http://www.ermany.net Personal web page of Erman the photographer. Main contents of this page are; Photography and Design Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:04:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Patterns bring harmony and rhythm to the pictures like the harmony of the repeating notes in a song. Patterns appear where graphic elements like lines, colors, shapes or forms repeat themselves. You can see patterns everywhere, in the crop fields, roads, public places even simple objects that you use everyday. ... http://www.ermany.net/basic-composition-tips-patterns/ When we take the pictures of an architectural or natural structure, it can be hard for viewers to understand the size of the structure, unless there are clues inside the frame such as a person, car, an animal etc. These objects help us measure the dimensions of the subject more ... http://www.ermany.net/basic-composition-tips-size/ I'm writing about composition quite a lot, but not in detail so i decided to write about these subject i already wrote about in detail as in my last post "getting close and filling the frame". Today's subject is simplicity. [ad#content2] Simplicity is really important in photography. It can be described as ... http://www.ermany.net/basic-composition-tips-simplifying/ I couldn't publish anything yesterday, i'm sorry. There's a problem about my local internet service provider. After today everything is going to be ok and problem will be fixed (i guess). Tomorrow a new post will be published. http://www.ermany.net/apology-2/ I often advice people to get close to the subject of filling the frame with the subject but i noticed that I've never given example for these. And I think giving examples about them will help beginner photographers to understand what i mean more easily. [ad#content2] Getting close to your subject often ... http://www.ermany.net/basic-composition-tips-getting-close-and-filling-the-frame/ Yesterday i was in an amusement park, a local one. I was planning to take lots of nice pictures of the rides with the rides. But unfortunately i was not in the mood and couldn't get the results i expected. Anyway i uploaded two of the pictures that i took ... http://www.ermany.net/long-shutter-examples/ Protecting Your Camera and Equipments From Rain Taking pictures in a rainy day can bring good results in terms of photography, but there are also some problems that makes it harder to take pictures in a rainy day. Photographers have to protect their camera from water drops. Some cameras need better ... http://www.ermany.net/photography-taking-pictures-in-a-rainy-day-part-2/ 2 months before i wrote about bad weather conditions are not bad at all for the photography. Rain is considered as a bad weather condition also, indeed it can be bad for a sports game but not for photography. Rain makes the scenes more saturated and shiny, which helps us ... http://www.ermany.net/photography-taking-pictures-in-a-rainy-day/ I started ermany.net to share my work on photography, built a photo gallery and divided it to sections to show my pictures of different photography genres. After a while i started to write about my experiences and useful information and tips i know. I found these tips are very useful ... http://www.ermany.net/ermanynet-100th-post/ I like photo competitions; they give the photographers a specific subject to work on. These subjects may be the ones that you never tried before. But forcing yourself to do your best and taking picture in some rules and restrictions can sometimes boost your creativity. Also prices and awards encourage ... http://www.ermany.net/photography-tips-for-photo-competitions/