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Wildlife Photography

Wildlife photography is often assumed to be an exciting and high adventure genre of photography. Understand the life form that you plan to photograph in terms of living habits, habitat and behavior. Your subject could not care less if the light is diminishing or the light is at its best. You need telephoto lenses to shoot from a distance and other camera features like Center-weighted metering.

Landscape Pictures

Taking landscape pictures within a city from atop a building or on the beach is one type of landscape photography. You then have to wait for the right light conditions while braving the weather and the rough living conditions. In terms of equipment, landscape photographers need to go in for a variety of wide-angle lenses since this type of lens is capable of lending depth in the photograph.

A wide-angle zoom lens is useful in this type of photography because of the range of focal lengths it can provide while fine-tuning a shot. But there is also the need for telephoto lenses for certain shot though not of the high focal length required by sports photographers. Landscape photographers usually go in for telephoto lenses with focal length less than 300mm (a telephoto lens has a focal length greater than 50mm, a wide angle lens is less than 50mm, and a standard lens has a focal length of 50mm).

Sports Events

Sports Events are those who have made a career of photographing sporting events have a different style of operation to capture the high action of dramatic moments in a game. The length of the lens, the location of the photographer taking the shot and the need to limit blurring are the three critical aspects in sports photography.

Sports photographers use a telephoto lens. This type of lens magnifies the subject. The focal length to choose from in telephoto lenses varies from 60mm to 1000 mm. Sports photographers by and large prefer 35mm cameras and use focal lengths of 300-600mm especially for field events like soccer.

The location where photographers position themselves to take different shots is directly responsible for capturing the relevant high-points in a match. You can get the right shots if you are able to move around and use the right location in different points in a game. A 35mm camera that is generally favored in sports photography can provide the high shutter speed necessary for action shots. Higher film speed enables higher shutter speeds. A film speed of 100 is inadequate in sports photography. You need a 400 and above speed film.

An interesting technique called panning is applied in capturing action shots. You have to avoid holding the camera still when you shoot action. It should also be mentioned here that the art of sports photography actually goes beyond capturing action or high points in a game.

It is visual storytelling. Being in the right place at the right time and understanding the situation as it unfolds helps a photojournalist deliver reader interest material. The visuals complement the written reportage on the story.

Fashion Pictures

Creating an impact in fashion photography requires the photographer to take a leap in imaginative thinking and to create images that are different and unusual. A fashion photographer needs a high level of visual sophistication combined with ideation skills. Your choice of camera and accessories will vary depending on whether you shoot indoor or outdoor, light conditions, theme of the picture, etc.

Black and White Treatment

The black and white effect is used by artists and fashion photographers to create abstracts or classy 'other worldly' images. The camera equipment required in black & white is not very distinct from other types of photography but the key actually lies in the processing and printing quality. If you want large prints, you may need a camera with a high-resolution digital image sensor for sharpness of large format prints. To fine-tune the images digitally you need some basic knowledge of Photoshop software. Photoshop assists in optimizing the images. Fine tuning the contrasts is important in creating the right effect in black and white.

The print quality is another important factor in creating high impact black & white photographs. If you intend to print digitally processed images, you need a good printer and long lasting ink in your printer.

Shooting Celebrities

Celebrity photography is challenging and the same time an exciting, glamorous field. The relevant and useful tools in your camera system are the right lenses and center-weighted metering if you are into shooting wildlife. You mainly need wide-angle lenses in your camera system to demonstrate depth and scale in your picture. The impact of Black & White treatment can be heightened during the processing phase using various techniques and, Celebrity photography is not all glamour. Capturing the right mood and the essence of the celebrity becomes the key to a good shot and you often work within time constraints.

Summary By Christopher Haslego

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