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High Dynamic Range Photography is fairly easy to do with a tripod and some HDR software and an image editing program. I’ll go over several ways to do it. Dynamic range simply means the range of values between lightest and … Continued
Use this chart to determine what focal length you should use depending on the horizontal angle of view you need to capture. The longer the focal length/narrower angle of view, the more flattening that occurs in the image, meaning that … Continued
The Zone System is a method used to take a scene as it appears to the eye and create an image to reflect the artist’s vision of it by controlling the exposure of lightness and darkness values. It’s a great … Continued
Neutral Density (ND) Filters are used when you want to use a very large aperture to get heavy background blur, or to use a slow shutter speed to get motion blur in very bright light. Here’s a quick guide so … Continued
In this tutorial, I aim to demystify the seemingly complex technical aspects of photography. If you delve deep enough, yes, there are some very complex formulas that go into shooting a photograph, but with today’s camera technology it’s not necessary … Continued
Now, I’ll talk a bit about your camera and exposure. For any given light situation metered, there is an ideal exposure value (0) with it’s corresponding aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings. By default, a camera’s light meter will seek … Continued
Introduction: Fourth of July is right around the corner, so obviously that means fireworks and the photographing of said fireworks…There a few things you need to know to shoot some fireworks photos like these: Supplies: The first and … Continued
When you plan on post processing your photos there is a trick you can use to get more detail in the lights and darks in one exposure. For digital, underexposing a bit [up to -2/3 of a stop] is best … Continued
Introduction: The start of Summer means the likely-hood of extra free time, and yeah, that also means taking photos of all the fun you will be having with all that extra free time. The problem is you just can’t seem … Continued
This might be a lesser known tidbit about when to use or not to use a tripod. It all depends on the focal length of your lens. As a guide, you should be sure that your shutter speed is at … Continued