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Holiday Portrait Tips
Here are a few holiday portrait tips to guide you through the season. -
10 Tips for Photographing Fall Foliage
Here are some tips for photographing fall and making your images stand apart from the crowd. -
10 Tips for Photographing Halloween
Ham it up; fill your frame; jack-o-lanterns, how to photograph ghosts ... and much more! -
Camera RAW
Many cameras give us the option of shooting in RAW, JPEG or both. In my experience, most professionals are shooting in RAW but the same can't be said for hobbyists. There are Pro's and Con's for each format. I'm not going to tell you what you should be shooting. But, I am going to ask you, Are you shooting that format for the right reasons? -
Explaining Camera Modes
One of the questions that I'm asked most often is, "what do the modes on my camera do?" Most digital point and shoots and SLR's have the following modes: -
Back to the Basics: Exposure Triangle
We have just taken complete control over the image exposure, depth of field and sharpness! Say goodbye to Auto mode! -
Back to the Basics: Aperture / F-stop part 2
If you want your foreground, middle ground and background to all be in focus, then you should choose a smaller aperture (f/16, f/22). If you want to replicate the effect of your photo that had just the foreground in focus, then try f/4 or f/2.8. -
Back to the Basics: ISO
ISO is a measurement of how sensitive the film or digital sensor is to light. It's not just for your film cameras. Although you're not loading a digital camera with a specific speed of film, setting the ISO is just as important. -
Back to the Basics: Shutter Speed
Shutter speed determines the amount of time that the shutter is open. It's measured in fractions of seconds. As with Aperture, from one shutter speed to the next, the time is halved or doubled. -
Back to the Basics: Aperture / F-stop
When shooting in lower light, you need a larger aperture setting on your camera (larger hole). When shooting in brighter light, you need a smaller aperture setting (smaller hole). Changing the size of the hole controls the amount of light that hits the sensor / film. Aperture is measured by f-stops. You may have seen them written this way: f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11 f/16, etc