Singapore Freelance Photographer - Tips and Techniques

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This site is created not only to share with you the photos I had taken, but more importantly is to share with you some important Photography Fundamentals and Tips. If you are new to or a beginner in photography and looking for a website for more photography information, this website is best catered for you!

Being a Singapore freelance photographer, I constantly strive to give you my best putting my photography skills and knowledge at work.

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How To Photograph A Full Moon

Not only are werewolves happy with full moon, many photographers are very much excited too. Most are unsatisfied with the results, as the full moon will most likely look like a patch of circular dish. With correct steps and settings, you will be able to achieve amazing results like what you see below.

1) Lens with long focal length. At least 300mm recommended,
2) Set ISO to 400
3) Set to "Spot Metering"
4) Dial exposure compensation to EV-3 or lower

What you need to do now is focus and meter at the center of the moon and start snapping!

Converging Verticals When Shooting Architectures

I believe you have notice certain level of distortion when shooting tall buildings from ground level. The lines seems to converge at the far end, which make the outer edges of the building look like leaning in towards each other.

There are a few ways to overcome this distortion:
1) If possible, find another building opposite and get up to a level where you can shoot at mid-height of your target building.

2) Get a tilt-and-shift lens. This solution do not come cheap.

3) Using PhotoShop: Filter > Distort > Lens Correction. But there is a limit to how much you can correct.

What is Chromatic Aberration And How To Reduce It

Chromatic Aberration also commonly known as color fringing, is the unwanted color (red/cyan, blue/yellow, green/magenta) that appears around your image's high contrast edges.

There are ways to minimize this effect and one of the cheaper ways is by using photo-editing softwares. If not, many high quality lenses like ED(Extra-low dispersion) lenses from Nikon or UD(Ultra-low dispersion) lenses from Canon can do the job. But these lenses may not come cheap.