Photo math isn’t math at all. It’s arithmetic. It’s adding and subtracting light. It’s also either multiplying by 2 or dividing by 2. That’s it. Photo arithmetic is easy. It all starts with a stop. What is a stop? A stop in everything but photography is coming to a complete
What are the best camera settings for Milky Way and astrophotography? I offer this and some tips to make it easy for you. Is offering camera settings meaningless? Some night photographers argue that offering camera settings for Milky Way photography is useless. In a way, they’re right. There are so
What camera settings are good for light painting photography near a full moon? I’ll try and help you out by offering these and other tips. Is it useful to know camera settings? You can find a lot of night photographers that say giving camera settings for night photography is useless.
What are some good camera settings for star trails in night photography? We try to make it easy for you and offer some tips for adjusting your camera. Variables in camera settings Some night photographers argue that giving camera settings for star trails night photography is useless. In a way,
Depth of field is an important concept to understand in photography that describes how much of your image is in focus. In this article, I’ll be discussing what it is and how to achieve certain looks with your camera settings and lenses. Depth of field in photography is simply a
I recently wrote a post on what my favorite lenses for shooting portraits are, so I thought I might expand on that a little and discuss my favorite apertures. Obviously, everyone is different and has different tastes and requirements. Even on a single photoshoot, I will use different apertures for
Want to get a shallow depth of field in the background of your images? Follow these three tips to create more bokeh in your photos!
When I purchased my first DSLR — a Nikon D5100 — it came with a kit lens. It was 18-55mm and had a variable aperture of f/3.5-5.6. While the focal range was fairly common and a great starter, the limits of variable aperture soon became noticeable. So what is the difference
The aperture in a lens is photography’s analog to the irises in our eyes. Our irises enlarge to let in more light in dim circumstances. They contract to a smaller size reducing the amount of light in bright places. The aperture (also known as the f/stop) in a lens does
Using a low aperture for getting the shot in tricky light is often a great way to shoot a scene. I recently photographed a Red Riding Hood inspired portrait session in a redwood forest. Even though it was shot at 10 a.m., it was so dark on the edge of
As photographers, depth of field is something that’s important to take into account with every image we produce. While it can create some cool creative effects like bokeh, it can also be used in professional ways to create a more appealing photograph. What is depth of field? Simply put, depth
And why should I give a you-know-what about it? The exposure triangle, simply, is the three ways of controlling the amount of light a camera captures. Two of these three settings provide creativity control, too. The three sides of the exposure triangle The sides of this equilateral exposure triangle are
