Exposure Compensation
Snowflakes fall gently across the barren expanse of the frozen lake. The soft blanket of beauty leaves one almost unaware of the winter chill lingering…
Category: Technical Aspects of Photography
Cold Weather Camera Care
Winter in Maine produces scenes that call out to photographers to brave the cold to capture the beauty. One area of camera safety that people…
Aperture and Aperture Priority Mode – Part III
The above image of three glasses demonstrates a pitfall of depth of field about which photographers should be mindful. Shot at f/1.4, 1/125th of a…
Aperture and Aperture Priority Mode – Part II
So why do photographers care about aperture at all? Can’t you just adjust the brightness later in your photo editor? To some extent, yes. BUT,…
Aperture and Aperture Priority Mode – Part I
Photo Perspectives participating photographer, ZB, captured the stunning image shown above. Not only is it a great image, but an excellent starting point for a…
The Basic Metering Modes
How Does Your Camera Know? In the beginning (and sometimes the middle and the end), a photographer just wants to wander around, point the camera…
Shutter Speed and Shutter Priority Mode
The Shutter: “The When” and “The How Long” Just like shutters on a house open and close to either let light in or keep light…
The Basics of Exposure
What is exposure? In photography, exposure refers to the amount of light that reaches, and is collected by, the sensor to create an image. Like…
