The Fisheye is one of Lomography’s most popular cameras. It’s claimed to be the only wide-angle 35mm camera that can capture 170-degree view with its compact and easy-to-use design. The best thing about it is the price tag, retailing for just US $50
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We all know that not enough lighting can ruin a photo. However, harsh direct sunlight can also a wreck a photo – overexposed, too much contrast, intense highlights and shadows.
Golden hour (aka magic hour) is around the first and last hour of sunrise and sunset. The sunlight during those hours creates soft warm hues, as oppose to the overtly bright tones you’d find during midday.
Don’t be surprised to find more landscape photographers during golden hours. The sun illuminates buildings and landscapes with a desirable red and orange tint. You’d often notice in films how they also deploy this technique to capture breathtaking scenes of the ocean, countryside or cityscape.
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Sometimes we can get so caught up with the grand scale of things that we tend to miss the smaller finer things that also make great photographs. If you need a break from taking photos of pristine beaches, snow-capped mountains or tall buildings, it’s time for you to look at objects closer, much closer.
You’ve snapped a beautiful scenery shot and everything looks great. Everything but that haze overlay. Sometimes we don’t get to photograph in our ideal, pristine condition where there isn’t any pollution smog, morning fog or dust winds. In an unfortunate case where your photos have been affected by these elements, there is a 5-minute quick fix in Photoshop.
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Before you decide to raise your camera to take a candid shot, try something a bit different. Hold your camera just above your hips, tilt your lens at your subject and then shoot.
This is a much subtle way to capture candid shots, without people spotting your chunky lens.
This technique can be a bit of a hit and miss (out of focus photos or subject’s not in the frame). However, with some practice, you’d get pretty good at it and produce some great looking shots.
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You’ve probably painted by numbers, but have you photographed by colors?
When you’re not traveling or attending an event, it might be harder to motivate yourself to whip out your camera and go take photos. Hopefully this little challenge will get you photographing things you wouldn’t usually notice.
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