Photography Today

Holding by hand

I will post some well known techniques that I have found searching around (I am not a good teacher) and here is the first one.
A somewhat well-known rule in photography is that you can hold a camera by hand if the shutter speed is shorter than about the inverse of the focal length used (t < 1/f). So, if you'd use a 50mm standard lens to photograph a scene, you could handhold the camera when taking a picture if the shutter speed is about 1/50 second or shorter. If you use a too long exposure time without a tripod, the photo will appear to be blurry. This rule works fairly well, although with a bit of practice (holding a camera steady) you can usually do better. For example, by not holding your breath but rather slowly exhaling while taking a photo you will cause less camera shake. Also, by firmly supporting both arms by your torso, the camera will be more steady.

Quick Portaiture tips

I have found this well written tips on the web and I thought I needed to post them here, enjoy.

#1: Take Advantage of Digital Features For Children Photos Sometimes posed shots do not turn out the best.
#2: Get in Close! Don’t cut out someone’s face when taking portrait photos.
#3: Shoot From a Kid’s Eye Level Let your digital photo show the world as it is seen by the eyes of a child.
#4: Avoid the Blinking Syndrome Help prevent the inevitable blinking in group photos.
#5: Use Simple Backgrounds Focus your photo viewer’s attention on the subject.
#6: Consider Rotating Your Digital Camera 90 Degrees Show more of your subject in your digital photos.

Simple Art

Even something so simple as food can became an amazing piece of art, if you don't believe me, check this picture out and tell me what you think! This is the orgininal Tabasco sauce.

Better late than never

Transcendence: A Mirror of China' Solo Exhibition by Li Wei

through November 12
the:artist:networknewyork, 424 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York
Li Wei is just one of many young Chinese artists whose art career parallels China’s escalating urbanization. His oeuvre mostly embodied in performance and computers enhanced photographic works, are a dialogue of his country’s new urban reality and reflect his wide concern for the life and survival of individuals. Exhibiting works at theartistnetwork will include: ‘Mirror Series (2000-2005)’, ‘Li Wei Falls to the Earth Series, (2002-2006)’, and ‘The Pause of Human Being (2005)’. Two videos introducing his performance will also be screened.
www.theartistnetwork.org

New is better

You know that frase that say that old times where always better? well, when it comes to photography I think different, here is a sample so you can compare and realize how far techology has help us. (and the models too lol...) Of course you can consider this art if you are one of those vintage weirdos that goes around paying hundreds of dollars for smelly old things, but who am I to judge.

Peaceful

Just watch, feel and don't think at all...

Sadness

It will never stop to amaze me how the photographers can make you feel or think what they wanted to express trhough their pictures... this one just made me feel so lonely and sad... what do you think?

The title where I found it was, THE BEAUTY OF SADNESS, pretty accurate.

Just beautiful

Today I wasn't actually in a bloggin mood ,  but I saw this picture and I needed to post it.. what do you think? Let me know what cross your minds when you see something kinda unique like this..

Be Warhol for a minute

Warhol art

The Warhol technique is easy to replicate and all you need is a photo portrait or a photo of a commonplace object such as a can of soup (he did the very famous Campbell's Tomato Soup image) or even a car. you have to adjust the brightness and contrast in the image until you have a good range of tones and remove the background by selecting around it and removing it then you gotta replacing it with a solid colour.

After that reduce the image colours to about 5 or 6 using your software's colour reduction options. In Paint Shop Pro choose Image, Decrease Color Depth, X Colors (4/8 bit) and set the Number of Colors to 6. Experiment with various settings to get the best arrangement of colours over the image - don't worry about the actual colours, just the shapes.

You can now use the Color Replacer tool to replace the colours to get a more interesting effect. When you've done this for all areas on the image, save it and repeat using different colours. Continue until you have 9, 12 or 16 images - sufficient to create a three by three, four by three or four by four grid of pictures. Assemble these by copying and pasting them into a new large image.

And voila! you can have your own colorfull warhol in your living room, it's that simple :)

Black & White

When every visual techonology started (photography, video, etc.) there where in black and white or monochromatic, then the technology slowly evolved into color.

Now you will still see lots of professional photographers use this technique as an art expression, even to stand up for the colors chunkies.

Personally I love the effect of a well taken Black and White picture and what it's made me feel.