Category: Video
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Forest Photography and a very cool ‘expose to the right’ histogram exposure technique
Personally, I love forests, being surrounded by lots of green trees, sturdy trunks giving the sens of quiet strength, the sounds of the whispering breezes and the sometimes-noisy birds, all that fresh oxygen makes one almost giddy. But, for a photographer, there can be a downside. If you’ve ever tried making landscape photos in a…
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The What and Why of Color Space
What is color space? If you’ve browsed the Photo Shooting settings menu of your dslr, you’ve likely seen a setting for Color Space. Unless you have some super-special video camera, you’ll see two choices, sRGB, the factory default setting on most dslrs, and Adobe. In my Nikons, the designation is visible in the file name.…
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Expose Your Triangle – ISO
Does anybody even know what ISO means? A few, maybe! The acronym stands for International Standards Organization. It started out as an industry standard scale for measuring the sensitivity of film to light. If you’re an old-time photographer who used film cameras, you’ll recall that the films you purchased were rated: ISO 100 for bright…