Camera Aperture Tutorial
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Introduction to the Canon XSI/450D and XS/1000D $10.99 Take great pictures with your Canon XSi 450D or XS 1000D!’All you need is this training DVD and about two hours, and you’ll have the knowledge and the confidence to create the images you want.’The topics are arranged in chapters, so you can move at your own pace, and return later to individual subjects.’Topics include: Be Prepared (To Get the Shot),’Shutter priority, Aperture priority/Depth of fie… |
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Introduction to the Nikon D90, Vol. 1: Basic Controls $5.00 Take great pictures with your Nikon D90! Understanding the important controls and settings and how they relate to real world shooting situations can be the difference between a good shot and a great one. This second volume takes you beyond the basic buttons and dials, and explores topics that can help your shooting improve and become more consistent! The Nikon D90 is a powerful piece of equipment… |
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X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Software $84.00 Combining the powerful color capabilities of the ColorChecker Passport and Adobe Imaging solutions into your RAW workflow will undeniably reduce your image processing time and improve quality control. Quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes and maintain color control and consistency from capture to edit. Achieve superior color results in a fraction of … |
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Tiffen Dfx Essentials Creative Digital Effects Software $14.99 Based on the success of its original award-winning Dfx Digital Filter software, Tiffen has now introduced Dfx Essentials, a selective version of its predecessor. Dfx Essentials software is an introduction to digital photo enhancement available for Windows or Macintosh users. This easy-to-use digital filter simulation software is a “select, click and apply” application that comes with a step-by-ste… |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 12.1 MP Live MOS Interchangeable Lens Camera with 3-Inch Touch Screen LCD and 14-42mm Lumix G VARIO f/3.5-5.6 MEGA OIS Lens (Black) $694.99 Panasonic DMC-G2 Interchangeable Lens System Digital Camera (Black)… |
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 $149.00 Adobe Lightroom V4 for Windows and Mac. Lightroom provides an efficient way to import select develop and showcase large volumes of digital images…. |
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Nik Software Complete Collection for Lightroom and Aperture $299.95 The Nik Software is a bundle of their popular digital imaging plug-in applications. Compatible with Lightroom and Aperture, the bundle includes Dfine 2.0, Viveza, Color Efex Pro 4.0, Silver Efex Pro 2 and Sharpener Pro 3.0. HDR Efex Pro… |
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Apple Aperture 2.1.1 [OLD VERSION] $66.94 Developed in consultation with pro photographers, Aperture 1.1 offers increased computer and camera compatibility. This Universal version of Aperture allows you to run Aperture on both PowerPC-based and the new Intel-based Macintosh computers, including MacBook Pro. In addition to enhanced compatibility, Aperture 1.1 also provides a variety of significant performance and feature enhancements, incl… |
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On Target Photo Training: Volume 4 – Photo Aperture Magic Using the correct aperture is vital if you want to put “SHAZAAM!” into your photography!Sure, it controls the amount of light getting into the camera and is a key to proper exposure, but it is soooo much more! In fact, if you are creative at all, aperture will be your closest friend. That is, it will be your friend IF you know all the creative options that the right aperture settings bring to the … |
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Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3 $30.28 This Apple-certified guide to Aperture 3 starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step through Aperture’s powerful editing, retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. It delivers comprehensive training – the equivalent of a three-day course – in one project-based book. With complete coverage of Aperture’s new features, you’ll learn to organize your photos usi… |
How do I get depth of field on a digital camera?
I do AS Level Photography and I’m borrowing a Fujifilm S5700 7.1 mega pixell digital camera but can’t figure out how to get depth of field with it, even though I’ve read tutorials ect.
The ISO setting is 400 and I’ve got it on aperture control setting so it changes the shutter speed itself. The aperture ranges from 3.5 to 13.6 and I’ve tried taking pictures of the same thing but changing the aperture each time – but I don’t see a difference.
Is there any setting that I need to change or anything I’m doing wrong? Thanks.
Won’t see large changes in DOF with that setup. However, you can do things to enhance DOF effects. DOF is all about ratios.
* Use a large optical zoom, perhaps around 6x to 10x.
* The object of interest should be as close to the camera, perhaps 2 to 5 feet away.
* The background should be as far away as possible, perhaps 10 feet or more.
Focus on the object of interest and try your experiment again, adjusting the aperture from f/3.5 to f/13.6 in 1 stop increments. Look at the background and see if you can see the effects of changing the aperture. At f/3.5, the background should be blurry. At f/13.6, the background should be less blurry, perhaps in focus.
Camera Tutorial 07: Aperture
Shooting Smoke Tutorial
Many of you have asked how I and many others take pictures of Smoke. Here, I will walk you through how to do it.
So, what do you need?
- Camera
- External Flash/Bright Light
- Incense Sticks (with a holder, a small glass will do)
- Lighter/Match
- Stool/Table
- Tripod (optional but preferred)
- Remote trigger (optional but preferred)
- Macro Lens (For best results, but normal lens will do)
- Black Background (Bigger the better eg. Studio bg, A2 Card, Black Sheet etc)
- An Assistant (If you haven’t got a support for your Flash/Light source)
Got everything! Now What?
Ok, now you have everything that you need to start, you now need to set it all up! The diagram below shows how you should setup your kit. Also check out the picture for a clearer idea =] Place the flash/light source somewhere between the side and behind the smoke. The light needs to cover the area where the smoke might be, and it shouldn’t be so close that the smoke is unevenly lit. Also do not let the light flood onto the background.
Setup Your Camera on the tripod in the form of portrait (at a 90degree angle), this ensures you can capture as much smoke as possible. Set it up approximately 60cm’s away from the smoke (this will vary).
Brilliant! I’m all set up, what next?
Pre focus on the area where the smoke is going to be. I leave auto focus on. Try and keep a fast shutter speed, and an Aperture of between F11 and F16, also shoot at the lowest ISO setting you can (smoke is already quite noisy, so a higher ISO will make it worse). Also shoot in Raw if you can.
The Image Below should help with your settings (screen shot from a Canon 400d)
Light your Incense sticks (I Use two, the heat from one, effects the other and produces nice effects), and then blow out the flame, the smoke should now be flowing. Make sure that you have something to catch the ashes.
Now start focusing on the smoke and shoot…. LOTS. Keep checking the LCD and if its too dark either…. Increase the ISO, Reduce the F Number or slow the shutter Speed. Try to keep a healthy F number and a fast shutter speed. If the smoke seems undefined and dull, increase the flashes power (if you can).
Ive taken loads of shots and confident they are alright, what do I with them?
Now we need to process the images. Open up the selected Pictures raw file in your Raw editor and bring out the blacks to that the background is as dark as possible without losing the smoke. I personally like increasing the contrast, tweaking the brightness and playing with the highlights. It’s all about tweaking until you get the desired effect. Click Ok and open up your shot in Photoshop.
Create a new Layer. (Shift+Ctrl+N) and set the blending mode to Hue.
Then select the Gradient tool.
Select your colours and drag it across your image. Now is the time to experience with your pictures! If you want a white background, simply invert the image. (Image>>>Ajustments>>>Invert).
So thats the basic technique. Any questions, just contact me. Just remember, Saftey First and if you dont get it right first time, just try again another day!
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