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| How a Camera Sees - how to impress family & friends with your technical knowledge | | Every year, I have the privilege of participating in Expanding Your Horizons, a program that encourages middle school girls to enter mathematics and science fields of study. This article was originally written for these young women |
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| The Mysterious MASP - understanding camera modes | | What's that mysterious dial found on some cameras, the one with MASP (and other markings) inscribed on it? This is called the mode dial, and with it you determine how much - or how little - control you have over the settings of your camera. |
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| Enigmatic ISO -what it means to your photography | | What is ISO? Remember the old film days? You had to decide what ISO film you wanted to purchase: ISO 200, 400, 800, etc. As an amateur photographer, I had no idea what that meant. Learn why ISO still matters in our digital world. |
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| Expose yourself - proper exposure: it's all about the light, baby! | | The human eye will rapidly adjust to different levels of brightness - we can look from highlights into shadow areas with little difficulty. Digital and film, however, have narrower fixed ranges, called their dynamic range. Here's how to make exposure choices withing that dynamic range, and get those WOW! images. |
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| Camera Meter Magic - using your in-camera meter to get good outdoor portrait images | | If your camera has a built-in meter (many do), you can use it to get pretty good images in most outdoor situations. |
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| Fabulous F-Stops-taking control of your images | | The most fascinating thing about f-stops is how they affect depth of field. In order to take advantage of depth of field artistry, we need to understand about f-stops. |
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| The Flashy Thingy (does it really erase memories?) - how to use a light meter | | A light meter is an instrument used to measure the amount of light falling on a subject. We use the information we glean from a light meter in setting our camera for the proper exposure. |
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| The Hysterical Histogram - Or Where Are My Pixels | | One great advantage of digital over film cameras is the ability to check your exposure using the histogram graph on the camera’s viewing screen. Coupled with a good light meter, you can be sure of tightly controlled exposures for beautiful detail and color in your prints. |
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| Tools DO matter! Some basics on choosing a camera for your tasks | | The tools we use for any task are important, but not in the way we tend to think about them. New, updated, faster, bigger, more X -- these things may not matter at all. A tool is just a thing designed to do a task. Cameras are tools to take pictures. Often tools are mechanical things, though these days tools are found in software too. What is the most important thing about a tool? |
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| Introduction: Flashie Thingies Or What is an Incident Meter And How to Set A Meter for Use | | Here's an intro into what an incident lightmeter is, and how the typical controls work. You really should have and USE one of these!
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| Camera Meter Magic - using your in-camera meter to get good outdoor portrait images | | If your camera has a built-in meter (many do), you can use it to get pretty good images in most outdoor situations. |
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| On the Road - travel essentials by Cherie | | What should a photographer take when traveling? What are the essential items a photographer needs while on-the-road? |
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Back-story Shooting - Or The Art of the Second Photographer at Weddings
| | Professional wedding coverage often includes two shooters. Back-shooting is the job of the second shooter, and my favorite role at a wedding or family event (unless I’m a guest getting free wine and buffet). Back-shooting rolls a kick, a challenge and the joy of discovery together into one. It works for all events – weddings, family reunions, church picnics, even vacations. But how did back-shooting come to be? And, more importantly, how can it make candid photographs of any event more interesting?
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| The Great Green Earth - depth of field in floral & landscape photography | | A few words about depth-of-field for those who love floral & landscape photography, and are just getting started... |
Creative Capture - how to get those creative images
| | How can we capture those wildly creative images? Is it merely a matter of being in the right place at the right time with the right camera settings? Or is it a result of elaborate staging and equipment? |
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What Camera Should I Buy?
| | Choosing a camera is like choosing a good athletic shoe. It has to fit YOU.
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