ESSENTIAL NIGHT LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM CHRIS BURKARD

It’s hard to beat the enchanting feeling of star gazing at a clear night sky. You soon become lost in its beauty like a giant kaleidoscope full of shooting stars, planets, and glow from the setting sun or nearby cities. I’ve traveled to countless countries over the past ten years and some of my fondest memories occur long after the sun has set. Whether it’s camping near my home in Big Sur or witnessing a rare northern lights show in the Arctic, I’ve had the privilege and challenge of documenting these night landscapes.

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IDA names Peter one of the 10 most famous portrait photographers!

Seeing this post come through over the internet was quite a surprise. For Indian Digital Arts to acknowledge me as part of this crew is a real honor and extremely humbling. I’d like to send a heartfelt thanks to them for considering me as part of this illustrious group of photographers.

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English photographer Tim Wallace reinvigorates the art of automotive photography, one luxury car at a time

Seven years ago, Tim Wallace decided he wanted to photograph luxury cars. So, the newly unemployed executive built a business plan and got to work, teaching himself lighting and digital imaging from the ground up. Today, he creates beautiful, emotive images for the most prestigious brands in the industry, including Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari and Lamborghini.

"I basically shoot the prestige car market," Wallace says, "which, in essence, means my career is based on shooting cars you can't afford, you don't really need, but you desire. With very expensive sports cars and luxury cars, you don't make that purchase based on fuel economy, space and ergonomics. It's an inspirational, emotional purchase. And an emotional purchase requires a sort of emotional, dramatic image. If you were to look at an advert for something like a Renault people carrier or Toyota, that would be based very much on lifestyle, economy, things like how friendly it is to the environment, and it's going to be a very different type of picture altogether.

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Using Live View to Focus your Camera

I gotta tell ya. One year ago I barely used Live View to manually focus on my camera. Today, I can’t live without it Note: I’m mainly talking about photos taken while on a tripod It’s one of those things that’s become so important when it comes to sharpness in my photos, that I’m amazed I did without it for so long. Basically, Live View let’s me zoom in (before I take the photo) on an area in the photo that I want to focus on, and use the focus ring on my lens to manually focus the camera so that area is perfectly tack sharp. I’ve definitely seen a difference in the sharpness of my photos since I’ve started using it.
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