Here’s a short article that’s full of tips to help you take better portrait pictures with your standard or ‘kit‘ lenses. Most often DSLR cameras with APS-C size sensors, also called 1.5x or 1.6x crop sensors, are supplied with an 18-55mm or 18-70mm lens. Like all elements of photography understanding how to make the most …
Often the key driver of the aperture is the power from the studio lights. Whilst some lights have power settings that can be adjusted over a wide range – 5 or more stops – some only have full, half and quarter power settings or 2-stops. As the studio lights are generally more powerful than the …
Photographers are an odd bunch, they spend loads of time reading about making great pictures, they spend time researching their purchases and then they forget the reading altogether since their new lens is just ace and everything is good when the use it. Know your lenses Many of us have a standard zoom that goes …