There are loads of fantastic pictures online!

If you care enough for photography to move away from flickr, facebook and all those other photosharing pages you know that there are a lot of good photographers and photojournalists who publish some of there works and portfolios online. I have many favourites in my bookmarks, and here are some of them.

Tobin Rogers

Tobin Rogers is a freelance photographer who publishes some of his works online. This is what he says about himself:

What drives freelancers? They would rather fail at something they love than succeed at something they dislike. – George Burns, modified by Tac Anderson, modified again by Tobin Rogers.

Copyright Tobin Rogers

His work is astonishing, and I really recommend you to check out his blog and his website for more information.

Luke Sharrett

Luke Sharrett is a photojournalist working for the New York Times. His works and photographies have impressed me a lot, and they can be studied in greater detail on his website. Not only does he work in the media, but he makes portfolios of topics that are closely related to the system of government, the army and Society. One of my favourite pictures of his is this one.

Copyright Luke Sharrett

Keep updated on his blog for more information about his work and recent projects!

Jonathan Andrew

Jonathan is a British, award-winning photographer that lives in the Netherlands. Next to his profession as a professional photographer he informs about his passion for landscape photography and sceneries on his website. By entering his website you can explore some of his published portfolios as well as finding more information.

From a WWII bunker portfolio. Copyright Jonathan Andrew

Magnum

A website calling itself Magnum photos is a multinational photography company that has existed for many years. It says that the organisation has been working to give information of what is going on in the world in images. From their own website:

Within the library, most of the major world events and personalities from the Spanish Civil War to the present day are covered. There are constantly updated profiles on most countries of the world, covering industry, society and people, places of interest, politics and news events, disasters and conflict. The Magnum Photos library reflects all aspects of life throughout the world and the unparalleled sense of vision, imagination and brilliance of the greatest collective of documentary photographers. In short, when you picture an iconic image, but can’t think who took it or where it can be found, it probably came from Magnum.

Visit their website for more information and to have a peek on some of their amazing photos and projects.

This is just a small sample of all the great photography pages that exist online. Of you are interested in beautiful sceneries, portraits and landscapes, then why don’t start looking up some stuff online? I am sure you will find something of your liking.

- elgvin

This is a very simple introduction in ISO.

ISO is very simply put a system for light sensitivity. All new digital SLR cameras have some kind of setting where you can adjust what system to use and how sensitive the camera is to be to light in the viewfinder.

Another word for ISO is film speed, and on modern SLR cameras you most commonly have a range of 100 to 3000 ISO systems, depending on model and price class/quality class of the camera. Lower ISO levels means that the image sensors need more time to produce an image, and this is why lower ISO systems are called slow film. This means that longer shutter speeds are required in order to get sufficient light and to produce an image. At higher ISO levels less light is required in order to produce an image, leading to shorter shutter speeds, hence the term fast film. However, when higher ISO levels are used, the noise in the image will be increased, leading to coarser film grain and decreasing image quality.

Difference in high and low ISO settings

So when to use which ISO adjustment?

It really depends on the equipment and surroundings. If you want to shoot a high-quality picture in the dark you should use a tripod with low ISO settings, in order to avoid blurred images at long shutter-speeds. However, if you don’t have stabilizing equipment in dark surroundings, you should apply high ISO settings in order to shorten the shutter-speed and reduce blurring. In dark surroundings, you could also use a flash, of course, but that is only if the object is near the camera.

Any questions? Use the comment field, and I will come back to you.

I hope that this was somehow informative.

elgvin

Photography!

A couple of years ago I went on a small vacation to the US, and pre-ordered my first single mirror reflex camera. I went for a Canon EOS 350d/Digital Rebel XT, which was a perfect start-up camera, and I bought a macro-tele lens, Quantaray 75-300mm. I have never regretted my choice.

The camera has been with me on many journeys, everything from mountaineering to climate sailings to weddings. It has never failed me.

I want to share some of my best shots with you. I will keep on posting things on Flickr, and I will upload some on this page as well.

Want any advices, copyrights or want to comment? Leave a message or contact me!

(P.S. I am looking into obtaining a Canon 50d… I’ll keep you posted )