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Tag Archives: aperture
View 344: Three National Parks Revisited
A year ago I posted a blog from the McDonald’s in Moab, Utah of the Three National Parks I had visited in the last week. This past week, I have been reviewing and editing photos from the trip and wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Travel, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, aperture, arches national park, canyonlands national park, grand canyon, hdr, landscape, light, mesa arch, national park, nikon D700, photomatix, plugin, shadows, sunset, vr, yavapai point
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An Aperture Mantra
Aperture is a strange concept when learning photography. Aperture is defined as the size of the opening in the lens that light passes through before it hits the photographic medium which, these days, is an electronic sensor at the back … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 50mm, aperture, blur, bokeh, cicero, f-stop, hyperfocus, mantra, new york, nifty fifty, nikon D700, selective focus
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Assignment 7: Recap
With Spring in full swing, I wanted to give you an assignment to stretch your photographic knowledge and make you think a little more before pressing your camera’s shutter. Many of you stated this was going to be a tough … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments
Tagged aperture, bokeh, creative, dog, exposure, family, fast, flowers, moon, motion, movement, panning, pets, Photography, recap, shutter speed, slow, stepped down, white balance, wide open
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