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Photography for Beginners Part 15: Types of Night Photography

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Each post in this series builds on information discussed in previous posts. See the Photography for Beginners page on the menu for links to all the posts.

Part 14: Night Photography

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I had put many hours into writing and editing the second part of Night Photography and it was ready to post last November. Then my tablet died. I not only lost the completed post itself, but all my outline notes I’d been working from. I was demoralized back then, and it took me this long to finally attempt to recreate the post. Now, many more hours later, here it is.

This is a continuation of Part 14. In that post I covered a variety of tips for shooting at night. In this post we’ll discuss some specific types of night photography.

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Photography for Beginners Part 14: Night Photography

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Each post in this series builds on information discussed in previous posts. See the Photography for Beginners page on the menu for links to all the posts.

Part 13:  Light, Time of Day, and Weather

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In the previous post I had a section on night photography, and I’ve mentioned several related aspects throughout this series. But here I want to expand on the topic and gather all the tips in one place.

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Photography for Beginners Part 5: Depth of Field

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Each post in this series builds on information discussed in previous posts. See the Photography for Beginners page on the menu for links to all the posts.

Part 4: Aperture Priority Mode

 

In this post I am going to discuss depth of field (DOF).

DOF is one of the most important basic aspects of photography. It’s fairly complex because depth of field constantly varies based on three primary factors and how they interact with each other.

It takes a while for all of this to sink in and it’s very easy to forget at times, or simply misjudge. (I do both all the time.) As always, studying your own photos to see what you got right and what didn’t work will teach you as much or more than reading about photography will.

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Photography Blog Rec

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I started following the pamphotography blog a little while ago and thought I would pass along a recommendation.

The bloggers are Peter and Mary (pam), a husband and wife photography team. I like their blog because they not only display some beautiful photographs, but they also usually add a couple comments about their shoot concerning things like light and composition. It’s a great way to pick up photography tips without investing much time because the posts are quick reads.