Today I'm gonna show you five things you need to learn to become an advanced photographer
Becoming an advanced photographer takes time learning all
about composition in getting the right settings also takes patience and
experience but there are some advanced techniques that you'll need to learn
which will help you move your photos to the next level and bring your
photography to the next level as you become more competent with your camera
exposure blending is a technique that enables you to get much more dynamic
range out of your camera all you do is take three shots with different
exposures one for the shadows one for the normal exposure and then one for the
highlights then once you're back to your computer you blend them together and
what transpires is a photograph with a much wider dynamic range then your
camera might normally take also if you have an older camera that doesn't have a
very good dynamic range this is how you can take some amazing photos with a much
wider dynamic range the only thing you need to do is get your camera on a
tripod and make sure you don't move it between each of those shots even if your
camera doesn't have a bracketing function built-in you can still take
them manually you get your camera on the tripod keep it where it is and then take
a photo at the exposure that you want take another photo - one stop of light
and take a third photo plus one stop of light once blended together you'll have
so much more latitude when editing because that dynamic range will be so
much wider and there'll be so much more information in the shadows and in the
highlights sometimes when you get the foreground element really close to the
camera it's almost impossible to get that and the background both in focus
and this is when focus stacking comes into play this is a technique where you
focus on the foreground take a photograph focus on the mid-ground take
the photograph and then focus on the background and take a third photograph
once again you bring them back into your computer and blend them together in your
photo editing software of choice this is one that you will need to do in
Photoshop or it dedicated focus stacking program such as
the one from Helicon if you want to have a look at that software I've left a link
in the description below this is not only a landscape technique but a macro
photography technique as well with macro lenses as the subject is so close to
that front element the focus plane is really shallow even with the smaller
apertures like f11 or f-16 so you will have to focus stacked to get everything
you want in focus from the front to the back of your subject when you want to
get save water a little bit smoother in your shots remove people from travel
photos or get a slight bit of blur to add drama long exposure photography is
the way to go once I started taking shots with longer
exposures this really did transform my photography from a mature looking shot
to advanced shots with this technique you will need to buy some nd filters and
if you want to shoot in the middle of the day you will need some really strong
ND filters like a 10 stop or stronger once you get taking photographs with
these you'll see the benefits and using them to really make your photos stand
out and go beyond just being snapshots if you shoot any type of moving objects
people or subjects getting a bit of motion blur whilst the subject is in
focus and sharp is such a great little trick to have up your sleeve all you do
is lower your shutter speed and then pan the camera matching the speed of your
subject when you get it right your subject will be sharp and everything
else around them will be blurred giving that sense of movement it does take a
while to get this one and you do need your camera in the high-speed rapid-fire
drive mode when you first start doing this it will seem like you're taking a
load of shots and not getting anything at all but after a while you will start
to get one or two that are perfectly sharp and then once you start building
the skill level you'll start to get more and more as for which shutter speed you
choose this all depends on what lens you are using with the focal length shutter
rule I'd start at that and then half it if your hands are relatively steady you
might get away with this but if it's too blurry including your subject start
incrementally raising your shutter speed what's he
find the sweet spot your subject will start to become clear when you do match
their speed and this is half the battle when you do pan your camera at exactly
the same speed as your subject that's when you'll start to get them a lot
sharper and a lot clearer then what you get to this point all you need to do is
play around with the shutter speed until you get what you want
the faster the shutter speed the less the surrounding environment will be
blurred whereas if you get the shutter speed low enough you can turn the
background into long straight lines which can look really cool no matter
what lens you have unless it's a super wide fisheye at some point you'll want
to shoot wider than your lens will allow and this is when stitching really helps
whether it's a bow Kurama a normal panorama or a huge stitched gigapixel
image it's definitely a technique worth knowing about all you do is set your
camera to manual get a good exposure and then start photographing the scene you
want in the final image making sure to overlap the photographs enough so your
computer will know which bit goes where then when you're back home you stitch
the image together in either Lightroom Photoshop or whichever editor you're
using if you've got enough overlap on those photos your computer shouldn't
have too much trouble in stitching them together creating one big image from all
of those smaller photos whenever I'm out taking photographs sometimes throughout
the shoot I will inevitably do one of these whether it's real estate or
whether I'm out just doing a bit of landscape photography it just gives me
more options when I'm editing my photos once you learn all of these you'll be
well on your way to becoming an advanced photographer and even though there is a
lot more to learn than just these five techniques it will definitely help take
your photos from good to great now have you tried any of these techniques if you
have let me know in the comments below and if you haven't and want to know more
I have links to more in depth videos in the description below and in the I in
the corner and also if you have any other techniques that have helped you
let me know in the comments below it'll be great to hear your thoughts to learn
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