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These basic photography tips will give you a 5 minute crash course to learn your DSLR camera.  Learn beginner photography basics with this tutorial for a crash course in photography.   A 5 Minute Crash Course to Learn Your DSLR Camera   Photography Basics Starting to learn photography can be a very daunting and confusing task. It’s difficult to take decent images without having the basic knowledge as a solid base to build and learn from. There are a few terms that are essential to photographers, no matter the skill level. I will be using these terms through the remaining posts in the series. I will only be providing an over view of each term and how they apply. As we advance through the series I will be spending more time with the main sections to help provide you a deeper knowledge of the subject. One of the first things you must learn is the complete ins and outs of your camera. Spend time reading your manual or researching the many and varies options, and buttons that come with your model type. Many camera have similar dial Icons. The icons help to show you what setting your camera is on. I […]

Are you struggling with your camera settings when taking pictures in low light?  Learn ISO in Photography and how to choose ISO.  First lets talk about ISO – do you remember ISO film?  You would walk down the film aisle and have the choice of 100 ISO film…200, 400 and maybe 800 speed film.  You could walk into a specialty camera store and get much higher ISO Film – but in my mind that was for the “professional” photographers who knew all of the right camera settings!   Well ISO is just simply this…a sensor inside your digital camera that sense light.  Thanks to technology we can change our ISO camera setting for each picture if we needed to (but don’t worry you don’t have to!!!)…unlike film days where you were stuck with 400 speed for at least 24 images, as a roll of film.   What does ISO Stand For? Let’s define what ISO is by definition. ISO simply stands for the International Organization of Standardization, which is the main governing body that standardizes sensitivity ratings for camera sensors. In Digital Photography ISO measures the sensitivity of the image sensor. The same principles apply as in film photography – the lower the number the less sensitive your camera […]

Learn the photography starter camera you need and basic photography equipment with this essential list for beginners. Photography equipment for a beginner. Photography Equipment for a Beginner You know that feeling when you turn to look at your baby and you already see how fast time is going and how much they are growing in such a short amount of time. Where your little baby is getting bigger and you realize your cell phone photography, which is convenient and always available to take his or her photos, is just not cutting it anymore. You have always loved taking photos and want to take photography to the next step from just pointing and clicking the camera at your child. This is where most parents find themselves and decide to take the leap and invest in a good quality camera. But where do you start? Basic Photography Equipment Best advice I can give is to know what brand you are drawn to and what best fits your needs. Don’t buy just for the sake of buying and be stuck with the dreaded buyer’s remorse. I know from my own personal experience, I was always been drawn to Canon cameras and I knew […]

With this free tutorial learn How to Shoot a Double Exposure in Camera.  Learn how to do a double exposure, a multi exposure in a canon dslr camera and have fun learning to do multiple exposure portraits!  If you have a dSLR camera (whether nikon or canon) and you aren’t confident or familiar with your settings you may want to take a minute on this dSLR Crash Course first, just to familiarize yourself with some of the terms that will be used in this post. Hi there! I’m Katherine Cobert of Cobert Photography. When Erin reached out to me about guest blogging for Sixth Bloom, I was completely shocked and honored.  We talked and decided I would blog about the photography technique – double exposure.  Here is a sampling of some double exposures using various techniques.  Follow me over on Instagram or Facebook You can also find Katherine’s additional Double Exposure Tutorials here: HOW TO MAKE A DOUBLE EXPOSURE PICTURE WITH AN IPHONE Video Tutorial: How to Make a Double Exposure Picture in Photoshop What I believe started as an accident – exposing the same film slide twice (by the camera malfunctioning and not advancing the film) – has now […]

  Try these 5 Brilliant Photography Hacks will transform your creativity.  These hacks can be used for photography hacks, newborn photography hacks and creative photography hacks -like using sandwich bags!   If you don’t have time to stay and read all of the hacks you can snag a PDF Printable HERE to read for later…or stay here and enjoy! I love finding D.I.Y. projects that I can use instead of buying an already made piece of equipment. It’s always cheaper, and it’s a lot more fun to experiment yourself with these items!  For example I’ll be showing you a photography lighting hack using a coffee filter…brilliant, right?  All of these photography hacks are really easy to achieve and each are under $15 to create! Photography Hacks  1. DIY Camera Filters: When I first learned about camera filters, I was extremely excited! What a fun idea that you can create artistic effects with a filter you can clip onto your lens! Most filters I found on the market though were quite boring, so I decided to find some D.I.Y. filters perfect for those projects. Some of my favorite filters are created with items you can find around you own house, and they take […]

  Hi! I’m Lauren with Lauren Weeks Photography and today I’ll be showing you how I shoot my subject with light behind them – also known as a backlit picture. These are my favorite types of photos because I think shooting a backlit image is what makes the light look romantic and dreamy.   So here goes! The main thing to keep in mind here is to expose for your subject. If you have a properly exposed subject, you have a beautiful backlit photo, and this is how I do it: 1- I almost always have my camera set on spot metering. What’s the difference? Spot metering basically exposes for the area you focus your camera on (the subject) and only that area. This is different than the matrix metering that takes the whole image in your viewfinder into account when exposing the image. I find that doing this always guarantees that my subject is properly exposed. 2- I make sure my ISO is exposed for the subject only. For example, if I have my subject in front of the light and everything around her is bright, but she is lighting darker, I make sure that I bump up my ISO a […]

When I first started out in my photography journey 8 + years ago I can remember all I wanted was my pictures to look professional…not just amateur.  I strongly wanted a blurred background so that my subject would be in focus and the main point to draw the eye to.  After MUCH trial and error…asking many photographers for help…reading as much as I could…I figured it out! Here are some tips incase you are in the same boat I was in, back then! I strongly suggest learning MANUAL MODE…but for simplicity today I’m going to teach you how to do it with using Aperture Priority Mode.  A 5 minute crash course in using your DSLR camera can be a helpful read before this article if you find yourself unsure! 1- Set Your camera on Aperture Priority Mode– For Canon’s that’s AV, for Nikon that’s A.  This mode allows you to take full control of the aperture setting and then the camera will set your ISO and Shutter Speed!  Wa-la best of both worlds! You achieve this “blurred background” by your Aperture, which is a function of the lens.  Aperture is measured in f/stops i.e. 1.4 1.8 5.6 etc.  Your lens […]

Learn how to photograph fireworks with these few steps – then get brave and write with sparklers and learn how to take pictures of sparklers!   How to Photograph Fireworks 1 Tripod or anything stable you can set your camera on.  Such as a fence, a bag, a truck/car hood.  You will not be able to hold your camera and get crisp pictures! 2 ISO Even though it’s at night time that you are shooting your light source (fireworks) are going to be bright.  So having a lower ISO will be ideal.  So start with 100 or even 200. For more on ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed you might want to read more here: a 5 Minute Crash Course to Learn your DSLR 3 Aperture keep it all in focus with a lower aperture.  Maybe start around f/5.6 or f/8 to test out your landscape focus. 4 Shutter Speed  Here is the tricky part.  You want to keep your shutter speed open a bit longer than you probably normally do.  You might have to take a few trial and error shots before you really nail it!  Remember the longer you leave it open like 3-4 seconds you will get the milky […]

Debunking the Art of the Picture Perfect Silhouette   How did they do that?  When I first started getting passionate about photography several years ago, I always wondered how photographers got those really cool silhouette photos. I wanted to learn how to do that!  Don’t you!?  Would you be amazed if I told you it’s a very simple technique to learn and you could get these types of shots, too?  Well, you can! And I’m going to teach you some very basic steps on how to get a silhouette photo of your favorite subject(s) that will be praise worthy! To achieve a silhouette look, you will need a light source, a subject (or two or three!) and your SLR or DSLR camera. Your light source can be several things, like a flash or even a street lamp, but in the examples I will be showing you, we will be using a setting sun. Here is a diagram of how you should position your subject and yourself to get the shot. Note that your source of light always needs to be behind the subject.  It works best if there are no other light sources around you and your subject other than […]