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Why Did You Do That?

All of these changes have a compositional outcome. If you are changing these things and not...

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Do You Use Your Camera Meter Thoughtfully?

Our meter allows us evaluate what we're photographing, while our chosen exposure based on our metering allows us to get the visual information that we want in our picture.

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Sometimes Losing Your (White) Balance Can Be A Good Thing

If you've using the white balance setting on your camera in automatic mode, you've been missing out on the compositional possibilities of picking a specific white balance setting.

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Drawing Inspiration – Jill Enfield

Drawing Inspiration – Jill Enfield Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me. If possible, I’ve included a quote and a link to their work. “Every setting...

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Starting To Learn Photography

You’ve got to start somewhere. The place to start is to learn how to work your camera, preferably in fully manual mode. Learn to set your exposure by setting your ISO,aperture and shutter speed. Learn...

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White Balance: White Shoud Be White. Right?

The white balance settings on your camera represent the Kelvin temperatures of various light sources. The Kelvin temperature of a light source describes the color of that light source. I imagine it’s...

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A Good Photograph Involves A Good Thought Process

A good question came up in a recent photography class. I’m paraphrasing here: “If you create photographs in a RAW file format, since a raw file holds no white balance or color space, why do you bother...

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Use Your White Balance Creatively

If you’ve been using the “automatic” white balance setting on your you’ve been missing an easy and effective way to create more interesting photographs. It does’nt matter if you use a point and shoot...

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The Color Of Light

We describe the color of  light in degrees Kelvin. Take a look at the white balance settings on your camera. Those white balance settings represent the Kelvin temperatures of  different light sources....

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Losing Your (White) Balance

Light has color. We describe the color of light in as having a specific color temperature. Color temperature is measured on the kelvin (K) scale and temperatures on this scale are called kelvins. The...

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Using Color Creatively

Light has color. We describe the color of light by the color temperature. The  white balance setting on your camera determines how the color temperature of a light source records. One option when...

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Use The White Balance Settings On Your Camera To Make Better Photographs

While using the auto white balance settings is fine for making an average picture, learning to use the various white balance settings on your camera allows you to use color on a more creative level.

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How Are Hue Feeling?

Hue is color. Red is a hue, green is a hue, blue is a hue, etc Color evokes emotion. Green with envy, feeling blue, seeing red with anger, etc. You can use the white balance setting on your camera to...

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Practice Photography Without A Camera

Next time you’re viewing a photograph try to imagine how the photographer made the picture. Do you think that they used a large aperture or a small aperture? How about a fast or slow shutter speed?...

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Unprocessed

I like my photographs like I like my food, unprocessed and real. Of course a photograph is not “real” but it can be truthful or contrived. Truth is easy, contrivance takes some work. Contrivance can...

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The Intentional Photograph

The composition of your photograph should be filled with intent. If you, or your camera, are picking exposure settings in a haphazard manner, or based solely on the amount of light that you are...

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Night Photography Classes

I was recently asked if I teach night photography classes and I answered “yes, the classes that I teach in the evening start  at 6:30 pm and usually end at 9:30pm.” I misunderstood the question. The...

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The “Priority” Exposure Modes

On your exposure mode dial there is an aperture priority mode and a shutter priority mode. In aperture priority mode, you pick the aperture (f-stop) and your camera picks the shutter speed. In shutter...

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Why Did You Do That?

All of these changes have a compositional outcome. If you are changing these things and not...

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Do You Use Your Camera Meter Thoughtfully?

Our meter allows us evaluate what we're photographing, while our chosen exposure based on our metering allows us to get the visual information that we want in our picture.

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