User-created articles: Photo Techniques

Basic tips on how to shoot green screen photographs - Ensure that the scene is evenly lit with the help of photographic lights,Be prepared, Minimize wrinkles in backdrops, Position the subject 3 to 6 feet away from backdrop, Make sure that lighting doesn’t cast shadow on the backdrop ETC.

ETTR (exposure to the right) is a method to make better photos by exposing more. I made some tests in order to see if it works. I used two of my cameras in these tests. Seven years old Sony was one and the other was rather new Olympus OM-D.

The idea is not clipping while preserving as much detail as possible in the shadows where the signal/noise ratio is very low while also preserving most of the tonal details residing in the right bright illuminated part of the curve where there is a high signal/noise ratio ..

How do you know if a street photograph is any good? Kit Sadgrove has 10 rules to judge them by.

Astrophotography may involve exposures of several minutes or more. Since the sky appears to move due to Earth's rotation, such exposures often require some way to track the sky's movement during that exposure. This article describes building and using a relatively inexpensive tracking mount.

Experiments in photographing Ballroom DanceSport competitions using multiple wireless flashed and an Olympus E5 and Zuiko 35-100 f 2.0

An outline of photographic assignment with quite an extreme degree of technical difficulty. My thoughts on the problems, technical challenges and issues faced are detailed and discussed in some length. Feedback in surmounting these problems is welcome.

This step-by-step "behind the scenes" tutorial shows how to produce a stunning product shot on a very modest budget using ONLY household lights from a home improvement store plus some creativity.

Introduction to fisheye techniques with sample pictures using a Peleng 8mm and a Canon Fisheye zoom lens

How to Take Best Picture with Flash

I really love to get better at making my images look great! And I am in dire need to know how this works!

Better shadow details and less blown highlights.

Suggestions for pre-programming settings for the X10 and the reasons for choosing these settings. Revised 15/07/2012

You can get the benefits of HDR, incredible detail, controlled lighting and rich color, without overworking your image. You can also go in any creative direction you want to and explore the world beyond HDR.

Composition is the most important component of great photography. Understanding how to compose an image will improve your ability to take good pictures.

Why not try something new .... If you want to try something new, it only means that YOU have not tried this before ....!

Most Olympus cameras now provide panoramic functions. I've had great success using the included Olympus Viewer 2 software to produce pleasing panoramic pictures. Here are my steps for creating a good Panoramic on an Olympus camera:

Highlight Alert-Expose To The Right (HA-ETTR) is a variation on ETTR that gives the photographer an easier way to determine the correct exposure for the best quality image.