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taking pictures series | the rule of thirds

November 22, 2011 Creative.

You want to take a picture. What do you do? Put the camera to your face or look at your viewfinder screen, put your subject in the middle, and press “go”, right?! Not so fast! There is a rule of thumb in the photography world called the rule of thirds that can help you line up your subject in a pleasing way, resulting in better photographs. Here is how it works: 1) When you look through your view finder, imagine the viewing space divided into thirds both vertically and horizontally (see below). 2) Best you can, align your subject along one of these lines. It has been shown that the human eye naturally floats to the four intersections of these lines, rather than the actual center ...Pin It

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Taking Pictures Series: Shooting in Manual

September 27, 2011 Creative.

Note: You don’t need an expensive camera to shoot in manual. Most point-and-shoot cameras offer this option! Check your manual! Learn before you buy a DSLR to figure out if photography is going to be your passion/hobby/profession (get a more expensive DSLR), or just for fun/just for snapshots (get a 3/4 camera or a point-and shoot).   Instead of doing a FANTASTIC job of writing a post to explain when to go with manual settings or how to go to manual settings, I found two posts that said it just as well (ok better) as I would have had I written it myself (and linked them to their respective topics).  I do, however, want to ILLUSTRATE the difference to you.  The major difference (in my eyes) between auto ...Pin It

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Taking Pictures Series: Shutter Speed

September 20, 2011 Creative.

If aperture is how open or closed your sensor is (how wide your eye is open), the shutter speed is how fast it opens and closes (how fast you blink).  In this tutorial, I will show how varying shutter speeds effect your photographic outcome. The most basic way I can explain this principle is the example made by the two following photographs of the same waterfall: In this picture, the camera had the lens wide open. You know this because the aperture (generally between 1 and 22) is relatively low at 4.5. The camera opened and closed the sensor very quickly (1/200th of a second). Because of this, the camera was able to use the natural light in the room to capture the water faster ...Pin It

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