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Since I love shallow depth of field so much, I thought I’d put my own Friday Photo Tip exercise from last week on wide apertures into practice for myself.  Last Saturday I had a lovely outing at an historic stone manor in Maryland, built in the 1700’s.  We have a friend, Howard, who is renting […]

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  I was born and raised on film.  Back in the day, when talking about ISO (or ASA as it was called) I would explain to you how black and white film had on one side little silver halide crystals (or “grains”) nestled in the emulsion just waiting to be exposed to light.  These grains would come in […]

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    Understanding exposure and the ability to control it is key in being able to create a good photograph.  I say “create a good photograph” because you really are in charge of “creating”  an image and are not just at the mercy of the camera. I’ll discuss some basic concepts about exposure first and then […]

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