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Understanding Manual Exposure Part II

When you are exposing your image manually, you must make your shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together. Usually you will choose your shutter speed or aperture first, based on the situation. For a portrait, for example, you might determine that you want a large aperture so that you can blur the background. You would choose a large aperture and then you would adjust your shutter speed to match that setting. The larger your aperture, the faster your shutter speed should be (most of the time). In well lit situations, you will never need to mess with your ISO. You … Continue reading →

Bracketing for Proper Exposure

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Earlier, in a post about fireworks photography, and also in a post about windows, I mentioned briefly the subject of bracketing. Tracy also wrote a post in her photo glossary series about it. I would like to further expand on the topic, to be sure that my readers understand what we are talking about. In the old days, before digital and auto everything cameras, you used to have to take pictures on slide film. Then you would send it out in the mail (remember the mail?), to a processing place, and they would send you your slides back. Then you … Continue reading →

Photography 101: Lesson 5

Landscapes, Nature, and Travel I love landscapes. I love nature. I am sure I would love travel, if I did it more! Don’t just take pictures of people…take a minute to look around you and soak in the beauty of all of the non living things around you, and the nature that is alive all around you. Landscape, nature, and travel photography are different, but they usually get lumped together. As a general rule, landscapes tend to show large sweeping views of the land, whole cities, or large bodies of water and sky. Nature photography covers a spectrum of categories, … Continue reading →

Another, Easier Way to Do Windows

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I talked about how to do windows in an earlier post, and want to let you know that is not the only way to do it. Another, equally effective, and perhaps easier way is as follows: When shooting the interior of a home or business, and when there is a window in the scene, shoot at least two exposures of the exact same shot. Take one shot that is properly exposed for the interior, and one that is exposed for the outside light pouring in through the window. The exposure for the outside is probably at least one stop over … Continue reading →