Articles about Photographic Techniques

Read more photographic Articles about Photographic Techniques. Articles provided by Professional Imagemaker magazine, a publication for photographers who are members of the Societies.

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Mind Over Camera Richard P Walton ASWPP 11/12/11
Negative Space Seeing What isn't There!
Many things have to come together to make a strong image, ranging from the lighting, the posing, the camera settings, the location, the processing and the composition.
The Puppy Dog Close
“Adorable? Yes of course they are”. That is what you tell your children while browsing online. But the conversation you are having inside your head is a little different, and goes more like “ok they look cute, but do I really want to spend £500 on a dog?”
From a Dream to a Living
Why would anyone with two children at university and a fairly stable income from a well-established marketing consultancy want to set up a new business about which he knew nothing, with limited technical knowledge and no retailing skills? It’s a fair question and one I can’t answer easily.
Same place, Different Angle
A couple of years ago I wrote an article that detailed my work at Flamingo Land park in North Yorkshire. For the uninitiated this is a fantastic theme park and zoo, in the flat lands of the Vale on York, in a tiny village close to the town of Malton.
Picture Framing - the finishing touch
Quite often overlooked by professional photographers is the finishing touch of a beautiful picture frame to give that perfect finishing touch.
Framing Mitring

Picture Framing Underpinners

Picture Framing Mount cutters

Picture Framing Dry Mounting

Picture Framing Glasscutters

Picture Framing Accessories

Picture Framing Mouldings and mount boards
Filter Factory Taking The Soft Option
This is a big topic for users of Photoshop (eg digital imaging). Gone are the days of pulling a remnant of your wife’s/lover’s black stocking over the optically perfect Nikkor to jigger it up - now you shoot sharp and deal with the consequences later.
The reproduction of botanical art
Mike McNamee discusses the complexities of a common task, the reproduction of flat art, with specialist printer, Lukman Sinclair
Coping with Bad Weather Weddings
Wedding photography is a challenging profession at the best of times. Not only do you have to be a half-decent photographer but you need to be able to react to events as they unfold, domineering officiants, deal with alterations to time schedules and, of course, be a good crowd manager.
Andrew Williams - Says it with flowers
In researching this article I visited the website of the Society of Botanical Artists and found the following quotation featured on the home page. “The art of botanical painting continues even in the face of enhanced photographic technology and the digital revolution, for there is simply no substitute for the discerning talents of the artist capturing the essence of plant form.”
Creativity and the Art of being Different!
How often, as wedding photographers, have we been on the receiving end of this request? To make things even more interesting, ‘different’ can mean so many ‘different’ things to ‘different’ people!
Shoot for Stock
As more and more photographers ‘Shoot for Stock’ alongside their regular portrait and commercial work, Howard Butterfield of theimagefile... offers advice on these extra channels of income.
The Alternative Processes Are they worth it?
As a general rule, alternative processes include imagemaking methods that were swept aside by the march of silver gelatine, a more flexible process with perceived higher quality or lower cost. They do, however have an ardent following and as they are used mainly to create monochrome images
Blinking Heck
This topic was instigated by a published report of some ‘research’ by CSIRO (Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation). A staff member, Nic Svenson, posed the question to one of the institute’s statisticians ,‘how many shots do I need to take to be sure of one with nobody blinking?’ The answer was duly delivered by Dr Piers Barnes and is shown further down the page.

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