4tographer: June 2011

Friday, June 24, 2011

Photographer tips - wedding (7)

7. Little but memorable

In addition to capturing the important stages of the day e.g.: bride and groom preparation, the ceremony, romantic portraits, candids, group shots, speeches and so on, there are some time in between of these events when you can record the small things but memorable. Anything that both bride and groom have spent time and money on choosing for their big day.

Some of the things you might want to consider to give a kick to your collection:

bridal accessories (jewellery, shoes, bouquets, bags, headwear and the list goes on)
table decorations
the cake
flowers
party favours
seating plan
place settings
bows tied to the seat
reception venues

Create soft effect by using wide aperture (f4 or f5.6) and crop in close using a fast lens

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Photographer tips - Cleaning (2)

Lens cleaning fluid

This alcohol-based lens cleaning fluid will help you to lift off fingerprints and other smudges without leaving streaks on your lens or filter. Just a small portion of fluid at a time - a drop or two, wipe in a gentle circular motion with a cleaning tissue will remove most marks on a lens or filter. Always apply the fluid to a cloth or tissue rather than the lens itself.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Photographer tips - Cleaning (1)

UV or Skylight filter

Prevention is better than cure. Before going deeper to cleaning, filters is the things you need to have to reduce the frequency of cleaning, as well as reduce the risk of scratches and breakage. Keep it attached to your lens at all times. It will also cut out UV light.

. It also means that when you do your cleaning you’ll just be cleaning the filter instead of the actual lens (unless dust gets right in). Keep in mind that filters come in different levels of quality – if you have a high end lens consider investing in a higher end filter.

Lens hoods can also help protect the end of your lens as do the lens caps for both the front and back end of your lens that come with it – always use them!

Photographer tips - wedding (6)

6. Backing up

If you have time and the equipment on hand – back up your images onto a storage device, laptop or use built in wi-fi technology or a wi-fi card (such as the Eye-Fi memory card) to beam the images to your desktop. Whatever you do don’t format the cards until you have edited your frames and ensured everything is securely backed up across a handful of hard drives.

To reduce the probability and consequence of losing files or shooting on a corrupt card, user several medium capacity (2-8 GB) cards. Separate the files into e.g.: preparation, ceremony, reception, evening etc.