| Digital Photography Tutorial: Flash
One thing all digital cameras have in common, from the lowliest supermarket snapshot model up to the top professional SLRs, is a built in flash unit. Even some mobile phones now come with built-in flash. As well as this, many cameras also have the ability to fit an external flash, or even to be connected to a studio flash lighting system. Flash is essential for taking photos in low light conditions, but few people know how to use it properly, or some of the simple techniques that are possible even with budget-priced equipment that can seriously improve your photography. How it works Almost everyone will be familiar with the small built-in flashguns found on every type of compact camera. If youre not, just turn the camera round and take a picture of your own face.
In the shadows
I was anxious to return to India, to change difficult situations with the power of photography. That was what learning at ICP was all aboutmaking a difference, recalls the 45-year-old. With Go Away Closer, I have come as close to a novel without words as I could have, to quote my friend Amitav Ghosh. I am satisfied with this show because it captures what I want to say at this point in my life, she says of the B&Ws picked from a body of work shot over six years. These are not the grand photographs that most photographers strive for, but the images that one has made, for no reason at all, because one just couldnt help taking them, says Singh. Explaining her process of shooting and editing Go Away Closer, Singh tells us it all began with the picture of Poppy, a schoolgirl whom she had been photographing since childhood.
Maltese photography shines in London
A delegation of seven Maltese photographers has just returned from London where it attended the annual convention of the SWPP-BPPA, (the top UK photographic association), carrying off an impressive number of awards in the process.
The convention is spread over four days and apart from various seminars and lectures taking place, there is also a trade show that runs concurrently with all the other events. This years trade show had no less than 200 exhibitors, amongst which were Attard & Co. Photo Labs Ltd, which was the first local company to take advantage of this opportunity.
Many international top names in the photographic arena delivered lectures during the convention. Malta was also represented here as three of Maltas top photographers, Kevin Casha, Joe Smith and Albert Demarco were contracted to deliver seminars during the convention and also to sit on the adjudicating panel of the 20x16 inch print competition.
Getting Rid Of Red Eye
It doesn't matter if you use film or digital cameras, the results are the same, especially when photographing in dark places.
Red eye can be corrected with many computer programs, but there are steps that can be taken to avoid it from the beginning.
Red eye happens when the light from the camera's flash travels through the iris and bounces off the retina in the back of the eye.
This appears red in the image because of the blood, which acts as a mirror.
Pets' eyes often appear yellow, white or green.
Many of the new pocket digital cameras have settings to reduce red eye, but only some work.
This feature reduces the effect by sending out multiple flashes. The first comes before the image is taken, causing the pupils to contract; the second comes when the photo is taken.
U.S. photog wins World Press prize for Lebanon image
A photo of a group of affluent young Lebanese driving through a crumbling South Beirut neighbourhood last summer has been named the World Press Photo of the Year. This image from U.S. photographer Spencer Platt, depicting affluent Lebanese checking out a destroyed south Beirut neighbourhood on Aug. 15, has won the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest. (Spencer Platt/Getty) U.S. photographer Spencer Platt on Friday was named the winner of the prestigious photojournalism prize, which carries a cash value of €10,000 (about $15,000) and is now in its 50th year. The image also won in the category of Daily Life Singles. Platt took the picture last August while working for photo agency Getty Images. It shows the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, when thousands of Lebanese began returning to their homes.
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