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This is the last part to complete our discussion about ‘the exposure triangle’. After this lesson, you will have a clearer understanding how the three elements work together in harmony. Shutter speed is ‘the amount of time that the shutter is … Continue reading →

If you can master aperture you put into your grasp real creative control over your camera. In my opinion – aperture is where a lot of the magic happens in photography and as we’ll see below, changes in it can … Continue reading →

What is ISO?   In traditional (film) photography ISO (or ASA) was the indication of how sensitive a film was to light. It was measured in numbers (you’ve probably seen them on films – 100, 200, 400, 800 etc). The … Continue reading →

One writer Mr. Brian Peterson wrote a book illustrating the three main elements (ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture) that need to be considered when playing around with exposure. He called it ‘the exposure triangle’. Each of the three aspects of … Continue reading →

When I bought my first digital camera (Nikon P100), the first question I asked myself is what all the little icons on the dial on top of the camera meant. Having no one to explain it to me I decided … Continue reading →

Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film. The captured image is then stored as a … Continue reading →

The history of the single-lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular … Continue reading →

Oskar Barnack, who was in charge of research and development at Leitz, decided to investigate using 35 mm cine film for still cameras while attempting to build a compact camera capable of making high-quality enlargements. He built his prototype 35 … Continue reading →

In 1884, the world of photography was changed forever through the invention of film. The bulky, cumbersome photographic plates which had been the standard in photography up until this point became a thing of the past as they were replaced … Continue reading →

As far as can be ascertained, it was Sir John Herschel in a lecture before the Royal Society of London, on March 14, 1839 who made the word “photography” known to the whole world. But in an article published on … Continue reading →