Wow. I love how he has to keep elevating the clock and then finally just leaving it where it is and digging out a hole. That is a lot of snow!
Transformers Toy Camera, Voltron Starshooter 110
Photography Fundamentals: Camera Controls
[Part five of the Photography Fundamentals series, be sure to check out all 10 posts!]
We’ve determined in previous posts that light is what makes photographs and that good photography is all about controlling that light.
The good news is that there are a bunch of controls on your camera that will help you control the light in your shot. The hard part is trying to figure out where they all are and when to change them.
Learning how these adjustments effect your image and which ones to adjust at what time is figuring out what’s called “reciprocity”. For example, in one scene you might choose a slower shutter speed and therefore have to close down your aperture (higher F-Number).
Let’s look at each control.
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Photography Fundamentals: Optics
[Part four of the Photography Fundamentals series, be sure to check out all 10 posts!]
Now that we’ve covered the basics about what to let into your camera (lighting and composition) let’s focus on how all that reflected light gets into your camera: your lens.
Volumes have been written on camera lenses; which glass refracts light best, whether to shoot prime or zoom, but honestly, most of that stuff doesn’t matter. In fact through the rest of this post I’m going to assume that you can’t change your lenses, that you’re stuck with the motorized piece of plastic and glass that’s stuck to the front of your point and shoot camera.
Even without spending $1500, you can make decisions about your lens that affect the quality of the image you’ll get.
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Photography Fundamentals: Lighting
[Part three of the Photography Fundamentals series, be sure to check out all 10 posts!]
In part one of this series, we talked about luminance. A lot.
So why another post about lighting? Because it’s kind of a big deal (like Ron Burgundy).
To shake things up a little bit, I’m going to approach this one from a different angle. We’ll look at some of the most common lighting mistakes made by amateur photographers. Make these mistakes and it’s a dead give-away that you don’t really know what you are doing.
Some of these mistakes can be “on purpose” if someone is trying to achieve an effect and remember, if it looks good, it is good. Just try to avoid the following.
How Much Would You Pay for Photography Help?
A friend was tweeting about this earlier last week about a new service that’s being launched to help new and aspiring photographer take their skills to the next level: ShootLove.
Starting at $25 per month you’ll get access and then ‘up your skizzills.
Check it out:
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