February 2008

f-Stop, Shutter Speed, and all that jazz

Welcome back!Shutter Speed and f-stop settings work together in creating the exposure. The best analogy I’ve seen is to think of getting the desired exposure as a filling a bucket. It takes a certain amount of water to fill the bucket. You can pour water very quickly for a short time, or you can pour […]

Photographing Snow

It can be tricky trying to take a picture of a snow-covered landscape. All that bright white snow fools your camera into thinking there’s more light than there really is.
To Illustrate my point, here’s a picture I took this morning (as usual, click the thumbnail to view the full-size picture):

That looks kind of dark for […]

A few Definitions

Those who are new to photography are likely to get lost in the blizzard of terminology and acronyms that starts when you read the owners manual for your first camera. Here is a list of terms you’re likely to run into and a (hopefully) simple explanation of what they mean.

Aperture
The size of the opening […]