The Aperture scale is one that is not intuitive to most beginning camera users, and can be cause for confusion. This video explains those common questions including: how f/stop is calculated how available light entering the camera doubles or halves when the aperture numbers don’t double or half how camera manufacturers calculate lens opening size requirements to attain the proper f/stop…
Month: January 2014
Stopping the Action
Action photos usually require the action to be frozen in time to the greatest extent possible. Slightly blurred hands and feet are often tolerated, but blurred faces, arms and legs usually don’t do much for a great photo. The biggest challenge facing action-stopping moments is available light (which is often not enough). Learning your camera capabilities,…
Light Metering
Lighting often changes, and there are many circumstances in which a change in light metering will help to gain a better quality photo.Most cameras feature three light metering options. Each option works by assigning a weighting to different light regions; areas of the image that are weighted higher contribute more to the final exposure calculation.