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Learn how to get the best audio into your videos. We’ll take a look at on-camera microphones as well as off-board recording options.
A good way to annoy your family on a family vacation is take along a lot of photo gear. If everyone in the family is not a photographer, you’re going to be “unpopular”. Vacations mean carrying a lot of stuff around with you to begin with, and going to places that may be a bit camera hostile – beaches, oceans, lakes, mountains, hiking trails, boats, amusement parks, etc. You get the picture. Although, it is easier when you have an RV to help store everything along the way. If you […]
A Semi-Captive Audience For many folks, their pets are family members and for some folks, the only family nearby. Consequently, we like to make images of our pets, and the Internet volume certainly supports this. The First Word in Pet Photography Is patience. Animals are highly attuned to stress and tension. If you are all wired up, so will be your pet. This almost never works out well. Be cool, move smoothly and accept that sometimes, it’s just not going to work out. Start with Some Key Gear In order […]
When the weather changes, the flowers start to bloom and photographers become inspired to make images of the beautiful colours and shapes that announce an end to winter. Sadly, many photos of flowers are lacking something. Flowers are challenging to shoot well, because they are naturally beautiful and to make the image special, we need to do more. Managing the light, and the angle are methods to make better flower images, amongst other practices. Let’s practice today so we are ready for the real thing. Repetition is the Mother of […]
Everyone has enjoyed stunning time-lapse flower photography, but rarely think it is something they can do. With proper equipment, step-by-step instructions, and a little patience, you can accomplish a beautiful time-lapse photography video with flowers in your own yard. A series of sequential images captured by your camera over several hours are compressed into a short video lasting only a few minutes, allowing you to see a flower bud mature into a full bloom.
What Are We Trying to Achieve? The job of any good photograph is to tell a story. Sometimes the subject of our story is in motion and we want the photograph to convey that. Sometimes we want to impart the sense of motion to a static object. Sometimes we want to draw attention to motion. There are many techniques to depicting motion and those are the tips that we will cover in this article Showing Movement in a Moving Subject Against a Static Background The most common case for this […]
I’m starting my series with my favourite focal length. Yes, I know, one should not have favourites, but if I could have only one lens it would be a 35mm. There are lots of reasons for me, so let me share some with you and if there is resonance, you might consider a 35mm prime as one of your go-to lenses.
This month we’re celebrating street photography at Henry’s. Street photography traditionally involved taking candid photos of people in public spaces.
We all have at least an inkling of what street photography is, but I think it can be generally described as candid photography of everyday life.
Sara Collaton is a portrait and street photographer based out of Toronto, Ontario.