Friday, June 27, 2008

Digital Photography Posing

Digital photography has changed the way photography is viewed and the edge that many professionals had has closed a little. For digital photography enthusiasts there has never been a better time for them to create work that looks professional as well as very creative. It has also had an impact on businesses, both in the real and virtual world of the internet.


One particular area that has benefited from this new technology is digital fashion photography and in an industry that relies on speed, this has been a huge benefit. For digital photographers, it is a more challenging field to work on and the ultimate purpose of digital fashion photography is to capture every detail on the ramp.


It can focus on the figures of the stunning women, in their most fancy, magnificent and often extreme fashion outfits. Fashion trends come and go and then reappear but for digital fashion photographers can keep up and be ahead with this revolutionary technology. This type of photography is for the pinnacle of photographic work and envied by many others who would like to be part of it.


Before you start your digital fashion photography career there are many points you need to consider. The number one rule of a professional photographer in any field is never to go anywhere without a camera, if you cannot keep this in mind you will fail before you begin.


Whilst there is always something to be said for spontaneity, with truly creative pictures, they have been thought about carefully to ensure the exact image required is captured. As the photographer, you are in charge of how the images are going to ultimately look so how you achieve those results will depend on what different techniques you employ. A good and popular image may encourage others to follow along the same lines when they understand how it was created.


Having the right equipment and knowing exactly how to use it and what effects can be achieved are important but a digital fashion photographer also needs to be creative and visionary. curtains and reflectors to give balanced lighting and composition. Whenever possible, avoid very bright lights or if this cannot be helped, use polarizing filters and make use of backdrop materials to give emphasis on tint and color.


Special filters can produce wonderful effects as can other types of diffusers which can neutralize colors. For the uninitiated there work may seem quite mysterious until they publish it, a bit like an artist only working on one section of a canvas, you won't know how it is going to look until it is finished. A final word of advice is, a good digital fashion photographer will make sure that there is a connection between the subject or subjects of the image even if it is obscure and is not noticed immediately.

Digital Wedding Photography and Posing

Over time our memories fade but when photographic images of a wedding day are captured, everything comes flooding back; with digital wedding photography you can capture all those amazing moments for everyone to see. DVD's have made the wedding day come alive but still images always win the day because they capture a 'moment in time'. Most wedding photographers have assistants so they can create a wedding album that will be memorable but if you want to take pictures of a friend's wedding, who will help you? So, if you need some help for a wedding you are to attend and you are going to use a digital camera, then you may find some useful information in this article.


Most importantly try to ensure you don't have poor background scenery and that there aren't too many people in the shot. Often the couple is in the thick of a crowd and at this point it may be easier to try and capture just their head and shoulders. If some of the guests are wearing glasses, they can be asked to stand with their heads a little down or sideways to avoid the glare effect from spectacles that normally appears when a flash is used. If there's a couple or a group that you wish to include in the picture, you should use the zoom function in to get the ideal image but do not shoot against the light so that dark images appear.


Where possible, try to capture shots that are natural and candid as these always look so natural when viewed later; one way to do this is to use the cameras optical zoom. To avoid missing what will probably be great shots, don't put your camera down because with digital wedding photography you can guarantee the moment you do, something worthwhile will take place. Digital cameras rely on two things, memory and power and the last thing you want when you take your shots is to run out of memory or for the batteries to die on you. As a general rule, if your camera is a 6 mega pixel resolution then you will need a large storage capacity card that will hold a few hundred shots at high resolution so a 1 gigabyte card should be sufficient.


The higher the resolution you set the better the images will be and the larger they can be printed out. This is achieved by saving the images to your computer where you can print them out at your leisure on special photographic paper. Photography Posing is an art form that many people try to master, just like painting but how well your digital wedding photography images of the day come out will be down to your passion for photography.