So you did the research, you made the choice and you went ahead and bought that fancy new wide angle lens for your DLSR. You slapped it on your camera, took some images and you found that they are a bit uninspiring. This is likely because the wider angle lenses distort your view of the normal world, and as the […]
So you bought that awesome fancy new DSLR and now you are looking to up your photography game and buy a new lens so you can expand your creativity, but which lens? The answer to this question as is the answer to many questions in photography is: it depends. I submit to you that buying something new isn’t always the […]
Welcome to week four of my four part series on learning to see light. This series of articles have touched on the basics of light and how it affects your photography. As photographers, we are concerned with four attributes of light, Quantity, Quality, Color and Direction. This week we will focus primarily on the fourth attribute of light – direction. […]
Welcome to week three of my four part learning series on light. This series covers the basics of light and how it relates to your photography. As photographers, we are concerned with four attributes of light, Quantity, Quality, Color and Direction. This week we will focus primarily on the third important attribute of light – color. As with any physical […]
Welcome to week two of my Learning to see Light series, where we cover the basics of light and how it relates to your photography. In this series, we are concerned with four attributes of light, Quantity, Quality, Color and Direction. This week we will focus primarily on the second attribute of light – Quality. As with any physical theory, […]
Ok, take a deep breath… here we go: Visible light is a specific frequency set of electromagnetic radiation measuring between 400 and 700 nanometers in the Electromagnetic Spectrum (4.00 × 10−7 to 7.00 × 10−7). This range sits between the infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths. Whew! what does that mean? And more importantly how does it relate to photography? Well, even a […]
I have been asked on many occasions what is one thing I can do to get better at photography? My answer without hesitation is always: take more photos. I don’t subscribe to the hard and fast rule that many old grizzled photographers adhere to that your first 10,000 photos are your worst, because in all honesty, it can be a […]
I was working on a post about overdone photo practices and came across this video and figured, rather than reinventing the wheel I would just post the video here All credit for this video go to the fine folks at http://tv.digitalrev.com/ 25 Photo Clichés You Should Stop Doing
Warning: This post contains a frank discussion about getting better at photography. You have been shooting for a while, watched all the YouTube videos and maybe you got that one shot that everyone likes, you took it to the fair and maybe you won a prize. Now with everyone telling you how talented you are, you decide to take the […]
This week we start a series of posts based on simple things you can do to become a better photographer. Warning: some of the suggestions here can be extremely challenging, and can take you down a notch in regards to how you think about your photography. First and foremost, reading an article such as this should be considered the first […]
When composing a shot, consider that even a marginally strong foreground object will anchor your viewer to the scene. While we will discuss this technique in relation to landscape shooting, it is also very much part of portrait shooting as well. This image is of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. I took it while on a road trip a couple years […]
Generally, in my photography, I steer away from excessive photoshopping. Don’t get me wrong I don’t have hangups about Photoshop — on the contrary, I use it all the time as a tool to help me bring what my vision was for an image to the viewer. I am not opposed to getting rid of a power line or an […]
Whether you are an old grizzled photographer or someone just picking up the camera, one of the toughest skills to acquire is the ability to determine which images to show from a shoot. This is especially difficult when shooting landscapes or products where the subject doesn’t change as much frame to frame, as compared to portrait photography. When shooting a […]
Ever been out and about shooting random stuff and not feeling overly inspired? It happens to all of us. I was out walking this last March after the snow had all melted along my usual walking path, searching for an image that would embody some thoughts about composition. I would not consider this a perfect image by any means, but rather an illustrative […]
HDR, the photography equivalent of glitter in the craft world. HDR, or High Dynamic Range photography is the process of taking three images, bracketing the proper exposure and combining them to produce an image that has more detail in both the highlight and shadow areas. This technique allows you more flexibility when editing your images. When shooting in certain situations, […]
If there is anything that Instagram has shown us, it is that we can fix any dog of a photo with the right amount of filters. This example shot was taken in Branson Missouri on a lake tour. In case you were wondering how this beauty was taken (LOL) I was at IOS 100, 26mm on a 24 -105mm lens […]
When I was in school for my photography degree, one of my instructors said something that stuck with me, and I think of every time I pick up my camera: Just Wait. Whether you shoot events, landscapes, portraits or architecture you can almost always benefit by waiting for that moment, or the light. Here are a couple of examples. This […]
In case you have not been there recently, I have (finally) given the portfolio page a much needed update/facelift. www.thaquechi.com now that the unpacking is mostly completed, its time to get back to writing these articles for you guys. Thanks for all the great feedback and supportive comments!
Sometimes you can see an image in your mind before you make it. This image is an example of that pre-visualization for me, however this time it didn’t work. For several years I have thought about an image that has a human skull, a book and a burnt down candle. The skull I imagined would be the primary subject of […]
As a new year arrives, I am reminded of the importance of keeping traditions alive and especially when considering photography – keeping up with a theme or body of work that you have created. I have a holiday phot6o tradition that I have been observing for quite a few years now. I go through all the motions, setup flashes and take […]
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