The metadata in your image file provides many benefits. For example, the camera settings that are stored in the metadata help your image editor render a proper image. You can also include your personal copyright information in an effort to protect your image. Information about the image, such as keywords, a description and title can also be included. All this helps identify and organize your image library and supports archiving and preservation of the images.
All photographers that I know love black and white. They discuss tonality, contrast, "snap," and textures. Of course the discussion always goes into how to convert to b/w also. The question that comes up time and time again is actually a fairly simple question. When do you choose back and white over leaving an image color?
In camera TTL meters are incredible tools that help provide very accurate exposure settings. But as accurate as they may be, the camera can only measure light that has been reflected or produced by a subject of which it has no idea what it is. For the most accurate metering, photographers use incident light meters to measure the light from the source before it strikes the subject.
One of the things that almost all photographers share is a great interest in traveling. For many they began taking photos as a way to document their trips. For others it was the opposite. First came the photography and traveling became a way to exercise their great hobby. In either case, we can all eliminate "problems on the road" by following a few guidelines and paying attention to some details.
When taking any photograph motion can be broken down into two groups. Camera motion and subject motion. Motion itself is not a bad thing. In fact there are many photographers who create some incredibly nice images accentuating motion using both subject and camera motion. But if we want an image really sharp a moving camera - or camera shake - can be an image killer.
Working with flash outdoors is more popular now than ever. And there are a few different ways you can make your images appear by simply understanding the controls that are available to you. Consider the background as a highly important aspect of the picture and look at how it's brightness affects the image.
