Learning About Your Camera

Lighting Techniques: High Key and Low Key

Pin It In this post, we will look at two different, yet very popular, lighting techniques: high key and low key. High key lighting is just what you would imagine – very bright, even light, whereas low key emphasizes midtones and shadows. First, let’s look at high key: Varying levels of light can be used … Continue reading

Making filters work to your advantage

Pin It When it comes to lens filters, the possibilities are endless, and your choice of filter depends entirely on what you are photographing, and how you would like your photograph to look. Here are a few examples of popular filters, going beyond the traditional UV filter. The descriptions of the filters are simply to … Continue reading

What are Aperture and Shutter Speed?

Pin It A common question among new photographers is, “What are shutter speed and aperture?” A lot of people seem to get hung up on this question, thinking that it has a complicated answer, but with a little bit of study, it is really quite a simple concept: your shutter speed and aperture determine how … Continue reading