Monthly Archives: July 2010
Photo by Muddy Defender. This is a nifty picture. Great balance between the ambient light and the lights. It’s definitely getting dark out, but the sky is still a nice light gray. The lights do a great job of making the jeep pop and creating some contrast between it and…
Photo by PrecisionPurple. Since it is still really hot around Jersey, I decided to look through some winter photos on Flickr. This one stuck out. I like the way the tree in the foreground kind of frames the picture. Nice composition. You can really see where the light falls off…
Photo by Micah Camara. Very cool picture. The quick shutter speed freezes the water in place. It’s nifty how the water splays out into a near perfect circle, too. Looks like a nice beach to hang out on, too. Nicer than the Jersey shore…
Previously, we talked about how and affect an image. The third main setting you have to worry about is ISO sensitivity. Your digital camera creates an image by processing the light that comes into contact with its internal sensor. The ISO sensitivity is a measurement of how sensitive the sensor…
Changing the aperture setting on your camera has a . But it also effects your image in another way. The aperture setting creates what’s called depth of field. When you take a picture, you focus on a specific point. This would typically be your subject; let’s say a person. As…
Your digital camera’s aperture setting is one of the three main settings that determines whether your image is well-exposed or not. Inside your camera is a digital sensor that captures light. The sensor is covered by a pair of doors (the shutter, read more ), which open and shut to…
Previously, we talked about and . But is motion blur always a bad thing? Not necessarily. There are certain artistic reasons that you might want to intentionally blur your photo. Here are some examples. Panning an Image Panning is a technique used to emphasize the fact that your subject is…
One way that the shutter speed impacts an image is by determining how bright or dark the image is. . But, as with the other camera settings, there is a trade-off involved. There are certain situations where you will always want a quick shutter speed, and there are other situations…
By David Brightwell. Today’s picture is of a lighthouse along the North Sea. I was browsing through some pictures of clouds and sunsets on Flickr, and this really jumped out at me. I love the way the dark, eerie mood of the picture is contrasted by the single bright light…
One of the three main settings you can adjust on your digital camera is the shutter speed. Altering this setting will have a direct effect on an image’s exposure – how bright or dark the color is. So how does the shutter speed effect an image’s exposure? Letting Light In…
