With the events happening in Egypt and what has been happening in other Middle Eastern counties, social media has really changed the world in a big way. Power has always come from controlling resources. When human society was first forming, land was the resource that society needed. This gave all the power to the Landlords. […]

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Here’s a quick (or not so quick) post about f/stops. This isn’t a post about apertures, although your f/stop relates to your aperture. The f/stop is the focal length (f) of the lens divided (/) by the Stop of the aperture. This gives you the diameter of the aperture (which you don’t really need to know […]

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What is the Photographic Triangle? Exposure = Shutter Speed + Aperture (f/stop) + ISO So what does all mean? It means that the Shutter Speed, f/stop, and ISO settings are all related to one another. By changing one, you affect the others. There is a popular analogy that does a good job explaining this. Imagine […]

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Using a foreground element to create a frame within the photo’s frame is an effective compositional tool. The framing element not only isolates and emphasizes a subject, but also gives the picture a feeling of depth. It can serve to obscure distraction or to create an interesting foreground where none exist. When done correctly the frame […]

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Don’t you just hate it when you look at a photo and wonder what the point of it is? Or maybe as you’re flipping to the next picture and it takes you a second or two to realize what it is that you’re looking at. When you look at a photograph you should know exactly […]

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