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.
This video contains a powerful photography tip you can apply yourself easily next time you go out there. Many photographers have difficulties creating good compositions. They don’t know where to look at while framing the scenery. This video give an easy to apply trick to make it a little bit better already. Check it out!
Taking photos during the night can be a challenge, especially if you have moving subjects or lights. For cityscape photographers, especially beginners, it is even more of a challenge. Here are a few ways to be sure you will take the best photos at night in cities. INVEST IN THE BEST CAMERA ACESSORIES FOR…
As in many genres, the sharpness of your image is key with cityscape photography. The sharpness of an image really brings out the detail of your subject and can help those viewing your photo, feel as they could reach out and touch the city skyline. But how can you achieve a super sharp cityscape photo?…
Cityscape photos are generally taken when the light in the sky is minimal so that the lights on the buildings can be captured glowing in the sky. This is also called the golden hour. Taking photos during sunrise and sunset catches the sun in a position in the sky where it is prominent, but isn’t…
In this video we explain you how to use the selective deghosting function in Photomatix Pro. It is a very powerful tool that prevents ghosting effects for moving objects in your photos. The great thing about selective deghosting is you can apply it to different parts in the photo (you can select each part yourself)…
Cityscape photos show us what seems to be a never ending horizon interrupted by buildings shooting up from the ground and the halo of light in the night sky typically associated with cities. Capturing this essence can be difficult, so it is always great to find and follow photographers who execute perfect cityscape shots. Here…
In this video we explain when to use HDR photography. High dynamic range (HDR) photography is very popular and cityscape photographers use it also quite often. But some photographers even use it when it is not needed at all! In this video we explain you how you can decide to use it or not. Enjoy…
With the rise of the smart phone, photography has become available to virtually everyone. As phones continue to evolve, so do the applications you can run on your phone. For a cityscape photographer, these apps can be very useful, as many cityscape photographers use their phones to catch spontaneous photos of their city with just…
This is a full tutorial about merging HDR photo in Adobe Lightroom. Check the workflow of cityscape photographer Mark de Rooij. He is using Adobe Lightroom and the Color Efex Pro plugin (from NIK Collection) for Lightroom. Merging HDR photos is possible from Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC on. In older versions you have to…
In many skyline cityscape photographs, photographers like to shoot during two times of the day: the golden hour and the blue hour. Each hour has its own perks, but it can be difficult for a photographer who hasn’t shot during these times to know exactly what to do to get quality, breathtaking shots during these…