Wired.com photo department had come up with a list of photography stuff they’d like to throw down a Black Hole. Why Black Hole? Apparently, these stuff are just effing annoying. This whole list can be sum up in one word: “Okay we’ve had enough of those, now please move on.”
For those of you amateur photographers, you might find this hilarious, or not. Because it may be you they’d throw down. Enjoice.
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Natalie Norton of DPS shares with us a great tips of how to reduce camera shake. I find it very useful for all kind of photographers.
For those who can afford VR (Vibration Reduction) or IS (Image Stabilization) lenses, you are always blessed with this feature. But there are times when you want a very slow shutter speed, but you have no tripod with you. Thus, hand held is your option.
Here are 6 ways of how to held your camera and stabilize it. Continue Reading »
Here’s the 4th installment of my basic photography series. Everyone who started out drawing or photography must have at least heard ‘rule of thirds’. So to show you what it is, I share this great article from DPS.
Perhaps the most well know principle of photographic composition is the ‘Rule of Thirds‘.
Here goes the third post of my basic photography series. This is ISO setting, so here goes the basic definition.
In traditional (film) photography ISO (or ASA) was the indication of how sensitive a film was to light. It was measured in numbers (you’ve probably seen them on films – 100, 200, 400, 800 etc). The lower the number the lower the sensitivity of the film and the finer the grain in the shots you’re taking.
In Digital Photography ISO measures the sensitivity of the image sensor. The same principles apply as in film photography – the lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to light and the finer the grain. Higher ISO settings are generally used in darker situations to get faster shutter speeds (for example an indoor sports event when you want to freeze the action in lower light) – however the cost is noisier shots. I’ll illustrate this below with two elargements of shots that I just took – the one on the left is taken at 100 ISO and the one of the right at 3200 ISO (click to enlarge to see the full effect).
Image credit of DPS. Click to see larger image.
This is the 2nd series of my basic tutorial. How to set the proper shutter speed.
A shutter in a camera is simply a gate that allow/block light that goes from the lens to the image sensor. What we deal with shutter is deciding how long it open, so that it allow how much light goes through. The longer it opens, the brighter the pic.
That is how we control exposure. Take a look at how it works below.
