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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
“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 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]
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 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]
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]
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]
“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]
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]
“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]
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]
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]
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