Most of us can shoot good fireworks pictures by simply pointing at the sky and taking a snapshot of the exploding cascade of colors. But after dozens, if not hundreds of such photos, you tire quickly of them. This is...
If you are just starting out in photography — or if you have been shooting in JPEG exclusively — and wondered just what shooting in RAW means, here’s a primer on it. Understanding RAW File Format When...
Ken Murphy built a time-lapse camera and installed it on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco. The camera captured an image of the sky every 10 seconds for a year. From these images, he created a mosaic...
There are wedding videos and there is the LaPenderson Wedding Video. Congrats, Carissa and Adam, Best Wishes, Happy Days and All Other Such Good Things! You’ve got to admit that they’ve got the best guests...
Have you ever tried to photograph the moon only to be disappointed with the result? Perhaps the moon was too small in your picture? Or, the picture was not sharp? Or, the moon was overexposed so that you lost the detail...
What’s the big deal about aperture? Should you know anything about it when comparing cameras (or lenses)? Does the terms f/stop, f/value, aperture value confuse you? Consider that for light to expose the image...
The histogram display in your camera may seem like a confusing graph and you may have wondered what it has to do with getting a well-exposed picture. Though you may never need to use it on our modern cameras that make...
Whereas an optical zoom uses the optics (lens) of the digital camera to move you closer to your subject, a digital zoom simply uses a portion of the existing image and enlarges it digitally. Enlarging the image...
