Have you felt frustrated that your tracking of moving objects is not often very accurate? Trust me, you are not alone and many photographers, especially hobbyists, give up in frustration and wait for stationary objects instead. But not all is hopeless. Focusing on a moving target is just practice and can be perfected. We have compiled a list of ten exercises to help you practice. These exercises range from simple and easy to advanced and hard. (more…)
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May 8, 2010
Ten easy exercises to improve your focus tracking (Shooting a moving target)
April 25, 2010
The black art of Night and low light photography (once you know it your eyes will bleed)
Right, I have been shooting low light and night photography for a while. I like it because I am in charge of the light. This is one reason why a lot of people are really afraid of it or are not interested in it. When I say low light, I don’t mean sunset, I mean PAST sunset and pitch black night.
I think the majority of newcomers to the SLR market make a terrible and fundamentally wrong assumptions when it comes to night photography: it takes years of practice and you need professional equipment to take great pictures.
Well, you are wrong on both accounts. (more…)
April 21, 2010
Learn to see the Photo (how can you remember all the rules?)
Ok, we have a ton of Photographic rules (rule of thirds, golden cut, golden ratio, no frontal portraits etc. etc.). Well you can only remember them if you use them frequently and in order to use them frequently, you need to remember them 
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Now learning to see the final photo is actually quite simple: Try to put your focus object in focus and let the surroundings tell the story. That’s it. It isnt really that hard and remember YOU need to like the photo and the story it tells. (more…)
April 12, 2010
Book recommendations for EVERY beginning and aspiring photographer! (what you REALLY need to read)
You have no idea how many times the question pops up on photography forums: “What books do you recommend reading to get started in Photography”. Well here is the summary of the most important, most popular and the most informative ones. That are easy to read even for someone that has JUST begun.
April 9, 2010
The Photography calculation cheat sheet (Photo Math for the masses)
This page will be updated very regularly but in short, it is a (growing) collection of different aspects in Photography and their mathematical formula’s. Don’t worry only the simple things, instead of reading the Explained! articles, you can get a short explanation with the formula right here. (more…)
