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Danie Bester posted in the group Portrait Photography
This portrait of Minnette was published full-page in the “Hotshots” section of Digital Camera World Magazine in 2008. I photographed it less than two years after starting photography as a hobby. I used a 1000-watt continuous light through a huge softbox. That light was so hot, it warmed up the whole house! But it taught me a lot about lighting,…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Range Rover Under a Bridge, Springs, 2019
ISO 100, 1/30 sec at f/4, Canon 6D with a 45mm Tilt-Shift Lens (Manual Focus)
In Springs, Pieter Uys and I embarked on a project focused on urban architecture and street photography. While exploring the suburbs one day, I experimented with slow shutter speeds and intentional camera movement to capture…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Red Shoes, Maboneng, 2019
ISO 50, 1 sec at f/18, Canon EOS R with a 45mm Tilt-Shift Lens (Manual Focus)
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In the bright daylight shade, to achieve a shutter speed of 1 second, I lowered my ISO to 50 and set the aperture to f/18. This slow shutter speed, combined with deliberate camera movement, created an abstract impression of my subject,…Read More2 Comments -
DPC posted in the group Artificial Lighting in Crafters View, Grant Avenue, Norwood, Johannesburg, South Africa
Balancing Ambient Light and Bounce Flash #MiniTutorial
This tutorial shows how to balance ambient light with flash in photography, using a photo taken by @DanieBester of his wife, Amanda, at a rooftop bar in Norwood against a sunset backdrop.
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Step 1: Understanding Ambient Light
Scenario: Capturing a subject against a sunset.
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Danie Bester posted in the group Portrait Photography
Amanda in Autumn, 2022
ISO 400, 1/4000 sec at f/1.8 on a Canon EOS-R with a 50mm lens.Photographed my beautiful wife during an early autumn photography class. We dodged the rain, and the late afternoon sun briefly lit the scene. I edited the shot in Lightroom, using a Kodachrome preset for a vintage look and cloned in extra leaves and…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Margate Beach 01, KZN, 2022
ISO 100, 0.3 sec at f/11. Canon EOS-R with a 19mm lens. Tripod, NiSi ND filter
Captured this underexposed image during sunset on a bleak day at Margate Beach after my wife lead me to this spot. Lightroom edits involved substantial dodging and burning with radial masks to accentuate the atmosphere. Even though I…Read More -
Jon Kerrin posted in the group Photo Themes
New life born out of a burnt landscape in Cape Point
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Jon Kerrin posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
The use of long exposures in landscape photography has the ability to add an ethereal feel to the image that uplifts the mood and overall feel of that image.
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Jon Kerrin posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Sometimes it just isn’t possible to capture everything in a single shot. Using multiple shots with different settings can help achieve a cleaner image with a better dynamic range.
3 image (milkyway, person, foreground)
Milkyway and Person: ISO3200, f/2.8, 25sec
Foreground: ISO500, f/4, 40mins2 Comments-
#photographygoals This is already an extraordinary picture, but hearing the story behind capturing this just moved it into a different category. Thanks for sharing, Jon.
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Thanks for the session last night Jon. Really informative. I often shoot starscapes in the bush but it is a problem to do extremely long exposures as it is not a good idea to stand quietly in the dark for 40 minutes, particularly if there are lions about. I usually take the foreground shot before it gets totally dark and then expose for the stars…Read More
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Jon Kerrin posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Incorporating creatures that inhabit the local environment into your landscape images is a powerful way to tell a greater story about the landscape, and envoke an emotional repsonse your audience.
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Jon Kerrin posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Capturing moving subjects in landscapes in low light is never easy, but with the right settings and a gentle hand in post-processing you can get magic results.
ISO500, f/9, 1/320sec#LandscapePhotography #JonKerrin #DPCTutor #NightPhotography
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Jon Kerrin posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Light and shadows adding depth and contrast to the vibrant fields of the Overberg
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Am assuming that you also generated some camera movement based on the blurring of the background and pavement grid.