Your camera has priority modes for aperture and shutter, but it also has a priority mode, of sorts, for the metering. Metering is when the camera reads the light of a scene and “decides” (based on the priority mode it’s in) what settings to change to create a correct exposure. There are typically three metering […]
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Vacation Fauxtography
In The Return of the Jedi, Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia are on their way to Endor when they approach Imperial ships…. Han: “…Keep your distance, though, Chewie, but don’t look like you’re keeping your distance.” Chewie: “How the hell am I supposed to do that?” Han: “I don’t know. Fly ‘casual’.” So I’m here to say… […]
The Fauxtographic Process
A few weeks ago, I shot a 50th wedding anniversary in Arlington, Massachusetts. It was held at the Robbins Library. I thought “Library? Ok, we’ll see”. Given that I always visit a venue a day before the shoot around the same time to get a feel for lighting, etc. At least, I try to. The […]