10 Golden Rules of Lomography

Lomography is a strong creative and experimental global society that plays with analogue photography. It specializes in casual, snapshot photography and employs such techniques as bluring and over-amplified colors. Lomography has devised a set of 10 golden rules to better instruct its followers in the Lomography philosophy. Understanding these golden rules is essential in capturing what Lomography believes to be the most outstanding photographs....

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How to Control Light in Primary Subjects in Black and White Photography

In black and white photography, lighting a primary subject and its surroundings affects tone and mood. As artists, photographers are free to use lighting in any way they choose. Since creative black and white photography is all about shades of gray, guidelines for tonality determine how primary subjects are interpreted. Rather than stringent rules, lighting guidelines for black and white photography serve as aids to controlling the medium and the...

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How to Use Film Scanners

Scanning film can be a time-consuming operation, but nothing looks as good as film. Some professional photographers still use film cameras, process the film, then scan it because it gives them the look they want. Most people have boxes of old photos with film still in the sleeves. Reproducing the images from paper pictures will lose a lot of quality. Scanning the filmnegatives or slidescan bring back color and images that may have faded. Film scanners...

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How to Prepare Images to Merge Into a Photo Montage

There may be times when you want to merge multiple images to tell a story. Sometimes, a single image cannot convey what you are trying to express and combining images will help you to convey your feelings. Before you can merge the images into a single image, however, you will need to prepare the images. Here I will explain the key points to consider before beginning the merging process. Instructions 1 Open all the images you want to merge...

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