Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Exposure compensation is a way to manually adjust the exposure of a photograph by a set amount. Typically it's a dial or control that allows increments of third or half stops, either over or under the default exposure the camera will otherwise take the photograph at. Personally, I've used exposure compensation more than not often… Continue reading Exposure Compensation Is Our Friend – How And When To Use It
Some photographs are more equal than others. Even two images that apparently look equally beautiful to the eye on the surface, might have a different emotional impact - for both the photographer and the viewer - for a number of reasons. And an image that initially seems forgettable to most of us, might hold great… Continue reading The Most Important Photograph Of The Year
When photography becomes too fiddly, with too many obstacles, the flow is interrupted. So there's a need for a certain amount of ease and simplicity. But if it's too easy, perhaps shooting auto everything with nothing to do but blindly point and shoot, I feel too much of a disconnect with the experience. I'm not… Continue reading Photography Made Easy – But Not Too Easy
Using DSLRs, I oscillate pretty evenly between Auto Focus (AF) and Manual Focus (MF) lenses. And even with my three AF lenses, I use them MF a significant part of the time too. Because many of my photographs are close up - and often at the closest focus of the lens - I often use… Continue reading Focusing Tips – How To Rock Out For Optimum Focus Accuracy
With anything in life, I think it’s important to find your own frequency. By this I mean engaging in an activity not so little that you’re always craving more and feeling frustrated, and not so much that you’re often feeling overwhelmed and in a constant state of scrambling to keep up. Discovering that "just enough"… Continue reading The Importance Of Finding Your Frequency
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