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This blog is designed to give lessons in photography, kayak photography, and as a platform to share kayak videography experiments. There is a lot of good information here, so feel free to browse through archives and enjoy-
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Tag Archives: focus
Focus on the eyes. Really.
I’ve written about this before, and I’ll write about it again. Ask almost any photographer, and they will tell you the same- Focus on the eyes when taking pictures. It doesn’t matter whether you are photographing people or animals, birds … Continue reading
Posted in How To, nature photography, photography, portraits
Tagged eyes, focal planes, focus, nature, photography, portraits, shallow depth of field, windows to the soul
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Anatomy of a photo #15: Frosted fence
This early morning picture of a frosted fence illustrates the affect that aperture can have on a photograph. The closer you focus to where you are standing, the shallower your depth of field will be. For this photo I had … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy of a photo, How To, landscapes, nature photography, photography, SLR, weather
Tagged anatomy of a photo, aperture, camera, depth of field, digital camera, dslr, exposure, exposure value, fence, focal point, focus, frost, how to, landscape, photo of the day, portrait orientation, slr, sunrise
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