Today we’ll quickly discuss the benefits of the mirror lock-up mode available on most SLRs.
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For our first assignment in photography, we’ll study light and texture. Take your camera out and notice how different light affects the texture of objects in the world. Consider photographing one spot over the course of a day to see how light affects that area.
Share what you photograph with the rest of us […]
Camera shake is the sworn enemy of photography (unless you’re going for that kind of thing). In a perfect world our arms would be rigid and stiff like trees when we hold our camera, but that’s not the case. One of the best things you can do to improve your photos is to get a […]
Today we’ll discuss some quick tips for improving the composition of your photos.
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The histogram for photography is often viewed with great confusion, but is actually quite a simple and useful feature.
A histogram is basically a graph that represents the spread of the pixels in a digital photograph. On the leftmost side we have the “dark” pixel count of our image and on the right side […]
Lens hoods have many uses. The most common use is to prevent lens flare and glare in your images. They also allow your photos to have higher contrast and more saturated colors. Both of these uses are possible because of the way a lens hood works. Basically the functional property of a lens hood is […]
The hardest transition some face is moving from taking what are little snapshots for yourself to being more serious about compositions and having photos that mean something not only to you but also to other people who see them.
…For example, if you are photographing a portrait of someone, and it’s not important to have their surroundings in the photograph, then why include it?
Your SLR camera by definition uses a series of mirrors to allow you to see exactly what your lens sees. When it is time to expose your digital sensor or film (when you click the shutter), the mirror that allows you to view the action through the viewfinder flips up. During this time, the image […]
In every photo you take, your camera’s metering system will do its best to give you an estimate of what settings (Shutter speed, aperture, and ISO if your camera supports Auto ISO) would properly expose the scene. Unfortunately, your built-in camera meter isn’t perfect. In scenes where luminance is unusual, such as when taking photos […]
In photography, “white balancing” is at its essence the act of correcting the colors in your photographs. In other words, it’s the act of getting the whites you saw when you were taking to the picture to also be white in the final photograph.
Different sources of light (tungsten, florescent, sunlight, etc.) all have different color […]
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