Photography

INTRODUCTION WHITE BALANCE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE? Welcome to a beginner’s guide on white balance. When I first started photography and heard about white balance, it was one of those things that totally did not make any sense. How do you balance white? How do you balance color? What is there to balance? As things turn out, […]

INTRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IS NOT PERFECT Welcome to the complete guide on camera metering. Ever wonder how modern cameras automatically “know” how to take photos that are not too bright or too dark? The answer will be, through a series of built-in (light) metering sensors. But even with today’s technology, it is not perfect, and you will sometimes get photos

INTRODUCTION THE CAMERA JUNGLE Welcome to guide on the different types of cameras. While photography is not an ancient technology, it has progressed a lot within just one century. Today, there are so many different kinds of cameras that most beginners will be lost without an introduction. So here it is, a quick chapter and introduction to

INTRODUCTION LET THERE BE LIGHT Welcome to a guide on the various types of photography lighting equipment. Lighting back in the stone age of photography used to be very exciting. Photographers have to burn magnesium to create bright flashes, and that looks like some sort of a crazy ninja movie. These days, we conveniently have

INTRODUCTION DON’T SKIP THE BASICS! Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the basic rules of lighting in photography. Lighting has always been the photographer’s best friend and biggest bugbear. Use it right, you get an award-winning photo. Get it wrong, just hide that photo, and never let people set eyes on it. This guide will

INTRODUCTION LINES, THE “INVISIBLE” ELEMENT Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the types of lines in photography. Lines are everywhere and we just have to look at things from a different angle – Roads will form straight or curved lines, tall buildings will form vertical lines, mountains form diagonal lines, and even a banana have

INTRODUCTION THE CAMERA LENS JUNGLE Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the different types of camera lenses. As technology progressed, the lens library also grew significantly. Beginners who are new to photography are pretty much going to get a nasty surprise when it comes to choosing a lens – On top of various different types

INTRODUCTION THE COMMON UNFAMILIAR TERM Weather sealed cameras and lenses, that is a common term that we all hear in the world of photography. But just what does it do? What does it mean when a camera is “weather sealed”? Does it mean that weather sealed cameras are better and thus more expensive?! Do we

INTRODUCTION LOST IN LIGHTING? Welcome to a beginner’s tutorial on the flash photography basics. So you have just started with using a flash and has gotten overwhelmed by the many technical lingoes? Tried shooting with the auto mode and did not get what you expected? Well, flash photography may be easy to get started with,

INTRODUCTION AUTOFOCUS IS NOT AUTOMATIC Welcome to a beginner’s guide on the autofocus basics in photography. So, have you been taking photos on a camera, poked around only to find that there are a ton of different autofocus settings? Why are there controls for autofocus? Shouldn’t autofocus be automatic!? Yep… This is one of the