Posts from — April 2008

One of the way to improve your photography is to look at others works. You can do so by surfing websites , attending photo exhibitions , reading books or magazines.

While there is no lack of photo magazines on the shelf, most are techniques with lot of advertisements in them. Well they could be useful if you are just a beginner. If yo u are ready to move on, look for magazines that focus on the art. One recommendation is Lenswork . This magazine publishs every 2 months and focuses on Black and White works. The printing quality is superb.

You may download a preview version from their site.

This photo was taken using a 16mm fisheye lens. The fisheye lens can create an unique perspective not seen in other lens. However do not overuse it or your photos will look boring. Due to the wide angle, it is easy to include a lot of empty foreground or worse still , clutter foreground. In the photo above , some cropping is done after printing to reduce the bare foreground.