Does your snow photos have a grey tint or lack detail? If so, that is because built-in camera meters are calibrated to see the world as neutral gray.
When shooting photos in the snow, use The Sunny 16 Rule. This is a way to meter for correct exposure during daylight without using the camera’s meter.
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Quick Contact Sheet using InDesign
Let’s say you want to create a quick contact sheet of some photos to send to a client or print as proofs. We will place twelve images into an evenly spaced grid on a standard 8.5 x 11 sheet. To do so, choose File > Place>select your twelve images>Click Open to load the images into the cursor>Draw out a frame filling the area inside the margins. With your finger still holding down your left mouse button, tap the up arrow twice to split the frame into three rows. Now tap the right arrow three times to split the rows into four columns. Now release your mouse button. That’s it! You now have twelve identical frames.
Simulate a Lomo Camera Effect using Photoshop CS5
Simulate a quick Lomo camera effect using Photoshop CS5 lens correction filter and channel adjustments.
Simulate a Holga Camera Effect using Photoshop CS5
Simulate a quick Holga Camera Effect using Photoshop CS5 lens correction, high-pass and blur filters, curves and black & white adjustment layers.
Pixel Perfect Color Correction
This video demonstrates how to correct color right down to the exact pixel using Photoshop CS5.
Timelapse Experiment Using Canon 7D
This was my first timelapse video experiment.
Equipment used:
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- Canon 7D with the stock 18-55mm lens
- Canon TC-80N3 Timer/Remote Controller
- Tripod set very low to the ground to avoid blowing over from the wind
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Camera settings:
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- Image recording quality: JPEG mode – Small/Fine
- ISO 100
- Aperture: f10
- Shutter: 1/250 sec
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This experiment consisted of 421 still images, each shot at a 15 second interval over an estimated hour and 45 minute period. I used Quicktime 7 and imported the images in sequence, the first (video #1) at a frame rate of 10 frames per second, the second (video #2) at 15 frames per second and the third (video #3) at 30 frames per second.
Like I mentioned earlier, this was my first timelapse experiment and I learned quite a bit. On the next experiment I will change the camera settings. A much slower shutter speed might help smooth transitions between frames. The problem I foresee with that setting would be allowing to much light into the lens.
Video #1 – 15 second interval/10 frames per second
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Video #2 – 15 second interval/15 frames per second
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