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I just got myself a Seagate 1.5TB internal SATA hard drive a couple of nights ago. Best Buy was selling the hard drive for 134.99 USD on their website, so I drove over to my local store and picked one up. When I got to Best Buy the hard drive was listed for 149.99, […]
On my recent trip to Italy I ended up taking many landscape shots, as usual. After reviewing the photos from the trip, I came to the conclusion that I need to add two more pieces of equipment to my mounting pile of photo gear. Fortunately, these two things are relatively inexpensive.
The first thing I need […]
Since I just got the Sony SAL-18250 lens to replace the Sony SAL-18200 as my main lens, I figured I would compare them. I haven’t had the chance to shoot anything with the new lens yet, so I really can’t compare image quality right now, that’s for a later post. Otherwise …
The Lenses
The lens I […]
Basics
The Sony SAL-18250 lens has a focal length of 18-250mm. The maximum aperture has a corresponding range of f/3.5 to f/6.3. The minimum aperture ranges from f/22 to f/40. It also sports a lens lock switch, a nice mechanism to lock your lens at its shortest length, for compact and secure transport […]
I just opened my new Sony SAL-18250 DSLR lens and I thought I would share the package contents with everyone. Inside the box I found the following: the Operating Instructions, the Limted Warranty, the SAL-18250, and the petal lens hood, model C-SH104.
Everything I brought on my Italy trip to take photographs and a couple of things I wish I did.
Italy in 12 nights and 13 days! From Venice to Rome, including stops in Florence and the Tuscany Countryside.
Vancouver Island is a great travel destination full of opportunities to take photographs of nature and wildlife. Among the things to see are Orcas, Bald Eagles, Black Bears, Grizzly Bears, as well as beautiful coastline and forest.
For a long time I struggled with pale blue skies in my images, even if the sky was actually a deep rich blue that day. Although I have found that adjusting the exposure to make the scene darker helped a little, I still wasn’t getting the results I wanted.
Enter The Polarizer
Finally, I got my […]
Manually adjusting your white balance by adjusting the color temperature gives you the greatest amount of control over the colors in your image. Some digital camera will allow you to adjust the the white balance by allowing you to calibrate the color temperature based on a Kelvin scale. Of all the ways to […]
Custom White Balance is a setting on many digital cameras that allows you to adjust the white balance based on the scene you are trying to capture. It is not based on preset White Balance settings and is therefore customized to your particular shooting conditions. It is not Auto White Balance where the […]
For a greater understanding of White Balance generally, check out my previous post on the subject. In this post I will guide you through how to use your digital camera’s preset White Balance Settings to take more control over your photographs. White Balance is all about controlling the colors in your image.
The Usual […]
This post is intended to explain White Balance for those who don’t know what the term refers to. This post is not intended as a step by step instruction on how to set your White Balance. Later this week I will post two entries on how to actually use the White Balance settings. […]
No matter what mode you are shooting in it is helpful to have an understanding of what the Exposure Value is and what Metering Modes your camera has, and what they do. When you understand how these two work together, you will be able to select more appropriate exposure settings, faster. With the […]
Part 4: ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture Size
This part of the series on How To Shoot Manual will focus on bringing on all the previously discussed elements together. So far, I have discussed ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture Size individually, trying to keep each as discrete as possible. However, ultimately any complete tutorial on shooting manually must discuss how the […]