Fine Art Photography

The art of seeing

By: Terry Michael 

Fine art photography is not necessarily capturing a specific technique or style, it is an issue of self expression. If you want to emulate a certain style that you are aware of, study it and try to recreate it, eventually you will be able to produce beautiful images in the likes of an Ansel Adams or a Diane Arbus.

Seriously, it’s generally possible to achieve. Why? Because by doing so you aren’t creating anything more than what’s done before.

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Photography Rule of Thirds

Introduction to composition 

By: Phil Pivnick 

Far to often I see people look through their pictures only to be surprised by a shot that happens to look professional.  These are people that use their camera for everyday snapshots and don’t really think about things like composition and visual appeal.  They just want to capture the memory but once in a while the memory looks like something they’d want to frame.  

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone’s great shots didn’t have to come by accident?  It isn’t a far off thought because training the eye to pick up good composition isn’t that hard.  All anyone has to do is learn and follow the rule of thirds. 

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The Art of Digital Photography

By: Vicki Zolenski 

Many of the techniques used in traditional photography also apply to digital photography. The composition of the picture, use of light, line, shape, pattern, etc. also apply to digital photography. Three elements that are different in digital photography are white balance, picture resolution, and digital effects.  

White Balance 

In a traditional camera, film records and determines the colors of the scene captured in the photograph. As digital cameras have no film to interpret color, they use white balance settings for this purpose. These settings (called Kelvin temperature ratings) are represented by symbols for sun, indoor light, clouds and shade on most digital displays and can be manually selected. The Auto function, however, enables the camera to adjust the settings automatically. For most non-professional needs, this is quite satisfactory.   Some digital cameras contain a histogram function that will also help you adjust your light exposure.  

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