Photography 101.4 – Exposure and Stops
- At June 05, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Offsite post
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Today, the fourth lesson in my Photography 101 series on Digital Photography School finally went live! Due to the turmoil that our lives were thrown into due to Naomi’s injury, it’s been difficult to find the time to put aside to do the full research, illustrating and writing needed for the Photo101 posts. As such it’s been a couple of months since lesson 3.
I hope the wait has been worth it. This lesson, I introduce exposure and the concept of the exposure triangle. Not only is this the first lesson with more practical aspects to it, but it is also very useful, discussing skills that will truly help you to start becoming a more effective photographer.
You can read Lesson 4: Exposure and Stops here.
If you’re new to the series, this is what we’ve covered so far:
Introduction
Introducing Photography 101
Lesson 1
Light and the Pinhole Camera
Lesson 2
Lenses and Focus
Lesson 3
Lenses, Light and Magnification
Thanks to Darren Rowse of DPS for hosting this ongoing series.
Photography 101 Lesson 2
- At March 20, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Tutorial
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The next Photography 101 lesson is up on the Digital Photography School. This week’s lesson introduces the concept of lenses and duscusses what they do, how they work and how the theoretical basics apply to the lenses in your camera. Fully illustrated, this lesson will give valuable insight that will inform future lessons.
Photography 101 course on DPS
- At March 12, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Offsite post, Tutorial
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I recently applied for and was awarded a position as a staff writer at the world’s biggest and most popular photography blog the Digital Photography School (DPS). This part time position involves me writing one post a week to appear on the blog, which has a readership of over 40,000. I have previously had a guest post on Rapid Composition posted there, which was done as part of the interview process. So far my contributions have been well received.
Darren, the owner of DPS, asked his readers what kind of topics they’d like to see the new staff editors cover in their posts. A recurring theme I noticed was a desire to learn the basics and understand how cameras work, so that photographers can feel more in control and have more creative freedom. Having a strong interest in science and optics, I thought this is a topic I could do something about. Thus: Photography 101.
In this weekly series, I’ll cover all the basics of camera design and use. I talk about the ‘exposure triangle’: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. I talk about focus, depth of field and sharpness, as well as how lenses work, what focal lengths mean and how they put light on the sensor. I also look at the camera itself, how it works, what all the options mean and how they affect your photos.
Things kicked off late last week with an enthusiastically welcomed introduction, and the course began Monday, with the first lesson on Light and the Pinhole Camera.
I will be posting notification of each week’s lesson to my blog to remind you all to go and check it out. There’ll be lots of cool stuff to learn, and homeworks assignments to complete. I can promise you’ll learn something about photography.
I encourage you to check out DPS and perhaps subscribe to their feed as well for regular updates of great photography instructional content.
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