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Improve Your Photographic Eye in Ten Steps

Lisa Michele Burns — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 02:00:28 +0000

Developing A Photographic Eye – One of the most important elements of photography Travel photography isn’t all about having the biggest and best camera. Sure some nice equipment and a great lens can help improve your photography, but the most important thing is the development of your creative eye. The way you see the world will change the way you capture photographs. Having an eye for photography can be something you inherit from your super dooper arty parents, or like most of us, it’s something you work on and enhance over time. What is an ‘eye’? It’s describing the way you see, having an ‘eye’ for photography is more about having a knack for seeing things in a unique or artistic way. It’s all about your creative vision. Developing your photographic eye doesn’t happen overnight but there are many little habits you can implement to help kick things along. Sometimes it’s best to begin without a camera…simply look at a scene and imagine how it could be captured. Are you framing the entire scene before you? Or are you cropping to focus on one element? Whether it be a beach, city street or carnival, try to change the way you’re...

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The World from The Water

Lisa Michele Burns — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:00:50 +0000

Looking at the world through googles and a lens is my ideal perspective. The thrill of floating around the ocean with flippers on my feet and the unknown below is the reason I choose to create images from the water. Underwater photography is a field that refuses to fit the mould. You won’t find many textbooks that show diagrams on exactly how to do it, nor will you find one photographer whose work is the same as another. Every wave, every ocean and every lake is distinctive and is what makes underwater imagery such an exciting creative outlet, an adventure every time you jump in. Having lived on a tropical island for five years in northern Australia I became hooked when my first underwater camera housing arrived four years ago. I had been dreaming up the ideal test shoot; to capture a woman in a long white dress gliding through the Coral Sea like a mermaid. Once a willing client said yes, I ordered my housing and we jumped in the ocean at Blue Pearl Bay on Hayman Island. My obsession was ignited. The tides, water clarity, subject and of course marine life all come into play and need to...

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Landscape Photography: Tips for Wide Angle Landscape Photos

Lisa Michele Burns — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 08:33:17 +0000

Landscape photography doesn’t need to be complicated or just left to the professionals. Capturing a scene is all about composition and knowing how to use your camera to produce what your mind envisions. Whether it’s a beautiful beach, rocky mountain range or lush jungle, you can photograph landscapes with the help of a wide angle lens, allowing as much of the environment into the image as possible. Below is a guide to the best lenses and tips on how to compose a landscape photograph… Lens Guide When purchasing an SLR camera you will have the choice of a few starter lenses and can then invest in additional lenses depending on your photography intentions and expertise. For landscape photography nothing really beats a wide angle lens. A wide angle lens is generally considered to be around 14-24mm however there are a number of superb quality ultra wide angle lenses that are changing the game. My secret weapon of choice for all landscape shots is a 7-14mm M.Zuiko f/2.8 PRO Lens (14-24mm equivalent), I also use this for my underwater landscape shots. Because it has the wide angle zoom it allows me to create ultra wide landscape images and capture an entire...

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Underwater Photography: How to Take Split Landscape Photos

Lisa Michele Burns — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:54:29 +0000

Learn to Take Split Level Underwater Photos Underwater photography is growing in popularity and there are so many techniques involved in capturing everything from surfers and whales to waves, the reef or simply the water itself. For the moment I’m going to focus on split water landscape photographs because these are my favourite and are a great way to creatively showcase a destination from a unique perspective. Split water photographs depict a scene half above the water and half under the water at the same time hence creating the effect you’re looking through goggles at the underwater world whilst still keeping an eye on what’s happening up top. In a tropical environment they can showcase amazing water clarity blended against a white palm drenched beaches, aka paradise, or in a lake or creek it can used to show the contrast of a rocky mountain landscape against peaceful shallow water. However you choose to use the effect in your photographs it’s a fun way to look at the world and will encourage you to think outside the box whilst shooting and get seriously creative…trust me, it’s addictive. Derived completely from my own experience in the water, below are some tips and...

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