August 2016 – Aperature, Shutter Speed, HDR, Wide Angle, Light,

OK, we beat this to death in Boot Camp and in Mickey Rountree’s articles but I can’t emphasize enough how mastering the understanding of Aperture and Shutter Speed can have the greatest impact on your photography.  Without it, it’s impossible to convey what you’re feeling by taking the image.  Sometimes you just have to read, watch or listen to something in several different ways before it really clicks.  So at the risk of being redundant, here’s another article on aperture and shutter speed.

Aperture and Shutter: The Science of the F-stop by Christopher Sawyer.

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/aperture-and-shutter-science-of-the-f-stop/

HDR Photography, what a polarizing subject.  There are such strong opinions on both sides of the issue.  Within PSC we have our own groups of lovers and haters.  IF we go to the basics of what HDR is, it stands for High Dynamic Range.  When it’s impossible to capture the entire range of lights and darks in an image, HDR is the answer.  Ansel Adams used HDR in the darkroom, he called it dodging and burning.  Here’s an article about HDR Myths.  Hopefully it will give everyone a better understanding of what it is and isn’t. 

9 HDR Photography Myths by Marc Andre

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/9-hdr-photography-myths/

It’s summer, along with fall, winter and spring it’s the best time of the year to shoot landscapes.  The go-to lens for landscapes is the wide angle, but it’s hard to leave out the stuff you don’t want or need in your picture with the lens capturing so much.  With a little planning and forethought your wide angle images can be fantastic.  Here’s a thought provoking article on how to plan for a wide angle shot.

How to be Creative with a Wide Angle Lens by Andrew Gibson

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/how-to-be-creative-with-a-wide-angle-lens/

Do you understand Light?  Photography is all about light.  We talk about good light and bad light but maybe we should be calling it easy light and hard light.  With reflectors, deflectors, diffusor’s and flashes we can make that hard light easier to work with.  We just have to understand what we’re trying to do with the light.  The more we understand it the easier it is to take good pictures.  So here’s your academic article of the month.

What can Billiards Teach You About Light & Photography?

http://www.lightstalking.com/what-can-billiards-teach-you-about-light-photography/

This may be a little far out for some people, but this would have been a ball where I lived in Chicago and Ft. Lauderdale.  So if you find anything to do with alcohol offensive, don’t read any farther.  We’ve been suffering for a month now with extremely hot weather.  Even the lure of photography makes me reluctant to leave the house.  This guy came up with the idea of having a party and shooting portraits at the same time.  Be sure to check out all the images.

Wine Drinking Portrait Project Yields Hilarious Results by Chelsea O’Neill

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/wine-drinking-portrait-project-yields-hilarious-results/