120mm, 35mm, 4x5, analog, black and white, chemicals, develop, developer, developing, film, film photography, fixer, how to, hypo clear, photo flo, photography, process, processing, roll film, sheet film, stop bath, wet lab 0
It’s not very hard to set up your own wet lab to process black and white film. I would suggest you to use your bathroom for this, but it could be done somewhere else, where you have a sink, as well. First you have to make the room light proof. In man…
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I got a chance to try out Triggertrap. It’s a camera remote that includes two cables and an application. One of the cables is a dongle and the other one is a cable specific to your camera. Application is available in the Apple App Store. It has t…
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My boyfriend bought me Trigger Happy for a birthday gift. It wasn’t released yet at the time of my birthday, so I had to wait few months to actually get it. Finally it came last week by mail. Trigger Happy is a camera remote for Canon and Nikon DSLR …
bracketing, contrast, digital, exposure, hdr, high dynamic range, how to, overexposure, photography, photoshop, software, underexposure 0
HDR is an abbreviation that comes from high dynamic range. HDR is a technique that allows a greater dynamic range between the lightest and the darkest areas of an image. HDR photos are actually several shots combined together. Pictures are taken …
aperture, background, blur, blurry, boke, bokeh, effect, explanation, fine art, focus, fuzziness, haze, japanese, photography, portrait photography, sharp, subject, technique, term 0
Have you heard a term “bokeh” and been wondering what it means? The term comes from a Japanese word “boke”, which means blur, haze or fuzziness. It’s a technique that adds to the aesthetic quality of a photograph by blurring. In most cases, …
artificial light, artificial lighting, background, flash, fluorescent, hard light, home studio, how to, light source, low budget, natural light, natural lighting, photography, product, product photography, props, soft light, studio, tungsten, window light 0
Even with a low budget you can create great product photographs. First you need a camera and a product to shoot of course. Tripod can be very helpful too, but it’s not necessity. Next you need to choose what light source you want to use. If you choos…
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I took Photo 60, which is a business class for photographers, last semester and our teacher recommended a book called The Photographer’s Survival Guide. In this semester I’m taking Photo 6, which is an advanced commercial photography class, and w…
24x36, architecture, canon, crop, crop factor, digital, dx, ef, ef-s, full frame, fx, iso, landscape, lens, nikon, photographer, photography, sensor, size, term 0
I had heard about full frame sensor several times during this semester, but I didn’t really know what it really meant. So I googled it and started to read about it a little bit.
Full frame is roughly the size of 24mm x 36mm. Crop sensors are out there in several different sizes. Most common crop factors are 1.3x, 1.5x and 1.6x. What these factors mean is that 1.3x is closest to full frame and 1.6x is farthest from it.
So what are the perks and downsides of full frame sensors? Full frame sensors have better image quality and also works better in higher ISOs. Better quality also means bigger print size. Full frame sensors and lenses are bigger and also cost more than cropped ones. Canon EF-lenses are full frame lenses, but also work with crop sensor bodies. However, Canon EF-S lenses are only compatible with crop sensor bodies. Nikon FX-lenses are for full frame sensors and DX-lenses for crop sensors.
In some cases, the crop factor can be a better choice… If you only own one basic lens, especially the cheap plastic one, then it might not be very wise to spend a lot of money to get a full frame body. Also many people are used to have a little big of extra reach with their long lenses and may not want to give that up by changing to a full frame body.
Which one is right for you? For an average consumer it doesn’t really make sense to spent a lot of money to get a full frame body, because the quality of crop sensor is usually more than enough. Photographers who are shooting landscapes and architecture will definitely get more out of a full frame body, because of it’s image quality and wide-angle options. If you mostly shoot in natural light or dark spaces, you’ll definitely want to consider a full frame body, because of it’s high ISO performance. If you mostly shoot subjects that you would want to get as close as possible, it might make more sense to stick with a smaller sensor, because then you can take advantage of the crop factor to get maximum detail at long distances.
book, creativity, ideas, inspiration, iphone, iphoneography, phone, photography 0
I’m not really into Instagram and other stuff out there for taking photographs with your phone. However, I was in a bookstore with my dad and his wife during my stay in Finland at summer and I was going thru photography books just to kill time. I saw …
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I have been reading a lot about stock photography lately and actually I even joined one of them as an experiment. So what do you need to know as a photographer to start your career in stock photography? If you have been using Lightroom, you should alr…
