Wedding Photography

You've probably seen the traditional wedding photography more often than you would like to admit. It's usually a few poses of people standing up together in a group. The typical bride and groom poses are so common you could probably list them off the top of your head at this very moment.
What to Look for in Wedding Photography
The group picture is fine as it shows everyone all together displaying the beautiful array of style and color of the wedding party. To me the best wedding photography is taken by a photographer who relates well with people in conversation. This type of photographer has a way of capturing the essence of the people. By that I mean even though the people may pose, this photographer brings a relaxed energy that allows the poses to look and feel natural.
Great wedding photography captures the loving smile on the mother's face as she looks at her son in his last moments of single life. There is an intuitive sense of noticing subtle moments and capturing those moments for life.
Black and White Photography Adds a Unique Quality
Digital photography in black and white is often more valued than color. There is a notable depth to black and white photography that leaves some imagination to the viewer. It's also a great opportunity to be taken back in time momentarily to the days when life was more simple and imagination ruled the day. Great black and white photography requires a set of unique skills to make it outstanding just as color does.
Variety is the spice of life so the best wedding photography will include both black and white photography and color; digital photography and film.
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How to Pose People For Your Pictures

If you want to be a great 'people' photographer, you might think you need to know a lot of different poses, or know how to talk to your subjects like a fashion photographer. But really it's more about being yourself. Photographing people can be the most rewarding and yet the most difficult subject to photograph. The photographers in magazines make it seem so easy. Is it really that difficult? I used to think so, I used to be pretty intimidated by it. I struggled with; do I see their whole body, or just their face, what do I do with the hands, what do they wear? Yikes, just a few things to think about, all of this when you're also struggling to think about exposure and lighting.
I guess where I had my break-through was when I realized that they were just as intimidated as I was. I learned that there's nothing scarier than having your photograph taken. As soon as I learned this, I started paying more attention to my photo subject than to my nervousness, giving me more time to figure out how to pose them and how much of them I wanted to see in the picture.
If you want to take successful photographs of people you need to pay attention to the person and you have to have the confidence to photograph them. You need to believe in yourself as a photographer and you need to respect the person you are shooting. And forget about how nervous you are and start making them feel comfortable.
Specific things you say to a photo subject or how you pose them can also help make the picture better. If you want to take great photographs of people you need to make your subject at ease and pose them comfortably. For more insightful tips about understanding posing techniques, visit this Informative Site!
You don't need to take boring uninteresting portraits and you don't need to be nervous, you just need a few useful tips. Find out right now what you need to do to take cool interesting portraits of people.
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Nikon D700

Nikon D700 came with a 14-24mm f/2.8 wide angle lens, an understandable choice for this full-frame digital SLR camera from Nikon. Nikon D700 is such an interesting digital SLR so that it becomes a most anticipated DSLR nowadays.

The Nikon D700 is Nikon's second full-frame (FX) camera and has the same 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor as the dore expensive Nikon D3. The Nikon D700 is a really big step, however, smaller than his big brother, and if you are a professional photographer or seriously into photography, you would be astonished by many features that will make your photographs impress you so.
In addition to the 12.1 megapixel CMOS, this camera is also has a wide LCD Screen, the Wide Viewing angle TFT-LCD 3 inch super density monitor. It would easily helps you aiming the objects. When the light is too bright or too dark, Nikon D700 provide a SLR type viewfinder with range up to 95%.
Nikon D700 also offers a built-in flash on the upper side of the lens. Image results can be saved in RAW format, JPEG or a TIFF with some compression choice on the RAW format. There are 8 selections of white balance options in order to give a more proper shooting results. Still not satisfied ? Nikon alse embed a Picture Control and In-Camera Image Editing, which make your image is ready for printing without editing process first.
The EN-EL3e lithium-ion battery can manage up to 1,000 exposure in a single charge. Nikon D700 is sold with the price around $ 2,700 - $ 3,000.


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Depth of Field

What is the depth of field? It is a simply sharpness distance before and after the subject on which we focus. (Either the space between nearest and farthest point).
By increasing the depth of field, subjects will net a great distance. The picture below has a maximum depth of field.



A large depth of field can be useful to review many shots away from each other. In contrast, shallow depth of field can ensure a blur background or foreground of the subject to photograph. Example with this picture below.
In portrait studio, the distribution is close to a third forward and two-thirds back. On a landscape when the sharpness extends to infinity, the rear area is much larger than the area before. In macro-photography, depth of field is divided half in front and rear. An automated camera should be able to provide a setting optimized.

How to reduce or increase the depth of field ?
By closing the diaphragm of the camera, depth of field will increase. On the contrary, in full aperture, depth of field will be very short..
To remember in practice:
Camera in hand, you look at the numbers that correspond to your diaphragma.
These can be: f: 1.2, f: 1.4, f: 2, f: 2.8, f: 4, f: 4.5, f: 5.6, f: 6.3, f: 7.1, f: 8, f: 9, f: 10, f: 11, f: 13, f: 14, f: 16, f: 18, f: 22 ... Over these figures are, the greater depth of field will be extended ... and conversely the more these figures will be smaller, the depth of field will be short.

Depth of field on a digital.
In sloppy automation of the digital camera, you can adjust the depth of field. A good device to adjust the priorities to diaphragma mode ( Aperture mode ) : A. The control on the opening / closing of the diaphragm to adjust the depth of field.
Smaller numbers (large aperture) offer a small depth of field, vice versa.

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Mamiya DL28 Digital Medium Format

In medium format digital photography, price and performance are usually at opposite ends of the digital spectrum. Normally you have to pay more – a lot more – for better quality, performance and features, certainly for the latest technology. The new Mamiya DL28 Digital Camera System totally changes that way of thinking.

The Mamiya DL28 Digital Camera System offers professional features and benefits found in much more expensive cameras. For example, even though the DL28’s resolution is an impressive 28 Megapixels, its large sensor allows a pixel size of 7.2 microns, producing images with unmatched richness and color accuracy, low noise, and striking highlight and shadow detail. Its 3.5-inch (diagonal) screen is the largest in the industry and offers a bright, high-contrast touch screen that is ideal for outdoor or indoor work.

The DL28 marries the professionally proven Mamiya camera system to the innovative 28 megapixel Aptus-II 6 Digital Back from Leaf - a system capable of unrivaled performance, image quality and value. The 645AFD III body has a new coreless motor for faster, more accurate autofocusing and an enhanced interface system that provides total communication between the camera, lens and digital back. The 645AFD III and Leaf Aptus-II 6 Digital Back work as an integral unit so you’ll never miss the action.

With 16-bit capture, 12 stop dynamic range and an ISO range of 50-800, the Mamiya DL28 is a full featured professional digital solution that allows photographers to focus on creating the image and not worrying about the technology. The 28 MP back provides raw files of 53Mb, and 16 bit TIFF files in excess of 159 Mb – ensuring that you’ll have the information needed for virtually any size reproduction.

Compact flash media storage makes it easy to shoot untethered on location or in the studio. You can also use the included firewire cable and Leaf Capture 11.2 software to shoot directly to your computer. And the latest Leaf Capture software allows other people - in the field or in the studio - to view your creativity on their iPhones as you continue shooting!

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