For a long time now I have struggled to understand what photographers are on about when they talk about increasing or decreasing the number of stops. The Steve Sint book finally explains it in a way that I sort of understand. So this post is for the following reasons 1. To check if I can [...]
I really enjoyed using my new lens for this photoshoot, it is fairly weighty and felt out of balance when used on my Nikon D40, which is a small SLR and quite light. After a while you will feel the lens pulling down, not major issue but it is noticeable. However it is still a worthwhile [...]
The following link is a fabulous post that explains the balance between the different aspects of photography for recording light http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/hardware/camera-exposure-modes-explained/ However Mark Cleghorn at his training took the triangle one step further and prefers to use the analogy of a see-saw. He explains that when you approach a shot you need to think which [...]