PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 6: CATCHING MOVEMENT WITHOUT MOVING THE CAMERA)

August.26.2011 · Posted By - Paul

A few blogs back I talked about low shutter speed photography done by moving the camera while the shutter was open.  In this blog I show movement through images in which the camera remains stationary.

I enjoy taking photos of waterfalls using as low a shutter speed as possible.  Usually I’ll do this by setting my aperture as small as possible (f\22), my ISO as low as possible (100), and by adding a neutral density filter or polarizing filter to the …

perspectx goes extreme – ch47 engine

August.14.2011 · Posted By - Von

A continuation of my contribution for CH-47 Chinook Helicopter ‘Extreme’.

I started it with a polygon cylinder then extrude mesh for the main part of the engine. On the wirings, I used EP Curve tool in maya and Nurbs circle (Will probably make a simple blog tutorial for it). After creating more details, I did UV and texturing. Some of the small parts on the middle of the engine are textured.

Here are the screen progress of CH-47 Engine in first version …

PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 5: USE EXTREME BLUR AND BOKEH TO ADVANTAGE)

August.08.2011 · Posted By - Paul

One way to draw attention to a subject is to utilize a low depth of field (DOF).  Shallow DOF allows a small amount of focus while casting everything else into blur.  Shallow DOF is usually accomplished by opening the aperture on your camera (low aperture numbers).  By utilizing low DOF you can often raise the quality of your photos significantly.

Here are two photos that show shallow DOF in operation.  The first image was taken at about f/4.0 and allowed …