Posted in Know-how on Jun 23rd, 2010
Beth Jennings is trying to kill me. She has told me that I have to learn to take photos with my camera on full manual mode. I have never shot on full manual mode. I always shoot in Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority, so I can control what’s going on. She has told me that [...]
Posted in Know-how on Apr 20th, 2010
This is my favourite online resource for photography tips… Darren Rowse’s Digital Photography School. There are countless tutorials on every topic imaginable, and they’re written by professionals for photographers of all levels. I find them really useful, very well written and easy to understand. Even the Comments section is full of useful ideas. If you’re [...]
Posted in Know-how on Mar 16th, 2010
Continuing our little ‘Explain It To Me Like I’m A Three Year Old’ adventure… Exposure. In the olden days, it was all about how much light you let onto your film. In the digital age, it’s all about exposing the sensor. The principles are the same, but the light hits a sensor instead of film. [...]
I was really hoping to be able to draw you a snappy picture of a vase of flowers to explain ISO to you but unfortunately it’s not going to be that simple. ISO is a funny concept, and I’m struggling to figure out a way to explain it in a way that would make sense [...]
Posted in Know-how on Mar 7th, 2010
This picture was taken with the aperture on 4, which is wide open, giving a shallow depth of field. A couple of years ago I had no idea what that sentence meant. And it really, really bothered me that some bastard made up the rule that big equals small. And small equals big. It made [...]
Posted in Know-how on Jan 15th, 2010
One of the things I love about Jessica Claire’s photography is the way she uses the setting sun to back-light her shots – she isn’t afraid to shoot right into the sunlight to get the effect she’s after. So while we’re having these long daylight savings days, I’m practicing my Jessica Claire shots. This is [...]
