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Neutral Density Filters
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
Tutorial #4: The Basics of Photography
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
Explaining Exposure
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
Tutorial #3: Shooting Fireworks
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
Film vs Digital Tip: On Exposure
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
Tutorial #2: Tips for Shooting in Bright Sunlight
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
The Reciprocal Rule in Photography
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
Tutorial #1: Bokeh Shapes
Tutorial #1: Bokeh Shapes, a set on Flickr. …and my first tutorial is officially completed. read it. Follow it. Take cool pics. You’re welcome. In the future, i hope to cover tutorials for some of the more unexplored shooting … Continued