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1. Frame without the camera
I got rid of my zoom lens and use typically a 35mm or a 50mm lens on my camera. Looking through one focal length all the time really trains your eye to see that box around everything you look at. Not only does it help you to spot good shots, but [...]
In this post I’m going to try to explain in simple terms how a camera meters, and why you should take control of metering to achieve good shots.
Your meter is calibrated to produce the correct exposure for average scenes.
As it turns out, a good rule of thumb for average scenes is a particular shade [...]
I’m back from Mont Blanc - unfortunately due to extreme weather (it dumped more than 3 feet of snow one night), the normal routes on the Blanc were not available to us. Nonetheless we did some nice climbing and skiing so it was still a good time.
The full photoset is at fotki because I didn’t [...]
I just came back from Thailand where I took a ton of photos. This is probably my single favorite shot from the trip although there were many other great ones.
If you have 15 minutes, I strongly recommend viewing those as a slideshow (use links in the upper right hand corner) to view them framed on [...]
I thought we were going to skip winter altogether this year with the unseasonably warm November we had, but I was wrong. All of a sudden 3-6 inches are upon us. This was taken at the beginning of the snow as I was leaving the office.
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