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5 Orbaliciousness Photo Tips

June 12, 2016March 23, 2018 Ana Orbs, Photography Tips aperture, ball, focal length, gif, inversion, magic ball, oculus, oculus images, orbaliciousness, orbs, perspective, photography

DSCF3478Ever since I acquired my first orb 3 years ago I love taking pictures with it and over time I have discovered what I like to see in my orbalicious photographs. I hope this 5 tips will help you find what you like in your images.
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Tiny Planet Tips & Tricks: Blurring

October 16, 2015October 22, 2015 Ana Photography Tips, Tiny Planets distortion, panosphere, photography, photoshop, polar coordinates, square, tiny planets, tutorial

DSCF5085-Pano-tinyplanet-cropWhen creating tiny planets, making them seamless is the hardest part. Click through to read some tips & tricks about how I make my tiny planets; in particular, how I use blurring to fix the seam :) It is a simple process that achieves stunning results! Continue reading →

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Polarisation Physics Magic!

August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 Ana Polarisation birefringence, crafts, physics, polarisation, video

IMG_20150814_172838-1Click through to check out a mini-video I’ve made showing a couple of cool tricks using two linear polarisers and sticky tape!! Spoiler alert: there will be lots of pretty colours! Physics is magic!! :) And you can easily do this yourself at home!
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Snowy Motion Blur

July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 Ana Photography Tips blur, motion blur, photography, photoshop, snow, tutorial, video

_MG_9802-2This image of a snowed forest was created using a vertical “motion blur”. Click through to watch my simple and easy mini-tutorial and learn how to do it yourself in Photoshop CC. It is the first first video tutorial that I’ve ever made!
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Merging Panoramas in Lightroom

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 Ana Photography Tips Lightroom, panorama, photography, sunset, tutorial

DSCF5051The latest update of Lightroom CC added the capability to merge panoramas, making creating images with a wider field of view a very simple task! Click through to learn how to create panoramas using Lightroom, as well as some tips on shooting the best images for a beautiful panorama.
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Neutral Density Filters

May 9, 2015May 11, 2015 Ana Optics, Photography Tips filters, long exposure, ND filter, neutral density, optics, photography, physics, red, sunrise, sunset, tutorial, white balance

IMG_7835-2Are you familiar with neutral density filters? Click through to read about what type of photographs I like to take using neutral density filters and the physics behind the large colour cast of very opaque high ND filters.

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Lunar Eclipse & Moon Facts

April 2, 2015March 23, 2018 Ana Uncategorized eclipse, moon, physics

IMG_0039-1There is a lunar eclipse coming up this Saturday, and it will be visible from Australia. Click through to learn some fun facts about the moon like why the full moon always rises at sunset or why lunar eclipses always happen during full moon!

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DLSR Shutter in Slow Motion

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Ana Uncategorized camera, DSLR, flash, photography, rolling shutter, shutter, SLR, video

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Have you ever seen a DSLR’s shutter mechanism in slow motion? The Slow Mo Guys have created a fantastic video showing us how it works!! The rolling shutter allows for very fast exposure times and can lead to some funky artifacts! Continue reading →

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Single-Lens Reflex

February 12, 2015March 2, 2015 Ana Optics camera, DSLR, imaging, inversion, lens, mirrorless, optics, physics, SLR

SLR. Surely, you are familiar with those letters. But do you know what they stand for? Click through to find out and learn about the physics behind it. Optics is the reason you can look through your SLR viewfinder and see exactly what your photograph will look like.

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Tiny Planet Calculations

December 18, 2014October 16, 2015 Ana Computation, Tiny Planets computation, distortion, equations, formulas, gif, image processing, Matlab, panosphere, polar coordinates, tiny planets, trigonometry

distortion-100-cropWould you like to learn about the distortion process involved in creating a tiny planet? Are you interested in how I coded the distortion in Matlab? Click through to learn how the pixels in a tiny planet stretch and watch an animation.

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I am a Spanish physicist in love with photography. I am passionate about the relationship between photography and physics, and my favourite things to photograph are landscapes, cities and travels.

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