Weekly Photography Challenge – Framing

There are many ways to compose or images and many different elements you can use for effective composition. Framing is one such element of composition that can be very powerful for leading the viewer’s eye when done well.

Eastman Kodak House (the home of George Eastman who founded Kodak) framed by the trees in the front garden.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Framing

Framing isn’t just about finding an archway, window, or doorway to shoot through though. You need to have a strong and interesting subject inside the frame. An empty parking lot framed with a stunning doorway is still a boring, empty parking lot.

Here some tips if you need help with your framing:

• How to Use Framing in an Urban Environment
• Tips for Framing your Images to Tell a More Compelling Story
• How to Use Framing to Create a Sense of Scale
• Tips for Using Natural Framing to Improve Your Composition
• How to Use Framing for More Effective Compositions

I shot this Japanese style pagoda closer up, but it was lacking something. So after walking down the path, I turned around and shot it again, this time using the large trees as framing elements.

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

Share in the dPS Facebook Group

You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

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Nikon SnapBridge App Redesigned: Full Manual Control and a New UI

SnapBridge is Nikon’s official app that enables users to “easily and seamlessly” share images and control certain Nikon cameras from a smartphone or tablet. Nikon just released version 2.0 of the app, which brings a number of new features, including full manual control and a revamped user interface.

Nikon listened to the feedback it received from its users about the earlier versions of the app and has consequently given SnapBridge a bit of a facelift.

The design and menu structure has been “significantly revised.” There are now progress displays that offer “visual confirmation” of the status of operations (such as changing the means of connection to the camera).

The app also has a number of instructions for each type of camera to ensure that photographers find it simple to set up, navigate, and use the interface.

You can now register up to 5 different cameras with the device running the SnapBridge app, allowing you to easily switch between multiple cameras.

A new power-saving mode will control the amount of power used by the app, keeping your device running for longer. Users can also choose between a low and high location data accuracy mode, with the low accuracy providing longer battery life.

With select Nikon cameras, DSLRs can now be fully controlled for remote photography. The Live View display will be beamed back to the device, with the ability to adjust settings and “enjoy more full-scale shooting.”

You can change the camera’s mode (Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, and Manual), while also adjusting different shooting settings. This new full manual control of Nikon cameras is available for the Nikon D850, D500, D7500, and D5600 so far.

SnapBridge will now also integrate with Nikon Image Space, allowing you to automatically upload an “unlimited number” of 2-megabyte photos to the service.

“Nikon will continue to enhance the app’s usability and strengthen its functions to provide users with ever increasingly rich imaging experiences well into the future,” Nikon says.

The SnapBridge version 2.0 update is now available from the iOS and Android stores.

from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2017/12/01/nikon-snapbridge-app-redesigned-full-manual-control-new-ui/

Shooting Portraits with Christmas Lights in an Ordinary Bedroom

With the holiday season just around the corner, photographer Irene Rudnyk decided to do a portrait photo shoot using Christmas lights hung from the ceiling next to a bedroom window. This 4-minute behind-the-scenes video shows her results and glimpses at how she set each shot up.

Shooting with a Canon 5D Mark III DSLR and a Canon 85mm f/1.2L lens (wide open at f/1.2), Rudnyk had the natural light hit her model, Emily, from the side while the Christmas lights glowed from behind.

“This will give us a very interesting contrast between the cool-toned window light and the really warm light that emits from the string lights,” Rudnyk says.

For the next shot, Rudnyk grabbed some of the light strands and held them close to her camera.

Rudnyk had the model bunch up some lights in her hands and hold them close to create a warm glow on her face.

For the final shot, since the sky was getting darker outside, Rudnyk placed the model closer to the lights for more direct illumination from them.

And that’s how Rudnyk shot a beautiful set of holiday-themed portraits inside a rather ordinary bedroom.

If you enjoyed this behind-the-scenes look, check out this photo shoot Rudnyk did in the same bedroom using only a reflector and natural light from the window.

(via Irene Rudnyk via ISO 1200)

from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2017/12/01/shooting-portraits-christmas-lights-ordinary-bedroom/

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Ep. 233: Bruno Mars vs. A Photographer – and more

Episode 233 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Outtakes

My other podcast with Brian Matiash, the No Name Photo Show.

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from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2017/12/01/ep-233-bruno-mars-vs-photographer/

Video Tips: Composition Dos and Don’ts For Creating Better Images

How you compose or arrange your frame is one of the keys to creating interesting and compelling images. So learning some composition rules, and when to break them is essential.

Here are three short videos to help you see what to do and what to avoid in your composition.

Composition Mistakes to Avoid

Learn what not to do in this video including:

• Double subjects
• Looking out of the frame
• Tangents (lines cutting through the subject)
• Lazy composition

Beginner’s guide to composition

In this second video, Jordan from Sleeklens gives you four tips you can use to help elevate your photography composition.

The four tips covered include:

1. Rule of thirds
2. Balance
3. Symmetry
4. Leading Lines

9 Composition Tips

Finally, in this last video from COOPH you will see nine more composition tips based on the images of master photographer, Steve McCurry.

Do you have any other composition tips you would like to share? Please do so in the comments section below.

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