Know Your Camera: Aperture Control
In a previous article you learned that mastering the basics of your digital camera isn’t really as difficult as it seems – even for those of you who’re confronting [read more]
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Get Tack Sharp Photos – Aperture and Lens Quality
What is the primary function of a camera lens? It collects light. If there is no light, you have no image being captured by the image sensor. Here I’ll attempt [read more]
Wildlife & Nature: The 5th Exposure Mode
Jim Austin Jimages shows how AUTO-ISO plus Manual can be a flexible choice for wildlife photography, and why this 5th exposure mode is an effective approach to better exposures with [read more]
Best Point and Shoot Camera
The best point and shoot cameras today occupy a narrow space between encroaching smartphone technology on the one hand, and ever more compact Mirrorless and DSLR cameras on the other. [read more]
Shoot for Spirit, But Don’t Let Gear Interfere
“The intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any case, the eyes have [read more]
Camera ISO – What Does it Mean?
Camera ISO forms part of the “exposure triad”, along with shutter speed and lens aperture. When used together, these three elements allow the photographer to control the brightness of a [read more]
Understanding Focus in Photography
Focus can make or break an image. And unlike other elements necessary for a successful photo, either the focus is perfect, or it’s not. You might get away with a [read more]
DSLR Cameras Explained
DSLR cameras have traditionally been the fastest, the most powerful, and the most versatile photographic system available. Unsurprisingly, this makes DSLRs the tool of choice not only for the majority [read more]
How to Compose The Vertical Landscape
Grab a camera. Look at its design and horizontal layout. Makes one wonder, were modern cameras designed to make it easier to take mainly horizontal pictures? Let’s turn things 90 [read more]
A Guide to Choosing the Best DSLR Camera
Whether you’re making the first move up from a smartphone or wanting to trade in a consumer-level camera for a professional warhorse, our guide to purchasing the best DSLR camera [read more]
Compose for Picture Quality
“We are all at once both a composition and a composer. We have the ability not only to compose the future of our own lives but to help compose the [read more]
Photographs Without Photographers: Our Future in AI Photography is Coming, Fast!
What About Smart Cameras? We all know about smart cars and smartphones. But what about smart cameras? We don’t often call them that, perhaps because we feel, compared to smart [read more]
Better People Pictures for Your Holidays
“Like people, and let them know it,” said Cornell Capa, the Hungarian-born photographer and Magnum photo agency founder, when he was asked for the secret of taking good pictures. [read more]
NOW AND THEN: Camera in the Cloud
WHAT IS NOW AND THEN? Now and Then is an ongoing Apogee Photo series about the interface between today’s photo culture and the history of photography. In ‘Camera in the [read more]
Panoramas in ON1 Photo RAW
The First Panorama Panoramic photography began in the USA with an 1851 scene of San Francisco. Few panoramas were made in the early years of photography. Cameras were expensive and [read more]