See!! by *HP*

When shooting a close-up of people’s face, it is highly desirable to have their eyes in sharp focus and at the same time render the background blurry to [...]

This is a very well presented video tutorial of the important photography concept depth of field (DOF). Enjoy!

For some unknown reasons, Nikon decided to skip the automatic exposure bracketing feature on the D40 and D40X DSLR cameras. For people who are interested in high dynamic range (HDR) photography using D40/D40X, this is [...]

What you see is not what you get. When it comes to shooting with a SLR camera, this is usually true. The camera keeps the lens at its widest aperture for metering and focus operations. [...]

What is maximum flash sync speed? What does it really mean? When and why it is important for flash photography? To answer all these questions, let’s start by looking at the basic camera component related [...]

What is depth of field (DOF)? Here are some definitions. People seem to have formed some customary notions about this term but may not really understand it. Examples of them are:

Lens with shorter focal length [...]

The imaging sensor technology has been advancing rapidly in recently years. However the sensor dynamic range (DR) is still not quite wide enough to be comparable to human eyes, let alone capture the high dynamic [...]

S-Bend (ii) by fjny

When shooting in dim light conditions or at night, one may intend to shoot a long exposure to capture the beautiful streaks of lights from the traffic, [...]