There is just something about a brick wall. So old fashioned and yet they seem to be all over the place around here.
Something about brick walls
March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Different Aperture, Different Results
March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here are four pictures I took with different aperture settings or as we like to say, f-stops. 2.8, 4.0, 11 and 19. Can you tell the difference in what is in focus and what isn’t?
The bigger the f-stop number is, the more in focus everything is…at least that is how I think of it when trying to take a picture. I always ask myself what I want out of the photo. Do I want everything in focus or do I want a nice bokeh look? This is called your depth of field. If I am taking pictures of 1 person, I usually try to take them with a 2.8 f-stop, or wide open, with my 85mm 1.8 lens I would put it on 1.8. If there is more than one person I might go with a 4.0 or a little higher depending on the location.
f/2.8
f/4.0
f/11
f/19
Green View
June 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
A few weeks ago we drove up to Marion, KY which has a lot of Amish living there.
We took a driving tour and saw this scene along the way.
Wide Open and the Lenses I Love
February 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I got asked a couple of questions and I thought I would answer in this post.
“Wide open means the largest f/stop, right? Or in other words all the way at 1.8? Also, is that the Canon L series lens? If so, what do you think? If not, what is it”
“what does "wide open" mean? Just curious…
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Shooting wide open means using the largest f/stop. So on my 85mm 1.8, it would mean using 1.8. If a lens is say a 5.6 lens then that would be what you would use to shoot wide open.
This was taken at f/4.o, SS 1/400 & ISO 100 with a 50mm 1.8
It wasn’t shot wide open but with a larger f/stop so you get the blurry background or smaller depth of field.
The larger the f/stop, the shorter the depth of field.
So if say I wanted to shoot a landscape I would want a smaller f/stop because I would want more to be in focus…and a larger depth of field.
f/13, SS 1/250, ISO 200
A fun thing to do when you are starting to learn your camera is to take an object and shoot it at different f/stops and compare the pictures
As for lenses I don’t have any L lenses yet. I mainly use the Canon 85mm f/1.8 or the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 . Sometimes I use my Canon 50mm f/1.8 II.
I have heard that the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L is an amazing lens. Maybe someday!
Starbucks Bokeh
December 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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