Photo Hacks: Simple Solutions for Better Photos

by Imogen Dyer, Mark Wilkinson

Overview

Taking the best photos needn't be difficult. Or expensive. Discover how to create professional results on a budget.


Do you ever find yourself walking along aisles full of camera equipment, fingers itching to claim the latest gadget but with your eyes always avoiding the price? It's no secret that photography equipment is expensive. Your dreams may seem bigger than your pockets, but what if you could get the amazing results of professional equipment without parting with your cash?


That's what this book is all about.


Learn how to cut, stick and glue your way to photography perfection with this collection of ingenious tricks that will transform your photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781575666
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	08/06/2019
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,114,232
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Imogen Dyer is the unstoppable on-screen talent behind Weekly Imogen, the phenomenally successfully photography tips & tutorials YouTube channel which averages 50,000 views a day. Imogen and Mark began their photographic partnership in 2009 after a chance meeting at a village fete. Mark posted the images they shot together online and such was their success that they launched a YouTube channel to share their tips and techniques with Imogen presenting. Thus WeeklyImogen was born. In just four years it has become one of the biggest channels on YouTube, with over 150,000 subscribers and well over a million views a month with no sign of the growth slowing down.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

DIY Photo Gear

Window light box 10

Easy soft-focus shots 12

Pop-up diffuser & reflector 14

Sunglass filters 16

Budget reflector 18

Shoot-through reflector 20

Yoghurt-car ton lens hood 22

DIY light box 24

Jumbo diffuser 26

iPad light panel 30

Budget beauty dish 32

Candy-wrapper filters 34

Portable seamless background 36

Camera rain bag 38

Reflective-card hack for product photography 40

Bean-bag tripod 42

String stabiliser 44

Shooting Tricks

Match film burn 48

Shoot in public 50

Finding beautiful light 54

Laptop backdrop 58

Get closer 60

DIY lens flare 62

Try a prism 64

Go psychedelic 66

Crystal drop flare 68

Rule of Thirds 70

Choosing a format 72

Freelensing 76

Convert to black and white 78

Obscured foregrounds 82

Coordinate your colours 84

Postive & negative space 86

Mirror, mirror 88

Golden hour 90

Create a diptych or triptych 92

Take on a photo challenge 94

Cameras

Pinhole camera 98

Through the viewfinder 102

Camera-phone macro lens 106

Macro tube 108

Sunprint 112

35mm disposable cameras 114

Experimental film 116

Vintage lenses 118

Studio Setups

Outdoor studio 122

Easy home studio 124

Vibrant paper backgrounds 126

Bedsheet backgrounds 128

Working With Models

Cheap but amazing props 132

No-cost locations 134

Get to the beach 136

Perfect poses 138

Index 142

About the authors & Acknowledgements 144