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Beginners Guide to Aperture – Understanding Sharpness

Cat portrait shallow DOF
Cat portrait at f/2.8 creating a shallow DOF

Aperture Camera Aperture is quite simply a hole. It is an…

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Categorized as Beginner's GuideTagged aperture, blur, bokeh, circle of confusion, depth of field, DOF, f/2.8, f/22, lens, lenses, sharpness, sweet-spot, visual depth

Arguing for Aperture – Understanding Lenses

Glacier Ice beach Jökulsarlon

I am a fan of the semi-automatic modes and when I…

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Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged aperture, Av - Aperture Priority, communication, compensation, depth of field, DOF, f/14, f/2.8, f/22, focal length, focus, hyperfocal distance, macro, portrait, sharpness, visual depth

Photography Basics – camera settings and types

Manual mode

On a DSLR there is a choice of settings that allow you to have different levels of control over the camera. First you need to consider what you want to do, or to be precise, what kind of result do you want to achieve?

Categorized as Beginner's Guide, Cameras & LensesTagged action, Av - Aperture Priority, compensation, DSLR, Exposure Compensation, f/11, f/16, f/2.8, f/22, f/8, manual focus, portrait, Shutter Priority

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