Of the 12 essential creative options, the second six revolve around manipulating the data created on your camera’s sensor in support of your vision. In Support Of Your Vision Once you’ve built a solid foundation, it’s time to move onto manipulating the digital information (the raw data) that your camera’s sensor creates. This is accomplished by adjusting six in-camera…
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Glare on … Glare off – Seeing the World Through a Polarizer
The polarizer cuts glare and reveals the amazing, vibrant colors hidden beneath. This week, as part of the In Camera Magic: The 12 Essential Creative Options photography course, I shared with you three essential tools that every photographer needs to have in their creative arsenal of options. The Flash – A powerful tool that adds light. The Fader – A necessary tool that…
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The Polarizer: Essential Creative Option #6
The sixth essential creative option is the polarizer. The polarizer is the only essential that can clean light. Without this one simple, extraordinarily easy-to-use option, you will not be able to rid glare from your image, which means it is impossible to capture the beautiful colors that lie beneath that glare. And since this is a tool that affects light before it…
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The Fader: Essential Creative Option #5
The fifth essential creative option is the fader. The fader (variable neutral density filter) and is an extraordinarily powerful tool for the manual shooter. It offers the ability to eliminate light without having to use any camera settings. This means that you do not have to compromise on your aperture or shutter speed should you wish to eliminate light from your image….
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The Flash: Essential Creative Option #4
The fourth essential creative option is the flash. The flash is the most powerful accessory you can use. Since photography is all about light after all, and the flash is all about making light happen, it would seem then an obvious pairing: photographer and flash. Yet, many people sadly (even some professionals) avoid the tool, thinking it’s too difficult to wield or that they…
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Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO, Oh My: Getting the perfect exposure for you
Everything has a beginning and getting the perfect exposure for your image is a good place to start. This week I added lessons, for the In Camera Magic: The 12 Essential Creative Options photography course, on the shutter speed and the ISO. These two essentials, combined with the first lesson on the aperture, give you the means to practice exposure…
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