Art Photography

When taking landscape photographs, it can often be difficult to capture the entire tonal range of a scene, in one photo. Exposing a photo to keep the details in a bright sunset sky while keeping the landscape exposed properly, with details still visible in the shadow areas is often impossible. This is where the process of exposure blending can come to the rescue.Exposure blending involves the process of taking a series of under exposed and over exposed photos of a scene, in order to capture the full range of details. This can easily be done using the auto bracketing function built into most cameras to take the under and over exposed photos.Using software such as Photoshop, the photos are aligned and layered on top of each other. Layer masks can then be used, allowing you to decide which area of each image to keep. By keeping the sky area from .. more»

 The lens aperture is a measure of how much light the lens will let through into the sensor in the camera body. The bigger the aperture is, the more light will shine through. Using a bigger aperture also results in less depth of field (depth of focus, DOF). If it’s difficult for you to remember, just think of the small, pocket-sized digital cameras you can get nowadays. They tend to render everything in focus opposed to the more sturdy, professional single-lens-reflex (SLR) cameras that have the ability to create soft, out-of-focus (OOF) areas behind the main subject. Big means plenty of light-sensitivity together with a narrow focus area.The aperture is measured in terms of f-stops and this can perhaps be a bit confusing since a smaller f-stop is equivalent to a larger aperture. It is usually written like this, the scale going from large aperture to small aperture:f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, .. more»

Oil paintings framing can be really expensive if there are framed by professionals which can really add up to your cost of your purchase.  Professional framers have great experience in choosing the right frames that match the exact architectural piece and the framing process can be a time consuming task and not everyone would be willing to spend money on this task. However framing the oil painting is an important task but there is no requirement that you need to pour loads of money on this tedious task. You can frame your art painting by yourself with a frame for a cost effective result that will give you satisfactorily results as well. This article will help you in crafting an amazing frame for your painting.Choosing the apt frame•    Visit a store nearby and look in for a frame and browse for your backless frames.•    Search a frame that fits the dimensions .. more»

Artistic and expressive describe the Senior Portraits of today.From a senior’s point of view … this is one of the super-important portraits of their lives. And they want it to express WHO they are, not just a headshot in front of a white/black background. They want their “sparkle” to show through. They want the “WOW” factor that makes them look like a million bucks.The quality and selection of backdrops in the studios are astounding. They are crisp and colorful and meet the demands of some seniors… but many do not express the “sparkle” of others.The demand for out-of-the-box senior portraits has increased. And the senior photographers are delivering sophisticated model portfolio portraits to those demanding seniors.By adding a little creativity and fun to the traditional senior shots, the super-important portrait becomes a keepsake for life.What makes these portraits creative? Listening to the senior describe their favorites i.e. music, cars, athletics .. more»