RAWSTER Photo was founded by Mark de Rooij, a Dutch cityscape photographer and photography educator. His motivation is to learn other photographers as much as possible about (cityscape) photography. Enjoy reading and please leave a comment to let us know what you think about this post.
You love it or you hate it, HDR photography. Even if you hate HDR photography it is good to know that some situations can only be solved by using this technique. Suppose you want to take an interior photo of a church with beautiful windows. There is no way you can get the exposure of…
If travel or landscape photography is your thing, you definitely want to have control over your shots. In this case, a polarizing filter is a must. For those unfamiliar with the term, the purpose of this adapted glass is to manage reflections and suppress glare. These dark filters have a huge impact on skies and…
Sometimes you get the most crazy and unexpected reflections in objects you pass by every single day. Suppose you walk in a city with many tourist and you want to take a photo of a famous sightseeing. You can do it in the way everybody is doing it, but that isn’t a challenge. In this…
Late fall 2019 Skylum will release Luminar 4 and little by little they release more new features. Last month they announced the addition of the Sky Replacement filter, an easy way to change the sky in your photograph. Today they announced the AI Structure filter, a smart way to add more structure in your photo.…
Rooftop photography is cool, because the point of view is so different. In cities you often find rooftops with amazing skyline views. The most obvious thing to do is to shoot the skyline by pointing your camera to the front. Of course this will work and probably you will make a nice photo, because the…
Do you want to take sharp photos of moving subjects? Watch this photography tutorial, because in a few minutes we explain you how to do this. As a photography educator I see many photographer struggling with moving subjects. Of course it is harder to take sharp photos of moving subjects compared to still subjects, but…
It doesn’t say inviting to go out during bad weather like heavy rain or even thunderstorms. The great thing about bad weather is that even the most popular photography spots can look awesome. Usually tourist go to the famous spots when the weather is good. As a result all photos look the same and that…
Most landscape photographers do whatever is needed to exclude people in their photos. I have to admit I was a photographer like that also. Even in my cityscape photographs I didn’t want to see people. I had the patience to wait 10 to 20 minutes before I was able to take the photo without people.…
In last weeks photography tutorial we spoke about making more creative photos. Today we want to give you the best tips for more unique photos. Of course this is related to creativity, but with the extra tips of this video we are sure you are able to explore subjects even better with better photographs as…
We hear it a lot, photographers that think they are not creative. We don’t believe this and we show you in this video how you can stimulate creativity in your photography. It isn’t so hard as you think, it is just about changing your mindset and look in a different way to a subject. If…