Tag: JPEG

Getting Sharp images starts with a Tripod

There is just one trick to get the sharp images the pros get and it is a combination of things. The most important is shooting on a tripod. This is the one single thing that separates the pros from the amateurs. Keeping the camera still and steady is a tripods only job. But, then, when…


Black and White Photography

As photographers, we are confronted each and every day with a wide array of choices. Most of us have the experience of being paralyzed with indecision when confronted with all the choices about what can be photographed. Besides your choice of subject, you can worry about how your photograph is going to be lit (if…


Joe McNally – Photographers – What a strange Bunch

This is still the best description i have read to describe what’s going on in a photographers mind. Definitely a strange bunch. “Photographers. We’re strange, right? We can’t stop. We run when others walk. We work when others relax. We have no sense of weekends, holidays, time off, time on, or time in general, except…


Be at the right place at the right time

In the mid 90′s I had the privilege  to have met Hoffie Hofmeister, head photographer for the Rapport (Sunday newspaper in SA) at the time. What always amazes me about Hoffie was that how he always manage to be at the right place at the right moment while taking sport pictures. If one opens the Rapport…


Discover the Magic of Rear Curtain Flash

These days almost all the modern SLR digital cameras got a setting where one can choose between front curtain flash and rear curtain flash. It is just a pity that such a few people know what this stands for. Okay in short this is what it is suppose to be. Say your shutter on your…


Basic Photography Course – 18 October – 6 December 2011

Come and join Gerhard on this Basic Photography Course and learn all the fundementals of Photography to give you a kick start. For more info follow the link or contact Gerhard Steenkamp at info@superimage.co.za


Camera settings for shooting Rugby

Covering a Rugby match during the day in direct sunlight require some specific settings on your camera. Yesterday I covered the Griquas vs Western Province match in Kimberley on a lovely sunny day and want to share my setup that I used. Firstly I used two cameras namely a Nikon D3 and a Nikon D700. On…


The RAW Deal

Digital cameras have fantastic autofocus and exposure features, but if you want to be in control of your images, you need to shoot RAW.   RAW means you are getting the full, uncompressed image as the camera sees it. If you shoot JPEG you’re letting the camera compress and process the image with a one…