Full frame can mean that your camera sees and records the full amount that the lens sends it, which is nice. There is no internal cropping of the image. Full frame can also mean you’ve used your whole frame. You’ve exploited every square millimeter and filled it with interest. It is not unusual only use …
Today’s digital cameras have an average of 5,235,750 menu options (maybe more). It’s like 5 millions engineers got together and each one added something. (some of them added two things). There are a lot of options. Most of the time we become familiar with just a few of them, but it’s worth getting to know …
Cloudy days can be deceiving. To the eye and to the camera things look rather monochromatic. There isn’t a lot of variation. No blue sky or bright sunlit areas and dark shadows. For some subjects this may be disappointing but for others it’s wonderful. The light is soft instead of crispy and the colors take …
How often do we shoot the dark rather than the light? Sometimes for sure. Sometimes it’s the shadows and the unlit areas that draw our attention, that make the shot. Everyone loves a good black. Nighttime is a good time for this (doncha know). It’s the best time actually. It’s full of dark. Full of …
Of course! You should always check the background. It can make or break your shot. Not every photo has a background, but the majority do and when your photo has a background it is as important as the subject itself. Whenever possible, position your subject to be in sync with the background. Make it stand …
Tequila Boubon Scotch Vodka Jello … (Probably not the best shots to have before going out on a shoot for a client.) Sometimes we are given another kind shot list. A specific list of photos to take. Taken from a clients perspective, this makes perfect sense. “I’m paying you to take pictures. Take these pictures.” …
Cameras have their own unique personalities. When you buy a new camera chances are you find it takes a little while to get used to it. Little by little you find the buttons and menus and learn how they work. After a little while you get comfortable and feel like you know it fairly well. …
Yes, it’s easy to fire away, shot after shot after shot. Burst mode. Machine gun mode. We shoot, we experiment, we fail, we duplicate, triplicate, centupleicate. That’s what the delete button is for. More times than not you’ll keep far more shots than you care about. Zip ’em. Chances are you’ll never miss them and …
What’s the life cycle of a photo? I suppose that depends on how it is measured. We can measure how long a photo lasts electronically before it is deleted or degraded. It may be seconds or decades. Same thing with negatives and prints. They actually physically exist for a period of time. Properly processed and …
That’s right. You’ve no doubt heard it before. Chances are you were the one saying it (to yourself, I do). We all pretty much suck at most stuff, especially in the beginning, (and sometimes more than the beginning). If we know what’s good, we know what ain’t. We know what sucks. But being bad isn’t …