Entries from Picture This! tagged with 'aperture'

Back to the Future

I know, that is not a title to a Disney movie but Meet the Robinsons really did not fit for this article (see, I got a Disney movie reference in anyway!). It's been over two years since I took...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on July 24, 2009 5:00 AM

Focus on the Fife and Drum

It is not a coincidence that I am featuring a photo of The Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corps as Deb Wills did early this month. With this post happening the day before America celebrates it's 233rd birthday...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on July 3, 2009 5:00 AM

Selective Focus

I'm sure many of you have seen photos where the subject is tack sharp but the background is totally out of focus. This technique is called Selective Focus and is a simple one to master. Here's all you need...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on April 3, 2009 5:00 AM

Metadata Revisited

When I was talking about adding metadata and how to use it. I seemed to have confused some people about how much work it takes to add captions and keywords. While it does take time to add them, it's...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on October 17, 2008 5:00 AM

P for Program Assist

The past couple of weeks I've showed you how to control depth of field with Aperture Priority mode and to slow or freeze motion in Shutter Priority mode. What if I was to tell you about a mode which...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on May 23, 2008 5:00 AM

A is for Aperture Control

Aperture seems to work in reverse to common sense. Measured in f/stops, the smaller the f/stop, the larger the aperture or opening of the camera's iris and the more light is allowed to hit the sensor. It also controls...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on May 16, 2008 5:00 AM

Photographic Innoventions: Before the Moment

Last week, I talked about Joe McNally's book, The Moment It Clicks. However, to start making photographs instead of snapshots, you have to think a bit before clicking the camera's shutter. It takes practice. So, when you are in a...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on March 14, 2008 5:00 AM

Photographic Innoventions: Watch Your Back(grounds)

One of the problems we all have at Walt Disney World is distracting backgrounds. From sharing the resorts with thousands of other guests to uncooperative animals or characters, backgrounds are hard to control. So, what's a photographer to do? First,...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on February 22, 2008 5:00 AM

Photographic Innoventions: Bokeh!

No, it's not the name of a new ballroom dance craze. Bokeh is used to describe a certain camera lens characteristic. Bokeh comes from the Japanese word "boke" which means fuzzy. Sounds like a strange characteristic for a lens to...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on February 15, 2008 5:00 AM

Photographic Innoventions: Best Lens Aperture

To get the sharpest images possible with your lens, it's best not to use the widest or smallest apertures. Most lenses are optimized in the f/5.6 - f/11 aperture range and give their best performance when stopped down a couple...

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Posted by Scott Thomas on February 1, 2008 5:00 AM

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