Posts Tagged 'lens'

Understanding Shutter Speed

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I think it’s best if we start off with a quick explanation of what the camera shutter is before we get into the fun part of messing around with it. The shutter is simply a door that opens and closes letting light pass through to the sensor/film. Whew! Glad we got that out of the […]

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Nature, Movement and Structure. No Professional Photographers Required.

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I’ve always been a visual person. Whether it’s trying to evoke a memory or understand driving directions, it’s the visuals that get me there. And over time, I’ve stored away so many visual representations of my favorite places that my brain has become some sort of fantastical montage of locations I can’t even pinpoint anymore. […]

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Aperture & Depth of Field Explained

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The aperture is a ‘hole’ located inside the lens. Also known as the diaphragm, this hole is formed by a series of overlapping metal blades. Adjusting the size of this hole to different f/stops allows more or less light to pass through the lens and onto the sensor (or film). F/stops are numbers that relates […]

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F/Stops Explained

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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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