Silhouette Photography made easy
August 5, 2009 by Eastmon Admin
Filed under Beginners Tips, Featured Tips, Holiday Photography, Landscape Photography, Photography Tips
Capturing that brilliant silhouette of a fisherman at sunrise, or a boat on the water against the backdrop of a setting sun, is all about timing — and a few basic rules. Read more
Shooting Great Pictures at Home
July 14, 2009 by Eastmon Admin
Filed under Beginners Tips, Featured Tips, Landscape Photography, Macro Photography, Photography Tips
By guest contributor Peter Langston (Lango)
The view from the Tamworth lookout is spectacular but like most scenic views, once you’ve seen it … unless it’s the start of the day and a dense fog is just clearing and you catch the morning flight from Sydney on its final approach. This was shot on my Canon 50D EOS in AV mode, mounted on a Slik Pro500DX tripod at f5.6, 1/1000sec and 100 ISO with the 18-200mm lens set to 135mm and picture style on landscape.
I’ve travelled a fair portion of Australia, with only Tasmania and the tropical north of Qld still escaping my lens and it would be a reasonable assumption that whilst all of those kilometres enveloped me in their protection from all things “back home”, they also gave me opportunities to take some spectacular photographs. Read more
