Article Archive for October 2012
Photography Basics: Beginners Guide to Aperture
As part of our Photography Basics series we talked about Exposure already and this time we are going to cover the mystery of aperture. Aperture is probably the least understood setting of everything on your camera. While shutter settings are very easy to understand, to long of a shutter speed and you will get blurring, pretty simple stuff. Same with ISO, too high of ISO and you introduce digital noise. But learning how to use aperture properly can kill brain cells faster than a frat house kegger party.
Another Take on Perspective
Last time we looked at tilting the camera and getting a little more angle on the subject. This time lets look at shooting from an angle that isn’t normal. Often changing to a low-to-high or …
Understanding Light Stops
One thing that seems to baffle a lot of new photographers is understanding the term “stop” as it pertains to a measurement of light. We see this word used over and over with regards to shutter speed, aperture, film speed, filters, lighting, and other ways that light is used. You may hear a phrase like “you should expose one side of face 1-2 stops under the lit side of the face and expose the background 1 stop under the main subject”. For many people that’s about like asking them to solve a complex calculus problem.
Nikon 1 V2 Mirrorless Camera Announced
Nikon’s first entry into the mirrorless camera realm has finally got its first round of evolution with the announcement of the new Nikon 1 V2. The new V2 has a beefier handgrip, a new mode …
Podcast #123 – Ed Krisiak Visits Photo Plus Expo 2012
Our roving reporter Ed Krisiak heads out to New York for this year’s Photo Plus Expo 2012. During this show we discuss some of the latest products from Canon, Nikon, Sony, and many more. If …
Getting Manual Flash Exposure Quickly
I always love hearing from people to find out what things people are struggling with and one of the most common things is how to get your exposure dialed in quickly when using manual flash. …
How to Calculate Depth of Field
A big stumbling block for many new camera users is how to figure out how much depth of field a particular image will have it in given the focal length of the lens, the aperture used and the distance to the subject. Trust me on this, trying to do the algebra to figure it out is not something most people want to try to do in their heads. In this article we will cover all of the math involved and then make it real easy with an Excel spreadsheet and some links to some free applications to help you out.
Podcast #122 – Photographer Roundtable
Thanks in part to an insane travel schedule lately I took a cue from my friend and fellow podcaster Gavin Seim and put together a photographer round table discussion. This show features Debra Ekas, Shane …
Simple One-Light Directional Portrait Lighting
Lighting can often be one of the most intimidating things to learn but it doesn’t need to be that way. I think the problem is that many people get intimidated thinking they need tons …
Review: JuicedLink RA333 Preamp
I am quite often a perfectionist, or possibly lazy, or maybe a combination of the two. Whichever it is, I want to spend less time in post production by getting things right “in camera”. The …
Review: Sticky Filters Gel Kit
I love using gels on my speedlites, from basic color correction to faking a blue sky to creating colored backgrounds, gels can really come in handy. The downside is finding a way to put the …
Podcast #121- Conversation with Kevin Kubota
This week Kerry and Chris catch up on the new Fuji firmware and then bring in this week’s guest, Kevin Kubota. Kevin made his mark in central Oregon as one of the premiere wedding photographers …
Photography Weekly Wrap Up 10/13/2012
Another week, another great list of the best articles to read through from around the web.
Friday Poll Day – Podcast Length (CameraDojo)
Beginner’s Guide to Exposure (Kindle eBook) (CameraDojo)
Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed Sync (CameraDojo)
Using Common Filters (CameraDojo)
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Friday Poll Day – Podcast Length
Usually I take Fridays off from writing content but I wanted to do something to make Fridays a little interesting so my goal is to make things a little more interactive with a new survey …
Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed Sync
One of my favorite features of speedlites is High Speed Sync. This feature allows you to work with speedlites way past your camera’s normal sync speed (1/160 – 1/250 depending on camera). By shooting …
Using Common Filters
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While there are dozens of different types of filters you can put on your lenses for different effects, there are three very common filters that everyone should have in their camera kit, the circular polarizing filter, the neutral density filter, and the UV filter. In this article we will discuss what these three filters are and the effects that it can add to your images.
5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash, Part 5
This week Jason Anderson from Canon Blogger continues his five part series on learning how to use off-camera flash.
The final installment of the off-camera flash series is here! For the past five weeks, I’ve been posting various tips …
Podcast #120 – Conversation with Nick Didlick
This week our regular Co-Host Chris Diset is out sick so our show coordinator Debra Ekas stepped up as co-host. Since this week’s guest, Nick Didlick, was Debra’s idea, it was a great show to …
