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How Many Lenses Do I Need?
The answer is one. Of course almost nobody shoots with just one lens – well maybe the Leica film crowd with their super sharp 35mm lenses – but you really only need one lens. So which lenses should this one lens be? Generally speaking you can use your kit lens (that’s the small inexpensive zoom…
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Is It Porn Or Art?
Photo by Edward Weston FaceBook, Instagram and the rest of social media is awash in provocative images which many might label pornographic or at least rate an 18+ rating. But there are also amazingly artistic images of the human body, both male and female, which certainly would pass as art by anyone’s definition. So how…
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Seeing
Before you can shoot anything you have to be able to see it. Sounds obvious doesn’t it but seeing is a lot harder than it sounds. It’s a gift if you can “see” things which would make for good photographic images. Very few people, including many amateur and professional photographers, can’t see all that well.…
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The Artist’s Way
Are you wondering if you really can be a better photographer? Do you think a newer camera or a better camera would help? Maybe you should take photography lessons from a pro? Would moving somewhere more photogenic be a good idea? How about if I said, even if you’re brand new to photography, you’re likely…
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Develop Your Film
It’s easy to develop negatives from your film camera. Unlike digital camera older film cameras produce images that many photographic artists find very pleasing. One reason is film still has a greater dynamic range (the ability to record the varying shades of grey from pure white to absolute black) than most digital cameras. Setting your…
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Shakey Photos
Are you getting images that look out of focus or just overall soft and not as sharp as you’d like to see? Is this happening when shooting indoors without a flash or when taking shots at night again without a flash? If so it’s very likely your shutter speed is too slow. This happens all…
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Get On Your Knee
This is a snapshot of a cat in Italy. Only problem is everyone takes photos of cats at this angle and there’s no way to know that this is a cat in Italy. It’s a boring photo and i took it. While at my age it is getting increasingly difficult to get down to eye…
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Does Your Street Photography Need To Mean Something?
Have you watched endless You Tube videos of Face Book photography sites where the street photography seems absolutely vacuous, meaningless and well…boring? If so, maybe you aren’t seeing what the artist saw! Case in point is an excellent video on You Tube from “The Photographic Eye” site called The Problem with “Art” Photography Explained For…
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Does Size Matter?
When we are talking about sensors, does size matter? Do you really need or even want a full-size sensor or would a micro four-thirds sensor be a better fit? This image from Wikipedia shows the different size sensors that you can buy and a lot depends on your camera model. For example I shoot micro…
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