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24 Aug 2017

Tutorial #15: Night Sky & Star Photography

by eolveraz | posted in: Meteors, Night, Sky, Tips, Tutorials | 0

MILKY WAY, CONSTELLATIONS, AND METEOR SHOWERS Things you will need: โ€” Tripod โ€” Wide angle lens (8mm to 30mm) with a large aperture (f/1.4 – f/4) โ€” Remote shutter release or timer is optional for this one if your camera … Continued

Meteors, Nigh Sky, Night, Star Trails, Stars, tips, tutorial
9 Aug 2017

Tutorial #13: Stop-action Photography

by eolveraz | posted in: stop-action, Tips, Tutorials | 1

Just like with shooting motion blur and panning, the purpose of stop-action photography is to denote movement of some kind. Where the former will allow you to get a feel of the fast speed at which a subject is moving, … Continued

focal plane, freeze, stop-action, tips, tutorial
7 Dec 2011

Tutorial #10: Motion Blur & Panning

by eolveraz | posted in: Tips, Tutorials | 0

These colder months mean shorter days with less light and more opportunities to use slower shutter speeds without needing ND filters, so this is a good time to go over this topic… Motion Blur and Panning both illustrate movement in … Continued

Motion Blur, Panning, tutorial
7 Aug 2011

Tutorial #9: White Balance

by eolveraz | posted in: Tips, Tutorials | 0

White Balance is getting neutral colors such as whites and grays to appear neutral in a photo by compensating for the temperature or tint of available light. Often the color temperature chosen is based on an artistic decision. It’s important … Continued

Color Temperature, tutorial, White Balance
28 Jul 2011

Tutorial #8: Calculating Hyperfocal Distance

by eolveraz | posted in: Reference, Tutorials | 0

Shooting at your camera’s Hyperfocal Distance will allow you to capturing the maximum depth of field possible for any given aperture. This is most useful for shooting landscapes or any scene where you want as much of the foreground and … Continued

Formula, Hyperfocal Distance, tutorial
24 Jul 2011

Tutorial #7: Macro Photography for Under $10

by eolveraz | posted in: Tips, Tutorials | 0

Macro lenses are expensive, so good thing there are cheaper ways to do macro photography. I’ll go over Reverse Lens Mounting and a bit on using extension tubes. Supplies: First, I’ll go over the things you will need and some you … Continued

Macro, tutorial, Under $10
16 Jul 2011

Tutorial #6: HDR Photography

by eolveraz | posted in: Tutorials | 0

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

HDR, photography, tutorial
26 Jun 2011

Angle of View & Focal Length

by eolveraz | posted in: Tutorials | 0

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

Angle of View, Focal Length, tutorial
26 Jun 2011

Tutorial #5: The Zone System

by eolveraz | posted in: Tutorials | 1

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

tutorial, Zone System
26 Jun 2011

Neutral Density Filters

by eolveraz | posted in: Reference, Tips | 0

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

filters, ND, reference, tips, tutorial
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