Photography Basics
Below are our 11 articles in the 'photography basics' category:
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 ways, the most important ...
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 representation of the nature of ...
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 regular consumer uses (holiday ...
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 the choice between colour and ...
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 in an image. An even focus, ...
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 ‘pro-sumer’ or enthusiast cameras ...
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 transformed peoples’ view of ...
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 of free or very cheap storage, ...
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 principle and knows how to put it ...
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 photographers were working. One of the ...
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 commercial and amateur ...
