Showing posts with label Beginning Photographer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beginning Photographer. Show all posts

Learning About Exposure Triangle - Learn From the Basics

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However, there are not much people who have photography skill. Taking a course or learning from internet could be the one of several ways to increase the photography skills.
You may fall in love to photography activity, but don't understand how to operate the camera. Actually, there are many sources on how to learn photography nowadays, especially if you want to spare time more to browse over internet. Books also are good sources for you to learn.
Talking about photography, it is related with the art and science. When you start to capture an image, you should be able to imagine that the object is something interesting to be captured and could deliver a particular message. So, the camera lens is functioning like your eyes. What you see will be shown by the camera lens?
Understanding the Triangle Exposure
The one aspect of the camera which determines the light delivery on your pictures is exposure. Exposure in photo is the lights quantity that reach a film. It can be determined by shutter speed and lens aperture. The range of exposure can determine the picture effect. The setting of exposure on photograph includes of aperture, ISO speed and shutter speed camera. All of them are called as exposure triangle. The triangle of exposure can be said as the basic learning of DSLR camera.
a. ISO
ISO in film camera refers to how sensitive the film against to the light. The ISO in DSLR camera refers to the sensor setting instead of film. If you move the ISO speed to the lower number, it will sensitive to the light. The low setting of ISO speed will be high to the bright midday sun. The setting number is about ISO 100 or 200. Sometimes, the wrong ISO speed and the light setting will make the digital noise on your photo.
b. Shutter Speed
Shutter speed refers to time amount that the shutter on the camera will open for when you take a shot. If you set the short speed on the camera, you would get less light that hit the sensor. It can also have the "freezing" motion effect. if you set a long shutter speed, you would get more light to hit the sensor. It also will make any movement is appeared blur on the direction that was moved. For some reason, that is a desirable effect depends on what you are trying to achieve.
c. Aperture
The aperture on a camera refers to the opening size in the lens that let the lights hit the sensor. If you set the aperture in wide, it allows more lights in, and narrow allows less lights in. The measured size on opening is f/1.4, f2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/16, f/22 etc.
If you set the aperture in the small number, you will get the large opening. The aperture allows you to control the field depth.
If you want to create the good picture with good measure of exposure setting, you can follow these tips. Try to avoid the over contrast situation. You should try to work in the first 2 hours after the sunrise and before the sunset. Some of the photographers claim that it is a perfect time to get the good picture. It would be better if you don't shoot the objects at high noon. The daylight changes constantly and often create the more dramatic picture.
Understand about triangle exposure will help you feel more confident with your photography skills and understand what will be a problem when you start to shoot. ISO, shutter speed and aperture are the three fundamental elements that will affect your camera settings. To get the results you want, all of them should work together. Creating a harmonious picture could be a tricky ever. As soon as you have a lot of practice, you will increase your skill. It is really worth to try everything first before you take a picture.
Article Source: Dini_Williyanti

Photogenic Phoenix for the Beginning Photographer

Phoenix has a large number of destinations that give a beginning photographer an amazing number of opportunities to take outstanding pictures. What fun it is to "practice" at such enticing destinations!
Papago Park with Botanical Garden and Zoo
Papago Park itself has an abundance of wildlife, desert plants, and huge sandstone buttes.
The Desert Botanical Garden is also filled with desert plants, and the trails have great subjects in colorful Chihuly Art.
The Phoenix Zoo is 125 acres of grounds that are home to hundreds of species of animals who have plenty of space to roam. Pictures may require a telephoto lens and a monopod.
Orpheum Theater
This theater is an architectural and stately beauty and has gorgeous paintings on the ceiling. It was built in Baroque and Spanish Medieval styles from 1927 to 1929. In the late 1980s, they began a renovation, which wasn't completed until 1997. Brought back was much of the original design in the stunning and intricate moldings, murals, and more.
Victorian Heritage Square
If you like to shoot architecture, this is the place to find refurbished historic British shops, restaurants and museums, some of which date back to 1895. If you are there at the right times, ethnic and cultural festivals are often featured such as the Phoenix Brewers Invitational Beer Fest, and these give many pictorial opportunities. This walkable city block also hosts the Phoenix Museum of History and the Arizona Science Center.
Chase Field
Not only is Chase Field the air-conditioned home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, but it also plays host to other events such as motor cross and monster trucks. Additionally, it is known for being the first stadium in the United States with a retractable roof, and it also has a signature swimming pool.
Goldfield Ghost Town
This is a unique opportunity to film what was an abandoned gold mining town with its original untouched buildings, a free mine tour, a jail, a saloon, a mystery house, a train ride around the entire complex, staged Old West gun fights, old time photographs, western souvenirs, horseback riding in the desert, and more. Characters portray what they would be wearing and at the same time tell you about the town's history.
Dobbin's Point(Dobbins Lookout)
At 2,330 feet, this is the highest point in South Mountain Park/Preserve that is accessible by public roadway or trail and gives an amazing view of downtown Phoenix. It luckily has the decent Summit Road to drive up 5.5 miles to it, making it easy to haul your gear. The Park itself is one of the country's largest municipally operated parks with its more than 16,000 acres including 51 miles of primary trails for hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking. It actually consists of three mountain ranges: the Gila, Ma Ha Tauk and Guadalupe.
Scottsdale high rise condos, especially those in downtown Scottsdale, put you in an extremely convenient location for photography opportunities locally as well as within an easy distance of visiting all the above sites in Phoenix or in its Metro Area.
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Article Source: Genie_Fletcher