Travel Photography Tips
Some ot the best Alamy contributors have written very useful tips to take better travel photographs. Here are some of the tips;
Sunrise @ Kuta Bali – Indonesia by Free-Stockphotos.com
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Photographing Squirrels Tips
Michael Castelano has written an interesting tutorial on how to take better photos of squirrels posted at Photosig. Here’s one of his strategy to make the squirrels posing for you;
“… get out your food and call over the squirrels. The idea is to make friends with one and gain its trust. Feed it for awhile, and then see if you can manuever it up into a suitable tree by walking VERY slowing towards the squirrel in a non-threatening way. The squirrel will get a little nervous, but will not be terrified of you. Typically it will head for safety and the nearest tree. But, since it’s interested in being fed and not really threatened, it will usually only climb up the tree for a short distance. It will then hang on the side and peek around at you to see if you are still willing to feed it.”
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Equipment Needed for Bird Photography
The nice thing about bird photography is that it can happen anywhere on our beautiful globe. The not so nice thing is that birds are small or shy, and you need to be able to get close enough with your equipment. In this article, we will be looking at the ideal equipment for bird photography. We will also be having a quick look at how to use this equipment.
Photo courtesy of Bob Elsdale
Camera body
We live in the world of digital photography, and therefore we will only be discussing digital camera bodies. I am also a really big Canon fan, so I will talk Canon, and you can translate it to other manufacturers if you need to.
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Photographers’ Rights in the US, the UK and Australia
We have all seen the scene of the photographer being surrounded by the heavies, the camera being confiscated and the film being thrown on the ground. Makes for great dramatic footage but in most jurisdictions such behaviour is illegal unless accompanied with a court order.
Photo courtesy of Jochem Wijnands
Essentially if you are in a public place, you can shoot away to your heart’s content. Even in the paranoia of post 9/11 and officers from security forces both private and government saying otherwise. But do use some commonsense, taking pics of military installations is just dumb as with any other sensitive government building.
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Wireless Flash Setup Tips
David Honl has written pretty good tips on how to set a wireless flash up at outdoors.
A great example of my daily lighting setup was used this past Sunday on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast. This young Turkish girl, dressed in traditional nomad clothing (typical of what her great-grandmother would have worn as a young girl) provided a colorful series of shots for my tourism archive and took just a few seconds to set up…
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Shooting Waterdrop Tips
Eon has written a good tutorial on how he shot waterdrop photo below at PhotoSig.
“A few basic things are needed for this photo. Firstly, we want a black background; I used an old black shirt and draped it over some books in the background. Remember to have the black cloth at an angle otherwise the flash will just reflect against it and you will have a white background 
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How to Build your Photography Portfolio
As a photographer there is no greater joy than being recognized for what you love doing. A large part of that recognition will come through the self promotional tactics you employ. One way to ensure you get recognition for what you do is to create a photography portfolio which is second to none.
Step 1) Choosing your theme You may already have the pictures to create a themed portfolio or you may be planning on capturing them over the next little while. Either way, your portfolio, like a well written book, should have some unifying theme. This theme can be conceptual or it can be technical. For example, your theme could be about courage, love, urban life, rural life, garbage. Alternatively you can create a theme based on photographic technicalities. For example you could create a portfolio showcasing all of your best wide angle work, or one which displays your best black and white work. The themes for creating a portfolio are only limited by your own imagination. So take your time and create a themed portfolio which means something to you.
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Making $5 Seamless Background Tips
AuctionBytes.TV has published a video showing how you can make a $5 seamless background for your product shot.
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Organizing Digital Photos – Tips by Miami Herald
Gregg Ellman has published pretty good workflow tips on organizing your digital photos at Miami Herald.
He suggests after we download our images to the computer, then first thing first is delete images that we don’t want to keep using photo browser software. After that we need to renaming our files with a keyword and a number which makes sense (xmas2005_01,xmas2005_02, etc).
The next step is to burn your images to a CD/DVD and label it with what event or people are on it and the date. Finish with that, we must then test the newly created CD, just to make sure that your images have been burned properly.
Now, you can work on your images in your image editing software. When you’ve finish working with them, you can delete the folder and put it in the recycle bin to save your hardisk space.
Source: Miami Herald
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Understanding Light Metering System
Understanding light metering system is one of the most fundamental knowledges in digital photography as it gives you a starting point for determining exposure settings in different lighting situation.
Basically all the metering systems do is tell you how much light is available. They don’t tell you about the brightness range within the scene (aka contrast), or where the areas of brightness and darkness occur and how much of the frame they occupy. This is why it’s important to understand the metering properly, to be able to evaluate the scene to determine whether the meter’s recommendations will need modifying or overriding using one of the manual’s camera exposure controls. This may well be necessary if you want to apply your creative mind with your exposure control (you can delibeartely under- or overexposing to give a particular visual effect)
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