Category: Shoot

  • Solutions to photographer’s block

    Some photographers may have « writer’s block » (or photographer’s block, more acurately) and feel that they no longer want to shoot pictures. I found two answers to this problem on the Internet. The first one is a a series of advice by Photocritic: 10 ways to prevent photographer’s block. 100-step challenge: Walk 100 steps,…

  • UK: Kingdom of low-flying plane photo

    Did you know that the United Kigdom is certainly the country where photography of low-level flying military airplanes is the most developped? Hundreds of enthusiastic amateur photographers catch amazing pictures of flying planes seen from above on a background which is no longer the usual bright sky. Why United Kingdom, would you ask? Because this…

  • Time lapse 6: Introductive lesson

    When I started writing a short series of posts about time-lapse photography, I thought it would be quick. But I keep getting information about good web sites and articles about it. So, I could not close this without mentionning the introduction to time-lapse photography just posted on Digital Photography School (an excellent web site, by…

  • Time lapse 5: Moon eclipse

    Sometimes, the time-lapse collation of images does not lead to a video, but to a complex picture. Like this one from NASA. A Time-Lapse Lunar Eclipse Credit & Copyright: Forrest J. Egan (Digital Astro) Explanation: During a lunar eclipse, our Moon appeared to disappear. As the Earth moved between the Moon and the Sun, the…

  • Learn photo

    The great Recession is here, you are depressed as I am and you do not know what to do. Change gears! Go and teach yourself photo and a lot of its techniques on web sites like Photojojo and Digital Photography School. I found there a lot of ideas, tricks and tips I use. But, above…

  • Nature and wildlife photography

    Nature photography and wildlife photography are two specialities that can be classified as difficult. Here, nothing beats advice from great photographers. This is why I noticed those two great articles, though they are very different: Mark Godfrey explains on Nature.org how are made some superb nature images. The pictures are permanent in their classic vibrance…

  • Time lapse 4: Flowers

    To close this week’s series about time lapse videos, here is one of the most classical and traditional subjects: Growing plants and blooming flowers. Lily Time-Lapse in HD from danLinfield on Vimeo. Amaryllis Awakening from David Lanier on Vimeo.

  • Time lapse 3: Nights and stars

    There is no doubt that time lapse videos made of pictures taken at long time intervals and stitched into a a single video, require mastering a difficult technique. But waht about doing it at night shooting the starry sky? Everything gets more difficult. So, kudos go to SkyTimeLapse!

  • Time lapse 2: How?

    A few recommendations for time-lapse videos: Use high-definition: Your photo camera can do it, the video will be great in HD. Include some attractive central subject: Don’t just shoot clouds and skys. Make sure that there is a lot of activity: It would make no sense to speed up a boring single move from right…