Acorn Studio Photography » video http://erinfults.com/blog Mississippi Portrait & Wedding Photographers Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 VIDEO | SHUTTER SPEED 101 http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/03/video-shutter-speed-101/ http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/03/video-shutter-speed-101/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:06:00 +0000 admin http://erinfults.com/blog/?p=67 Ok, another installment in the video blog series. I have several more that I plan to post after this one. I hope this makes sense and helps someone. :-)

I’m off to photograph two engagement sessions and look forward to posting some images from that in the next few days!

Enjoy…


]]> http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/03/video-shutter-speed-101/feed/ 1 VIDEO | APERTURE 101 http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/02/video-aperture-101/ http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/02/video-aperture-101/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:12:00 +0000 admin http://erinfults.com/blog/?p=61 Here we go, another video. I haven’t posted these as often as I had planned or hoped, but such is life. I am driving in the car while recording this, as you will see. My attempt to make the most of my drive time on the way home from an engagement shoot this past weekend. The shoot was a lot of fun and I will be posting a preview for Haley and Matthew in the next few days so stay tuned for that.

I hope this makes some sense. These videos are geared toward those just beginning in photography so if you have been doing this for awhile you probably won’t get anything out of this but a good laugh at me on camera. :-) 

Scroll down once the video is over to see some images I posted that show what I am talking about.

In these images below you can see the difference the aperture settings make in each image. The aperture setting is the number following the ‘f’. In all three images I was focusing on the face of the red turtle.

Image #1– This I shot ‘wide open’, meaning my aperture is open as wide is it will go with the lens I was using. See how shallow a depth of field (DOF) that is? The only thing in focus is the red turtle I was focusing on.

Image #2– This I shot at f/5.0, which is kind of a mid-range aperture setting. Much more of the image is clear compared to Image #1, but the background is still buttery and the other two turtles aren’t as sharp as the red one.

Image #3– This image was shot stopped down as far as I could go with the lens I was using, which is f/16. Notice how all three of the turtles are basically equally in focus and you can even see the pattern of the pillows on my couch in the background.
Well, there you go. I hope that was helpful to someone reading this. All of that is a very brief overview of aperture settings. There can be a number of variables that determine the individual results of each image but this is a good starting point.

Until next time…


]]> http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/02/video-aperture-101/feed/ 2 VIDEO | CAMERA MODES 101 http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/01/video-camera-modes-101/ http://erinfults.com/blog/2009/01/video-camera-modes-101/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:41:00 +0000 admin http://erinfults.com/blog/?p=57 This is the first of a series of camera tutorials I plan to do. These are going to be geared toward beginners or those who want to learn more about how to successfully use their DSLR cameras in something other that ‘auto’. :-) This video is just over 9 minutes. Sorry, I’m long winded. I’m working on it. :-) 

Enjoy!


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