Friday, April 16, 2010

PHOTOGENIC | Learn Photography

LEARN THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY

A photographer is only as good as his equipment, or so they say! But that's not entirely true. I have seen the most amazing shots taken with "two and a quarter cameras", plate cameras and even disposable cameras. So the quality of the camera is no reflection on the photographer. But owning the right camera for yourself is what photography is all about, regardless of its make and quality. Knowing your camera along with all its features and capabilities and incapabilities, is what makes you a good photographer. Remember its the lens that makes the difference.

In essence a camera is only a light proof container housing the film, so any light proof container could suffice but the lens is what captures the light along with your experience that defines the quality of the image. As the photographer you have a light proof container with a lens and you determine how "much light enters the lens" and the "duration you want the light to enter" in order to capture the perfect image. One could say that the perfect image is in perfect balance. Like Chakra for humans, Chi for houses, ballance of mind and body. You are the balance operator, because you control the "quanity of light entering the lens" which we can place on one side of the scale and the "duration of time" light is allowed to enter is placed on the other side of the scale. If you get the balance perfect you are almost guaranteed of a perfect photograph.  In photographic terms these aforementioned controls are F stops and shutter speeds respectively, both of which are adjustable camera controls on your camera. In most SLR cameras the F stop is a leaf aperture mechanism  inside of the lens and the shutter speed control is an electronic setting on the camera body. Different camera manufactures employ different F-stop and shutter systems, the type I favour is the leaf type used by Leica. Leica cameras, or some at least have both a shutter inside its lens, so what ever you do, don't drop it, because they are sensitive and expensive. The difference between an expensive camera and a cheaper camera is normally the quality of the lens. Good lenses makes for good photos hence most cell phone camera photographs suck even though they sport a Zeis lens. Zeis lenses are certainly one of the better lenses on the market. So, if you have any lightproof container fitted with a Zeis lens and you can control the incomming light, based on your experience, should you be able to do this well,  then you are heading for Photoguru status.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

PHOTOGRAPHY | Learn Photography

LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY 

Photography, is probably one of the most post popular hobby of all times. Photographic cameras have metamorphosed from the pinhole box camera of last century to its modern day single lens reflex (SLR) and view finder film cameras to the digital incarnation of today.  Virtually every modern cellphone incorporates  a digital camera and its manufacture's rather highlights camera features above phone features for very obvious reasons - only cameras makes memories with photographs.

Most people use these phone cameras to SMS pics to one another and taking the occasional picture of the dog, or a pic of a stunning set of rims on a car or of a sexy dudette passing by. Some use it to shoot their self portraits (selfy), others for family pics, pics around the office and the company picnic. But, there is a whole lot more to photography than this. Continuous tone photography (film) is far superior to digital photography, but with care, good lighting, composition and steadiness a picture of equivalent appearance can be had, though not equivalent quality. I have been involved in photography since before the invention of sliced bread and dare say that I have hoards of experience with all type of cameras, even plate cameras. As you may all know by now, there is no substitute for experience, so with this blog, I will try to impart some of this experience and photographic knowledge to those who are interested and willing to learn the art of photography.

If its digital photography you interested in, I will cover that in later blogs when I discuss picture manipulation, compositing and other Photoshop techniques. Initially I will be covering cameras and the various gadgets and attachments. I will also cover the differences between cameras and or guinea pig will be an SLR (single lens reflex) camera which we will use to explain lens apertures, F stops and shutter speeds. I will only briefly touch on view-finder cameras because I believe hardly anyone still wants to use them, or even use them anymore. I will mainly concentrate on 35mm cameras with interchangeable lenses. Hassleblad, Contax and Bronica medium format cameras will be covered under professional photgraphic equipment as well as closeup photography for advertising (jewelry) and zoology (insects).

So, I welcome you to "Learn Photography" and hope you will derive much benefit from it. Wedding photography is a fairly lucrative business, so start today.  Contact PhotoJani for your wedding Photgraphic needs 0847458258

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