Photography Basics...
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Choosing Lenses
Aside from looking at your specific camera body choosing your lenses is likely to be one of the most important photographic decisions you ever make. The lens is, in many...
Dealing With Light
The word ‘photography’ draws its origins like so many other things, from Greek. In its original form the word means ‘drawing with light’, and this is a pretty accurate...
Early Photography
Photography has become such an intrinsic part of everybody’s lives that it has become difficult to imagine what the world would have been like without it.
From the...
Film Speed
If you are shooting on film one of the first choices that you have to make is amongst the plethora of film types available. Of course the most fundamental of these is...
Focusing Basics
One of the most fundamental premises of photography is that of focus. This is perhaps the most obvious thing to a viewer as it determines what is most clearly portrayed...
Great Photos With Cheap Cameras
It is often the case that the ambition of an amateur photographer vastly outweighs their budget. Many would-be photographers are put off by the prices of so-called...
How Does a Camera Work?
When looking at the most important inventions in history the camera must surely rank highly. It has transformed the way that we look at the world and, in many ways, has...
Photography Copyright Law
The increasing use of the internet has had both positive and negative effects for photographers. On one hand it has given photographers access to unprecedented levels...
Understanding Metering and Exposure
Exposure is the most important principle in photography. It is vital that any photographer who is aiming to progress past point-and-shoot cameras understands the...
What is a Range-Finder?
For many people the golden age of photography came some time between the ‘30s and ‘50s. It was during this time that some of the great documentary and candid ph...
What is a Single Lens Reflex?
The advent of the single lens reflex is one of the most important developments in the history of photography. SLR technology has been adopted wholeheartedly by both...
