Nicola Cocco: Chioggia

Of all different light conditions that photographers faces, overcast lighting is the one that may consider to be the safest. Overcast front light also gets auto exposure cameras to perform well, since overall illumination is balanced. The softness of this light performs well in natural-looking portraits and richer flower colors, and it also eliminates the [...]

Michael Freeman: Shallow focus, deep focus?

Focus is, well, the most completely basic act and fact of photography. You focus on a subject, it becomes sharp and so perfectly visible and….that’s it! End of story, the image is sharp. That’s what cameras do, isn’t it? The most straightforward approach is to get the important thing that you’re shooting sharply focused, and [...]

Adam Barker: Establishing your Technical Foundation

The advent of digital photography has brought with it greater access than ever before to high end equipment, online tutorials and just about anything else you could conjure up to help one with their image-making. There’s no question it’s an exciting time to be a photographer. It’s alarming, however, how many of us are overlooking [...]

Timo Frey: Venice

Venice – The legendary place is perhaps one of the most photographed cities in the world. Millions of tourists visit the Italian city every year and most of them only during the daytime. But the city at night has an attraction of its own. After dark you’ll find a whole new city. A labyrinth of [...]

Adam Barker – Understanding your DSLR

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a blushing greenhorn, you’ll no doubt nod your head in agreement to this statement: understanding the basic functions of your digital SLR is crucial to capturing five-stay imagery.  Short and sweet – there it is. If a wall full of stunning enlargements or a portfolio of published work is [...]

Michael Freeman – How did you shoot that? – Cormorant fishing

In most situations, focus is just one of those things, like exposure, that needs to be right but isn’t going to make much of a statement in the final image. It’s rather taken for granted, with other more interesting things going on. On occasion, however, it comes to the forefront of the image, and for [...]

Michael Freeman: Where to focus

Of course, focus is so basic in photography that we tend to take it for granted. All the more so because auto-focus is the default for cameras (you have to choose to switch it off), and manufacturers have develop ped some very sophisticated ways of guessing what exactly you want to have sharply focused in [...]