Joiner pictures were made famous by the artist David Hockney. They consist of a cluster of images joined together by quite literally sticking them to a board. Almost any subject lends itself to this treatment. All that is needed is imagination and a good eye for composition.

When making a joiner picture, it is important to remember that the aim is to create an imperfect join between images. They may be of different sizes or taken through different lenses. It is not even necessary for all the images to have been taken at the same session. A joiner could be made of shots taken outdoors of parts of the same scene over a period of hours. This would show different lighting and shadows as the sun moved across the sky.

Have the film processed at a laboratory which does borderless prints. Lay them out loosely at first and experiment with arrangements. Discard any prints that do not enhance the overall effect. When the design has crystallized, stick the prints down on a mounting board, bearing in mind that the picture will have irregular edges around which the board will be visible. A board that picks out one of the colours in the pictures might give the best effect.

Gradually-changing light is only one of the time effects that can be exploited in a joiner. For example, a city scene might show the changing traffic. The final image should show the viewer the scene as a series of different glances, much in the same way as it is seen by the eye in real life.

By: Willis J. Watson

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Photography is one of the new media forms that revolutionizes awareness and modifies the structure of our society. It is the art of obtaining accurate images of certain objects by undergoing chemical processes. Photography is the so-called skill of creating reality. According to Jean Luc Godard, photography is truth. The device used in creating or capturing the image desired is known as a camera. The creation made by photography is called negative or photograph.

The creation done by photography originally started in black and white form. This classic look has dominated for several decades due to its reasonable cost. Some photographers still use the ‘classic look’ that even with the advent of digital imaging, photos are sometimes processed using a variety of techniques just to generate a black and white effect.

Digital photography came in when new technological trends opened a new horizon for fresh artistic visions. With digital camera, one uses full spectrum photography. Photojournalism and professional photography were the first to enjoy the modern accents of digital photography. One only needs to use a little amount of time when transmitting images to the head office. While chemical photography uses film and photographic paper, digital imaging does not need any of this equipment. Digital photography only needs a controlling medium.
Traditional photography held back photographers assigned in remote areas because of the difficulty in obtaining access to processing facilities. In 1981, Sony uncovered the first consumer camera which saved images to disks and, therefore, eliminating the need for film.

From then on, digital photography has become a major consumer product in the world of photography, from Portland photographers in the north to those in Florida in the south, to the east and the west of the United States. However, a 2007 survey conducted by a major camera brand showed that a sizable number of professional photographers continue to use chemical photography which, to them, is still superior over other forms of photography.

It was in the 17th century when color photography started, although the first successful color processing facility was created in 1907. By 1963, the instant color film was introduced and, out of this novelty, photo printing equipment was introduced. While digital photography is a force to be considered, traditional techniques are still regarded as a wonderful learning experience for most photographers.

By: Tim Gunther

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Do you love to take pictures, even of trivial things so long as these caught your fancy? Are you one of those people that would rather stay behind the camera than in front of it? Do you look into almost everything in vivid color and in artful ways? Then most probably, you have what it takes to be a good photographer.

Photography is an art first and foremost. You have to have the creativity of an artistic person to capture the beauty in everything. However, it also needs the comprehensive understanding of its technical aspect to come up with a great picture. Pictures need cameras to begin with, and you need to learn the basics and even the complexities of such gadgets to help you in your way to capturing the best picture. Also, there are many ways to capture an image, and learning all of it will be to your advantage in times when you do want to venture in the business of photography.

People hire photographers that are creative and full of imagination. This is primarily to avoid boring and dull pictures that mediocre photographers are known for. Great photographers have the depth, art and creativity.

If you have the plan in becoming a good photographer, why not enroll in photography courses. In this way, you will have the necessary background for the technical aspect of your chosen career, not to mention the artistic inclination that you have within you. Pairing the art with the right craft can be a good indication to you may have a good career in photography. By taking photography courses, you’re creative imagination will then be enhance and ideas will then come more to life.

There are many art schools offering art courses which include photography courses. The best way to compare them would be to know these schools individually. You could visit the schools personally and observe firsthand their students taking the photography course of your dream. If you do not have the time, you could try going online and visit their websites. The most important thing to know is if the school has the right facilities and amenities to develop the art accordingly. And if they do provide a conducive environment for any artistic person to explore all the possibilities of the craft he is willing to take.

By: Urlelove Andoy

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Photographing a fire pit is a delight and a problematic venture. First, to get a good shot of fire, it has to be a darker time of day, such as at dusk. Since that is the case, and darkness has its own set of problems like secondary light sources and their effect on the camera lenses, it is often difficult to get a good shot. Even the moon can cause problems. So, here is a short tutorial to enable you to take a good photo of a fire pit.

Your first consideration has to be that of whether or not your camera can take night pictures. If you’re a digital user, you probably have the ability to adjust your camera settings to allow good night photography. Take a good look at your instruction book and learn how to adjust the shutter speed to stay open as long as you need it to in order to have a good exposure and capture enough light to make a good picture. Most of the time, that adjustment has to be made in manual mode, not Auto (A) or Program Auto (AP) on your camera dial, although sometimes you can make the adjustment in Shutter Priority.

Your ISO will have to be adjusted as low as it can go without making too much “noise” in your picture. Noise is what happens when you get white or black spots or a sort of fog that covers the picture, depending on what you’re photographing, and a fire pit will tend to have white spots, or hot spots, if there is noise. Shutter speed and aperture will take a large role here, so make sure you know your camera’s capability.

Next, a self timer comes in handy, and a remote controller is even better. Taking a good shot at night is impossible unless you can get the shake out of your picture. A remote controller will allow you to take the shot without the shake that can happen when you need to touch the shutter release. A self timer can help, although it doesn’t stop the shake.

And last, but most important, is a sturdy tri-pod. To negate any movement you may have in your camera when you are taking night shots, you need to have a solid base. Getting rid of movement will help you take better shots while the shutter is open for so long.

So, find a great fire pit, take several photos of it at various times of the evening, and make adjustments as needed. You’ll find there is a knack to getting a superior night picture!

By: Geoffrey Moore

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Here are 12 ideas to get your creative juices flowing and increase your skills and value as a photographer.

TIP 1 – Time Lapse photos. I showed my niece how to do this with clay figures and stitch the resulting frames together into a video file, and she was busy for days. If you control the exposure consistently to keep the images consistent with one another, you can do some really fun stop-motion animation. Or, you can set up your camera to capture other slow motion effects such as flowers opening and seedlings growing.

TIP 2 – Night Lights. Things look very different at night. Shooting city scenes with available light creates some interesting images. And shooting outdoor images under moonlight or with “light painting”, where you open up the camera shutter for an extended exposure, and “paint” your targets with colored or plain light, can create some truly bizarre images.

TIP 3 – Astrophotography. Hook that SLR up to a telescope, and you are ready to peer into the depths of space and time. You’ll need some adapters, and ability to compensate for the earth’s rotation for really long shots. Start with the moon and move on from there.

TIP 4 – Macro photography. From flowers to coins to stamps, you can polish your skills at close-up photography and capture some really detailed images. Often a macro lens or close-up attachment will help. See my tips on Flower Photography to get more information.

TIP 5 – Micro photography. If you can interface that camera with a microscope, you can get some really crazy images. Or, stack up a bunch of close-up magnification and try your hand at turning salt crystals into surreal imagery.

TIP 6 – Insurance Photos. OK, maybe a bit boring, but you and your friends and relatives will thank you. Take a couple hours and touch and photograph everything of value, with a full shot or two if each item of value, accompanied by a shot of the identifying marks – manufacturer model or serial number. Then burn a CD or DVD and store it off site. If you have a fire or other loss, this could save the owner thousands of dollars.

TIP 7 – Family Recipe book. Anytime those family favorites are prepared, copy down the recipe and take some photos of the food. You can produce a printed or electronic cookbook of family favorites that everyone will love.

TIP 8 – Stock Photography. This is a very busy market niche, but the cost of entry is low. Specialize in things you love, and you may be able to generate some income from your stock images. Search for stock photography sites, and make sure you understand your rights before you post images.

TIP 9 – Special Effects. Maybe you want to specialize in high-speed images of athletes, or surrealistic collages. Try your hand at using your editing skills to put someone in a soda bottle or floating on a candy lifesaver. Often more artistic than photographic, it will test your composition, lighting and editing skills to come up with believable artificial realities.

TIP 10 – Still Life. Ahh, the bowl of fruit. Sometimes a simple object or collection, properly lit, shot and edited, is a thing of beauty. It’s a great way to study light. Start with an egg on a light background, a lamp and a window and see how you can learn about lighting and composition.

TIP 11 – Computer Control. Many cameras have a USB interface and remote control software. You can actually control the camera from the computer. See if you can get it to work to your liking, and maybe even program some time lapse or exposure bracketing experiments.

TIP 12 – Be Like Andy. Take some images of everyday items and try to create those neat colored backgrounds like Andy Warhol used to make. Create a 4-up print of the same image and change the colors of each quadrant to make an interesting square print.

Have fun with these ideas, and let me know when you become famous!

By: John Huegel

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When you first start out in digital photography it can be pretty overwhelming. There’s so much camera equipment on the market today. How can you know what you really need to get started? Let’s look at some of the basic digital photography equipment you need to become a serious hobbyist.

If you don’t already have a DSLR camera you need to get one. Yes, these cameras can be bulky and cumbersome to carry around, but they provide you with much better picture quality than a compact camera. An entry level DSLR will be sufficient for you needs for now. Later you may want to upgrade to a better camera.

When you buy your camera make sure you get extra memory and extra batteries. Having these things on hand is especially useful when you travel with your camera.

When you buy a DSLR it will often come with a lens. These lenses are referred to as kit lenses. Kit lenses aren’t usually the best quality. If you can’t afford anything else your kit lens will work fine. If you want to improve your picture quality you can buy a better lens. Lenses can be bought from your camera manufacturer or from a third party manufacturer.

A tripod is handy to have. You can use it when you need to take pictures that require a slow shutter speed. The tripod will keep your camera much stiller than you can so your picture doesn’t end up blurry. There are many tripods on the market today. You want to look for one that is sturdy. You don’t want it to topple over easily smashing your camera against the ground. Make sure the tripod you buy has a lot of height adjustments.

Once you have all your equipment you’ll need something to put it all in. A good quality camera bag will have a lot of padding to protect your camera. You can get an over the shoulder bag or a backpack style bag. There are many options. Make sure the bag you buy is big enough to fit all the gear you’ll have to carry around with you.

Now that you have the basics you’re ready to go out and start taking pictures. The best way to improve your photography is to practice. The more pictures you take the better you’ll get.

By: Lovelyn Bettison

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Portrait photograpy is the art of capturing human faces in a number of situations and capturing a variety of emotions. The whole idea is to adequately capture the personality of the subject as well as their image. Portrait photography doesn’t have to be restricted to the studio either, as many people wish their portraits to be shot on location or in their own homes as well as the the traditional studio setup. Plus, one less glamourous aspect of portrait photography is for pictures used on official documents such as passports and the like.

With portrait style photography, the emphasis is very much on the subject themselves rather than the backdrop, but this doesn’t mean that you cannot be creative with the composition of each shot. After all, we’ve all seen those rigid, awkward portraits with cheap backgrounds where the subject is sat staring at the lens and wishing for it all to be over.

Creative portrait photography can capture so much more of a person’s personality if you are able to have them acting naturally, interacting with the other people in the image or simply in a more relaxed state than the regular sort of pictures you see people having taken. One of the most important elements of portrait based photography is the lighting, which is something that you really can’t skimp on when buying your photographic equipment.

Adequate lighting is the key to making your images look professional- it’s not just about the camera! Aim for soft and off-camera lighting, and be sure that shadows are eliminated.

When shooting outdoors, be sure that you have an electronic flash and a reflector at hand in your portrait photography arsenal. Above all, portrait photography is the practice of capturing a moment in an individual’s life, and once you have got their personality shining through, your work is much easier to do well.

By: Pete Silverman

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Have you ever seen those extremely close photos of flowers where you can see every single detail up close? It’s called macro photography and can be very fun and interesting to take part in. It’s also a great way to get close photos and catch details missed from far away. You’ll know what I’m talking about if you’ve seen macro photos of insects that most people see as half a centimeter in size.

In macro photography, the cameras lens most have the ability to get really close to small areas and focus them. There are many different things you can take pictures of with macro type photographs. Also, unlike what many people believe, you do not need overly costly equipment in order to do it right.

Macro photography does require some different techniques than with regular photography. One of the important things to do is use a tripod when taking these photos. Be sure to get a good tripod as well because you want your camera to be a still as possible. A shutter release also works good with the purpose of the tripod in keeping the camera still. The shutter release cabale will reduce the movement you would make from pushing the shutter button. A self timer also could be used to replace this.

The aperture is what will affect the field of vision in your macro photos. A small aperture like f/16 can work fine. To achieve a very shallow depth you can use larger aperture settings.

The weather outside when taking macro photos is also very important. Since the exposure will be longer with macro photos you must be sure everything is still. Having wind is as bad as having a tripod that sways back and forth. A day without wind is best when taking photos. I know it can be difficult to find days like this. I live in California and the Santa Ana winds love the sunny days when I want to take photos.

Another important part of macro photography is to make sure the background is nice. Most macro photos will have very blurred background and thus people will simply think they don’t need to worry about them. What’s better, a bird with a blurred background of cluttered trees and branches or a bird with the blue sky in the background? Be sure to check the color of the background. If you’re taking a picture of a blue bird and the sky is blue in the background it’ll somewhat put less importance on the bird and make the photo less appealing. Try to make the subject stand out.

By: Al Sanez

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Photography is an art of creating moving or still pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium such as a photographic film. It has proved to be a beneficial medium for the purpose of capturing momentous moments of human life. The development in computer and technology has influenced the advancement in the field of photography. From black and white it has turned into colored picture making and then modified into the digital photography.

History of photography:

The word ‘photograph’ was first coined by Sir John Herschel in 1839. This word has been originated from two Greek words called ‘phos’ meaning light and ‘graphé’ meaning drawing. When you combine these two words together, they mean ‘drawing with light’. Pinhole camera was invented which introduced the concept of picture making. Then camera was invented producing black and white photographs. In the mid 1800s, the colored picture making made its beginning. The Lumiere brothers discovered the successful color process called Autochrome. This was introduced in the market by the Lumiere brothers in 1907. From colored picture making the digital photography made its appearance in the world. The photographers were burdened with capturing still pictures and not being able to work at remote locations. They also received competition from the television industry. Sony Corporation unveiled first consumer camera in 1981. Over the years, the digital camera advanced and was introduced with enhanced features as a result of which it became highly manipulative medium.

Benefits of photography:

The film making has earned considerable significance in many professional fields. It is used in the profession of film and entertainment industry. Even broadcast or print media made use of this medium to express the critical condition in any part of the world. It is also used for capturing images at home or in the studio. With the introduction of green screen, you can now place the subject in any part of the world. It is easy to add visual effects in the pictures through the green screen process where the background image of the subject is superimposed by any other image. The film making is useful for the scientists, doctors and engineers in their profession. The armed forces and police require the photography for data storage, surveillance and recognition.

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