Monday, December 15, 2008

High Fashion Wedding Photography

By Gugu Martini

The big improvement in shutter speed and photo resolution, makes Digital Photography convenient and easy for both beginners and professional photographers alike, to take good pictures. For digital photography enthusiasts there has never been a better time for them to create work that looks professional as well as very creative. It has also had an impact on businesses, both in the real and virtual world of the internet.

One area where it has made a big improvement is in the area of digital fashion photography. Digital fashion photography has been able to move forward in a way that it wasn't able to using traditional film.

It can improve on the mundane and make the good look perfect which is excellent for images that rely on perfection. The world of fashion is fast moving and short lived so digital fashion photography is an excellent medium to both capture and portray these images. Like fashion designers, digital fashion photographers also work in a prestigious field, filled with beauty and glamour.

If you believe digital fashion photography is going to be your vocation then there are some important steps needed to become successful. Most important is to keep focused, ensuring your camera is always with you wherever you go as you never know when an opportune moment may present itself.

Be focused about your goal for the shots and concentrate on how you intend to create the image you have in your mind. Organize your subject and place emphasis on their most striking features by blurring certain areas and increasing the contrast as sharpness in others. A picture not only has a pleasing effect for others, it also shows the way it was created to those who know what to look for.

Knowing what you want and having the knowledge of how to obtain it are two different things and you cannot be a serious digital fashion photographer without learning this. The photographer will almost always achieve better results by using curtains and reflectors plus a tripod with lighting to either the left or right side of the object at an angle of 45 degrees. If very bright lights cannot be avoided then it may be necessary to use polarizing filters to reduce the glare and other backdrop materials to help with the composition.

Knowledge of color balance and forcing the viewer's attention on what you want Anyone studying what the digital fashion photographer is doing will probably not understand what they are trying to achieve until the image is finished and published. A final word of advice is, a good digital fashion photographer will make sure that there is a connection between the subject or subjects of the image even if it is obscure and is not noticed immediately. - 15437

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