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What Settings?
New photographers continue ask on FaceBook for info from posters on which camera, what lens and what settings were used to create a published photo. The answer is that information is irrelevant to understanding the photo. I recommend to new photographers that they should take a few lessons in basic photography and then they can…
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Film Speed – ASA
Newcomers to film photography often are confused by the different types of film and especially the different speeds of film. When it comes to speed which is indicated as ASA (ISO when we’re speaking of a digital sensor) the basic rule is the slower the film speed the better the quality of the image. So…
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Sports Photography
I haven’t shot sports in decades so this photo will have to do. It’s one of 1,500 images shot for a local charity during one of their fundraisers. As with a lot of indoor action photography this was shot at a high ISO and a prime fast lens. Pretty sure this was shot with a…
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Let’s Talk White Balance
So what’s white balance?] White Balance is the camera setting or the setting in your RAW editor that adjusts how colours appear in an image. When shooting auto in JPG format the white balance is locked into your image set by the camera itself. In other words if your image is too blue or too…
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Fill Flash
This is not a great image but it will do. It’s a dark shot of the gathering of some of the members of the Oakville Camera Club at the end-of-the-seasonn pub night in a dark bar. When it comes to shooting in dark places or shooting in places where sunlight is going to overwhelm your…
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Is It Art?
Another FaceBook inspired post. Today a young photographer was bemoaning his photography which he didn’t think compared to the photography of any of the great photographers of the past. A lot of well-meaning comments were directed towards his style of shooting and the equipment he might consider. Some suggested a better grounding in the “rules”…
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JPG or RAW?
So today on FaceBook Deborah who is going on safari (lucky her) asked that since RAW images get render back as JPGs is there any reason to actually shoot RAW and then edit the images in an expensive editor like Lightroom or Photoshop? Here’s my answer: Deborah you’re going to get a lot of interesting…
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What Camera?
“I’m new and what camera do you recommend? I want to shoot vacation shots and birds.” You’ll see this plea for advice on FaceBook daily and on some of the bigger beginner sites somedays hundreds of people will offer their recommendation. One of the big problems with FaceBook as I’ve said before is a lot…
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Buying A Pentax 17?
Should you buy a new Pentax 17? It depends. The Pentax 17 is the first new film camera offered by the venerable Japanese camera manufacturer in a long, long time. And who said film is dead. LOL. But there are some things you should know before you consider this purchase. First thing is this is…
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Why Do My Photos Suck?
This is a common complaint and one I make myself somedays LOL. There are a lot of reasons but let’s keep this simple and do a pointform:
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