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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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Exposure – The Photographic Triangle

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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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Composition – Framing

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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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Composition – Leading Lines

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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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Composition – Rule of Thirds

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In my last photography post I talked about choosing your subject, emphasizing it, and simplifying it. Now it’s time to make it more interesting, successful, attractive, and artistic. Rule of Thirds The Rule of Thirds is a simple technique that anyone can use to quickly create a more interesting photo. First step: Divide the picture […]

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Better photos with Three Questions

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Photography use to be expensive. Buying film and getting prints added up. You would take a roll of film and not know if the pictures came out or not. Dark exposures, blurry images, and the occasional finger blocking part of the view. Once the digital revolution made its way into photography it allowed people to […]

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