Ritorno al castello ottagonale #9 - Giuli@
In tradition film photography, ISO sensitivity is a measure of how sensitive the film is to light. Film with lower ISO rating requires longer exposure (e.g. leaving the shutter open longer) and is also known as slow film. Vice-versa, film with higher ISO rating requires shorter exposure and is known as fast film.
But digital photography doesn’t use film, you say? That’s right but ISO sensitivity still plays a big role. Read more >>
One of the most common mistakes of photography is to place the subjects in the middle of the frame. A basic tip on composition that I found when starting photography is the “Rule of Thirds“.
Contrary to it’s name, the Rule of Thirds is not a hard rule that you need to apply to all your photographs. Rather, it is a guideline to compose your image to make it more visually stimulating. It started out as a guide for artists to compose their drawings and paintings.
So what exactly is this rule? Read more >>
PPM’s Featured Sunset by MS4JAH
Photographs of sunsets can be stunning and breathtaking. DPS has some great tips on how to capture the best sunset photographs:
Think Ahead - While sometimes wonderful sunrise and sunset shots can be taken spontaneously without any forethought it’s often the case that the best ones come out of planning….
Shoot at a variety of focal lengths - wide angle can create sweeping landscape shots but if you want the sun itself to be a feature of the shot you’ll want to be able to zoom right in….
Do you have any tips to share of photographing sunsets and sunrises? Please share with us in the comments.
Head over to DPS to read the full article!
RJ by Longristra
Yesterday we went through briefly what Aperture can do for our photos. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how Shutter Speed can affect your images.
Shutter speed refers to the time that the shutter is left open for light to reach the film or image sensor for film cameras and digital cameras respectively. This is normally achieved by a mechanical shutter between the lens and the film or image sensor that opens and closes for a period of time specified by the shutter speed. Shutter speed is measured in seconds and the usually appear in fractions of a second, 1s, 1/2s, 1/4s etc.
So how does shutter speed affect your photos?
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Playing with Aperture by sonicwalker
The opening of the lens diaphragm inside a lens is commonly known as Aperture. This opening regulates the amount of light that is passed through onto the film or the image sensor.
The size of an aperture in a lens for a point-and-shoot digital camera is normally fixed. However, it is very useful to know about aperture even if you’re using a compact camera. Prosumer, SLR and Digital SLR cameras often allow the photographer to adjust the aperture. Aperture size is usually measured in terms F-stops or F/number. The smaller the F-stop, the larger the opening of the lens (i.e. more light is captured into the photo). Read more >>
Don’t you just hate it when a memory card malfunctions and breaks down? Luckily, there are some options to recover your images.
- PhotoRescue
- Zar (Free!)
- PC Inspector - Smart Recovery
- RescuePro - From Sandisk
Most of the recommended software will cost you a bit of money. It’s a small cost to recover images from a family trip! Has anyone used either of these software before? Leave a comment if you have any other recommendations!
Source: Lifehacker, Thomas Hawk
