Self Improvement Series: Improve Your Photography
By Gary Kuyper
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The SIS (Self Improvement Series) has been specially prepared to help the person-in-the-street to upgrade certain aspects and conditions in their daily lives. These short, powerful articles are written and explained in layman terms so that any literate person will have no problem understanding the wisdom and information contained therein.
Improve Your Photography will not only help the avid beginner or budding enthusiast, but will even enlighten those who consider themselves to be veterans of this wonderful hobby and/or profession.
You are guaranteed that after reading Improve Your Photography you will most certainly be taking pictures in a very new light (pun intended).
Gary Kuyper
Gary Kuyper began his professional literary career writing self-help and general interest articles for Daan Retief Publishers who produced a monthly book for their woman’s club called Woman’s Forum. These articles would sometimes require research and had titles as diverse as The Human Brain and Body Painting!Being a professional photographer on a part-time basis Gary has also managed to have his articles on photography (With accompanying photographs) published in books and magazines. He has also done some free-lance photography and photojournalism projects for numerous local newspapers.Over the past four years he has constantly managed to be one of the top finalists in the Nova Short Story Competition (A competition for budding writers of science fiction and/or fantasy).Last year (2009) Gary had the pleasure of seeing The Devil's Little Tadpoles grace the pages of the local SF & Fantasy Fanzine Probe.He is an avid film buff and amateur film maker. A few years ago I managed to take first prize in the SA Ten Best Film Makers Competition with a short film entitled The Crimson Cobra - An action-packed martial arts / superhero movie using some of the very talented local artists.He is a qualified prosthetics make-up artist and has used this talent on both amateur and professional productions. He has also appeared on television in a youth program especially made for enlightening people in the art of special effects make-up.Gary has a rather excellent general knowledge being not only an avid writer but reader of any material that is able to stimulate him cerebrally.He taught himself Adobe Photoshop and has become adapt and proficient enough at utilizing the software to such a degree that he has managed to sell a number of creations to various institutes and organizations. He is particularly fond of a logo designed for the Krazy Mug Coffee Shop and several covers that have graced the front of Probe.Gary has a vast knowledge of music and has appeared on the local Television Music Quiz Show Note for Note where he was able to win a substantial amount of prize money.In 2008 he entered the SF / Fantasy Mini Radio Play Competition and took first prize with his The Adventures of Captain Max Power of the Intergalactic Police - an obvious homage to the early Flash Gordon radio series’. A number of skilled professionals are now planning to produce Max to CD and have it aired on a local radio station (SAfm).All his literary and photojournalistic accomplishments have been done on a part-time basis due to the fact that his full time career is lecturing mathematics as well as engineering science at a Technical College. Although this is a most fulfilling profession, it has long been Gary's ideal to become a full-time writer – especially of fantasy, science fiction and horror novels.He has recently published his first full-length fantasy novel - The Chronicles of Baltrath: The DARK WIZARDS.As a considerable amount of time and effort has been expended in building the world of Baltrath, Gary has begun work on a sequel to The Dark Wizards.
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Self Improvement Series - Gary Kuyper
SELF IMPROVEMENT SERIES
IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
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INTRODUCTION
This article has been prepared by an expert professional photographer for those people wishing to take their photography in a more serious light (no pun intended); people who view photography as an artistic medium and thus wish to have as much control over the final product as possible.
Although we live in a world where many stunning photographs have been taken with devices that do not allow the user much more control than that of aiming the lens at the subject matter and pushing the button, this article is specifically for those who have control over the shutter speed, sensitivity and focus. Which brings us to an important point:
Photography, like most other hobbies and professions, has a language of its own. Words or phrases such as f/stop, depth of field, contrast, composition and focal length are enough to make newcomers to this form of art lose all trace of enthusiasm. But fear not, for all will be explained clearly for you in layman terms. It is also important to note that photography, in the true sense of the word, involves more than a simple process of pointing a camera and pushing a button.
Many people who have purchased a digital camera simply set the device on auto and click away to their heart’s content. Auto meaning that they allow