Instead of writing why to take pictures in Raw right away, i will write about a story that i lived. I have a friend, Salvador, who is a talented young photographer. He always told me to take pictures in Raw and i didn’t listen to him for a long time. I thought having JPEG [...]

Taking the pictures of children is not easy. They pose unnaturally if they know you point your camera to them, they can get bored easily, it is hard to control them etc. I decided writing about photographing children after i visited the class of a friend who is a pre-school teacher. Now i’ll give some [...]

Yesterday i wrote about getting inspired from others work but i forget to mention respecting others works and rights. Do not copy images and photographs, first it is not a respectful act and second it makes your work less valuable. Showing the viewers same pictures won’t draw attention so do not repeat yourself or others, [...]

Summer is coming, and most of us go to different places for vacation. I want to give you some tips that may be helpful for taking better pictures in your vacation.

Equipment
When packing up your bag or luggage, consider taking some photography equipment with you like tripod, shutter release cable, filters, extra batteries, lenses for [...]

Red eye is a common problem in pictures that are taken with flash. But not all of the flashes necessarily create the red eye effect, mostly camera-top flashes or built-in (pop-up) flashes are the ones that create red eye effect. Because they are too close to lens and in the same axis with lens, [...]

One of the common mistakes in landscape photography is horizons that are not parallel to the up and down sides of the picture. I was doing that mistake when i first started taking nature and landscape pictures. Main reason was i only paid attention the scene in front of me and never checked the horizon [...]

Macro photography is close-up photography. Almost anything can be the subject of macro photography but the insects and flowers are the most common ones. Depth of field really narrow in macro photography so you must be careful about where to focus.

Simplify the scene; get rid of any unnecessary things and focus on your subject.
Fill the [...]

Subjects of nature photography are basically; land, lakes, seas, mountains that are not changed or modified by human, also non-domestic animal and plant species. So a rose, sheep, dog or cat can not be the subject of nature photography. Of course you don’t have to be so strict about that, but these are the most [...]

I wrote before about building your home studio, but not in detail so i decided to write about producing photography equipments that similar to professional ones for cheaper prices. Photography is an expensive hobby, everything is expensive, lights, flashes, lenses, cameras, studio equipment all of them are expensive. Since there are so many students and [...]

Yesterday i got an e-mail asking my opinion about buying Rebel Xsi (450D). Well it is a tough question, but i’ll try to answer it.
I never used 450D or Rebel Xsi but i read about it a lot. It seems it is quite better than other cameras of the series (Digital Rebels). It has Dust [...]