Tuesday Tunes - 04/30/13

A great lyric is like a great book... I Would Be Stronger Than That Faith Hill, Artist Faith Hill & Gary Burr, Writers There's a friend who will call When her husband's asleep Crossing the phone lines for comfort And she cries that she needs him and Someday he'll change And...

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A to Z Challenge - Z

A zoom lens is one which has an adjustable focal length, as opposed to a prime lens, which has one set focal length.Some zoom lenses have adjustable aperture, and others have a set aperture. Those with a set aperture cost considerably more! Zipping it all up... This  month has been really cool...

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Mondays - 04/29/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Currently Reading: That Book About Harvard (Eric Kester) Just Finished: January First (Michael Schofield) On Deck: An ever growing list!...

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A to Z Challenge - Y

"When you adjust the lens or film standard of a large format camera by tilting it sideways and then follow by applying swing to the same standard you’ll find that it will not be parallel in any axis to the other standard. To ensure sharp focus you then need to make multiple adjustments....

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A to Z Challenge - X

X is a tough one! The X-sync is the socket on an external flash that ensure that the flash will go off when the shutter opens.  This begs the question, external flash?! The in camera flash isn't a great flash... It tends to be very close to your subject and often washes out your photo. Some...

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A to Z Challenge - W

Artificial (non-sunlight) light comes in many forms, fluorescent, tungsten, etc. Each type of light has  a different "color temperature" - fluorescent light is very harsh and almost greenish, tungsten tends to be more orange or yellow. Our eyes compensate for those differences and try to...

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You Love Me...You Really, Really Love Me!!

I am the proud recipient of the blogger-to-blogger Liebster Award! Who better to give blogger awards than another blogger, who understands what I do and why I do it?!  Thank you kindly to Madeline at Reincarnated as a Writer for acknowledging me! Madeline found me via the A to Z Challenge. The...

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A to Z Challenge - V

There are two ways to plan/frame/view your subjects before taking the shot. You can set your camera to "live" mode, which makes your LCD screen active or you can look through the viewfinder, or eyepiece. Most photographers prefer the latter as viewfinders give a more realistic view of your photo. LCD...

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Imagine...

Imagine... Your beloved son, an intelligent Ivy-League student, suddenly disappears. He walks out of the door of his apartment one evening and is gone. He left his phone, his wallet, his ID. He left no messages or explanations, no way to get in touch with him. He is just gone. Imagine... Your efforts...

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A to Z Challenge - U

UV Filters are used to prevent ultraviolet light (UV) from getting into and affecting your photographs. UV filters reduce haziness and fogginess in your photos, as well as give you generally a sharper image. Though newer digital cameras tend to be less sensitive to UV wavelengths, due to their low...

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Tuesday Tunes - 04/23/13

A great lyric is like a great book... Popular, Wicked Kristin Chenowith, Artist GLINDA: (Spoken) Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project! ELPHABA: (Spoken) You really don't have to do that... GALINDA: (Spoken) I know, that's what makes me so nice!...

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A to Z Challenge - T

We've discussed several areas of composition and technique for photography: rules of thirds, balancing a photograph's subject/s, using color carefully and intentionally, and perspective. The hardest part of photography is, of course, keeping all things in mind  when looking at a subject while...

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A to Z Challenge - S

Shutter speed is the third major exposure setting that a photographer can adjust on his/her camera. Shutter speed, boils down to the amount of time your camera's blades (or eyelids) are open and therefore allowing light in to effect your picture.  The longer the shutter is open, the more light...

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Sunday Salon - 04/21/13

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links. Well folks, As everyone has heard, it's been a crazy, chaotic week here in Massachusetts! Monday was such a beautiful day. Everyone was psyched for the Patriot's Day holiday (well, those who had off), and...

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A to Z Challenge - R

Most amateur photographers will aim their camera at their subject (a friend, child, pet), center that subject in the screen and shoot. While this gets the job done, it is a bit boring. In photography, another key of composition and technique is called the rule of thirds. Imagine a tic-tac-toe...

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A to Z Challenge - Q

A quick-release platform is a feature on many tripods that enable cameras to be removed quickly and easily. In fact, it usually attaches to the camera base and is removed with the camera as needed. The convenience of such a thing is clear. If you are taking pictures using a tripod and just can't...

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A to Z Challenge - P

Perspective is one of the keys to photography composition and technique. The term is fairly obvious, perspective is the view or direction from which you are taking a picture. But perspective can be used to a photographer's advantage if it is an artistic decision. For example, a picture in which...

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A to Z Challenge - O

A one-shot camera is another name for a point-and-shoot type camera (Polaroid, cheap disposables, etc.). These cameras are used by thousands of takers-of-pictures as they are easy to use, take little knowledge or skill to utilize, and are often cheap. These cameras do not, usually, offer any control...

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Siri And Me - Milgrim

Dave has fallen in love.  He has never met anyone like Siri, who is kind, helpful, generous, smart! She is Dave's perfect woman...except for the fact that she is an electronic help application accessed via his iPhone. But is she?! Siri may just be more than that, as she proves to lead Dave to...

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Tuesday Tunes - 04/16/13

A great lyric is like a great book... Fairytale Lover UTFO, Artist Kangol Kid, Howie Tee, Full Force, Writers They say if you believe in fairy tales Your love will never fail. If this myth is true Sweetheart, you know what we should do... Be like Alice in Wonderland, Jack and Jill holdin'...

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A to Z Challenge - N

Have you recently seen the influx of photos online where a subject is being "photo-bombed" by someone or something else? Someone standing behind a photo's subject staring at the camera, making a face, or picking their noses!? That is because the photographer did not pay attention to negative space! If...

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A to Z Challenge - M

Today's M posting has been changed... Marathon As you likely have heard, some evil, spineless, hate-monger/s preset several bombs in various trash cans within a block or two of the Boston Marathon finish line, two detonated killing three two (so far) and sending approximately 170! 80 to local...

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Mondays - 04/15/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Currently Reading: The Lifeboat Just Finished: The Gift of Hope (Danielle Steel) On Deck: So many... ...

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A to Z Challenge - L

Understanding camera lenses can help add more creative control to digital photography. But choosing the right lens can be a task, with the varied options in cost, size, weight, lens speed and image quality. The primary characteristic of a lens is its focal length, which is the distance between...

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A to Z Challenge - K

In photography, the term keylight refers to the main light source in a shot that may cast predominant shadows. In theater, that keylight might be a spot light. But in photography, it could be the flash lighting, a lamp, or it could be the sun. It is important to be aware of all of the lighting in...

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A to Z Challenge - J

Most tech savvy folks have heard of jpegs. They are, of course, one of several file types of digital images. Jpeg is actually an acronym for "joint photographic experts group", the group of experts who first created this standard for image compression. There are many other kinds of image files, pngs,...

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A to Z Challenge - I

ISO is the second major camera setting that a photographer can adjust to control exposure in their photographs. ISO is the digital equivalent of film speed (previously 100, 200, 400). The faster the ISO (or film speed) the more sensitive to light the camera is.  Low ISOs will produce a...

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