CLICIAPHOTOS

Kids / Smile

September 14, 2022

A common photography problem when shooting portraits light skin tones is under-exposed portraits. You’ll notice this more when shooting full-face photos or when there’s lots of white in the scene – brides at weddings are a prime example.

People / Life

September 15, 2022

The key to choosing the best camera settings for sunsets is to make sure you capture the sunset’s colours as they are, not how the camera ‘thinks’ they should be.You might also need to adjust the exposure settings to suit the conditions, too, because in extreme lighting situations the camera might not interpret the scene in the way you expect.

Faces / Black & White

September 15, 2022

Contrast is Your Friend!

Traditionally, black and white photography has been a contrasty medium. In color photography, big contrast is often discouraged. In the days of film, we often would attach a red filter when shooting black and white, just to increase the contrast. In this example, because of the large boulder, the bald skies of Alabama Hills go very dark, thus making the boulder visibly pop. Looking under the boulder, you can see the heavy shadow, telling you it’s a contrasty condition.

Fashion / Wearing

September 15, 2022

The original function of fashion photography, in the 1920s, was to simply record clothing worn by women and serve as a visual guide on how women in society should behave (Delvin 1984:114). However fashion photography’s purpose and the visual representation of women has changed with each decade, according to the cultural, economic, social and technological advances.