro is his ability to look at something, see it in a totally unique way and present it as he has seen it through his photography. In the process, his photography acquires great power. He has no need for any PhotoShop to produce his abstract photography. By themselves, in their unaltered forms, the objects that he chooses are enough for the story that he wants to tell.

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In this second installment of our four part series on abstract photography, we will try to answer the question, ‘Can art happen by accident?’ An abstract photographer with a painter’s instincts, Saul Leiter will help us answer this question. When he started as a photographer in the 1940s, Saul had no formal training in photography. But his genius would be acknowledged soon enough. Saul once confided that he would buy inexpensive color film past its expiration date. It was not because of its low price. Rather, Saul wanted the surprise of the resulting odd shifts in color.

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Today I’m going back to basics. Yes, simple you may say, but it all comes back to getting it right from the start. So many people ask about the camera, but really, we all know its not all about the gear.

Sports moments are destined to last for a long time. Sports photography made it happen. It is the art of capturing sports happenings that is preserved in history. All photos virtually taken during any sport event is considered as sports photography. All can also be called sports photographer as long as one has a camera and the will to take the shot.

Primary factor of a good sports photo is the ability and skills of the photographer to capture picture perfect images. The angle of shots is very critical on the outcome of the image. It is advisable to take different shots for comparison. Moments cannot be rewind, neither can be repeated. It passes by…

We would like to introduce you to a different kind of photography. For the greater majority of us, it is photography quite unlike any that we have seen before. What is it? Is it supposed to mean something? These are questions that we may be tempted to ask when looking at it. But that is the point entirely when it comes to this kind of photography. We need not find meaning in it in relation to what it is intended to represent. Rather, it has meaning unto itself. It just is. It just has meaning. We have heard of abstract paintings and abstract sculptures. Photography does have its counterpart. It is called abstract photography. In this four part series on abstract photography, we would like to share with you a bit of information on this kind of photography that is truly one of a kind. Below is a sample of abstract photography.

From artspan.

We would like to show what abstract…

The age of digital photography is upon us. Whatever critics might have to say about digital photography, it no longer seems possible to turn back the hands of time. Rob Sheppard and Bob Martin point out the benefits of digital photography as they give these digital photography tips:

1. Shoot it right from the start. Do not rely on the help that you might be able to get from a computer later. The photography starts from the very first moment when you take the shot.

2. The basics: Avoid the shake. Keep it steady.

3. Exposure: Use the simple exposure override facility that enables you to overexpose or underexpose your picture. If the subject is predominantly dark, try to overexpose your picture. If the subject is predominantly light, try to underexpose your picture. Take test pictures and use your histogram to adjust your exposure compensation. Keep in mind that the LCD screen is not always spot on. Know that you can just delete…

Today we’ll show you the first part of Blinq’s JPEG-HDR tutorial. We need a photo in JPEG format and Photomatix Pro 3.1.

The first thing we have to do is to make three copies of the photo we’re going to use:

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In this HDR tutorial, instead of using three RAW photos taken with different exposure settings, we used a technique that only requires the use of one JPEG image, an HDR software, and an image-editing software–a technique that is highly useful for photographers who either doesn’t have cameras that are capable of taking photos, or wants to use an action shot to make an HDR photo.

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