with Ed Verosky
In this episode, Exposure Control and the iPhone. We’re joined by Joseph Ferreira. Subscribe to download our podcasts on iTunes. What we talk about: Popularity of iPhone photography and Instagram The Haters Independent exposure, WB, and focus controls and locks Using a gray card with an iPhone Camera+, Camera Awesome iPhoneography, Androidography? Related Links: Joseph [...]
I Resisted It, But I Love Taking Pictures with My Phone! Is it wrong for a professional photographer to suddenly declare his favorite camera is his phone? Well, this isn’t really anything new to people who’ve known me for awhile; I surprised friends with this statement about a couple years ago. But as the technology [...]
I recently tried my hand at creating some intriguing photographic abstract art; incense smoke photography. Several of my friends at the About-Photography Group posted some of their own smoke images, so I thought I’d give it a try and came up with the images shown here. The following is a short tutorial on how it [...]
I’m very proud to announce that my latest eBook titled, DSLR: The Basics, has just been released! If you’ve struggled with the fundamental concepts of photography, this eBook is for you. Maybe you’ve heard other photographers talk about shooting in Manual mode, or discussing settings that, quite frankly, seem a little confusing. The good news [...]
My friend, Lou, posted an interesting viewpoint about how he would like his images (perhaps most art) to be viewed on the internet. Are you trying to make pictures that everyone will love? Another reason why that’s a mistake. Seth Godin tells it. JimmyD talks you through a Pretty Girl shoot, lighting and all. And [...]
A quick example showing how shutter speed affects ambient exposure. Notice that in each shot, the only camera setting that changed was the shutter speed. The actual brightness of the lamp in the background was not adjusted between shots. The flash exposure remains the same. The lamp appears brighter as the duration of the [...]
Chris Arnade has his inspiring project featured on the New York Times website. Yes, there is humanity everywhere.
“The bar raised and didn’t automatically take us all along for the ride. We find ourselves again having to earn our position there. Some of us, I fear, will never again stand on the top rung where we hung out and got fat and lazy and belligerent and arrogant and slovenly and so set in [...]
Readers occasionally write in and ask for specifics about the camera, lens and settings I used for a particular shot. Sometimes they want to know exactly how far from the subject I was when I took the photo, what the sensor size was, and whether or not I cropped the image after the fact. At [...]
Portrait Photography. An overview of a classic three-point lighting setup used in portrait photography. Other videos >>
