All Entries Tagged With: "Film"
Eastman, Kodak, and Roll Film: A history of revolution and evolution in photography
I love looking at the history of photography. I think it helps keep things in perspective.
Somewhere in the mid-1870s almost everyone had had some sort of exposure to photography. Certainly everyone in modern society had been photographed or, at the very least, had seen photographs. Many had even thought of taking up photography as a [...]
Choosing a Camera
Deciding which camera to use or purchase can be a daunting task. Sometimes, this task is taken care of for you as a gift or a hand-me-down (that’s how I got my first camera) or perhaps you’re searching the web looking for advice on giving a camera to someone as a gift. If [...]
Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
In thinking about exposure and the photographic triangle we often talk about the three elements that make up the photographic triangle. Simply put, they are; aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.
But what exactly are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO? Here’s a quick rundown of these common terms of photography.
Aperture
Every SLR and DSLR (and many [...]
Turn Off Your Flash
Here at Your Photo Tips we often talk about using flash to enhance the overall beauty of your image by allowing you, as a photographer, to control and manipulate light. I don’t think, however, that I’ve explained that if you are using a point and shoot with on-camera flash you are probably, in fact, [...]
Readers Questions In A Flash
I often get emails about lighting.
Is lighting really that important?
What’s off camera flash all about?
What’s up with this whole strobist thing?
How do I get better pictures, I don’t have a budget for “professional gear”?
In a blanket effort to answer all of these questions I start with my own:
So how did the use of artificial lighting [...]
Weekend Perusing: Painting the Town RED
Quick Photo Tip
Do not be confused by the term “shutter speed”. Shutter speed isn’t about speed really. It’s about duration of time. Or more specifically, the duration of time that the shutter is open, allowing the light from the subject to come through the lens aperture and be recorded by the sensor [...]
Analog to Digital: Making the Switch [Reader Question]
Here’s a reader question from Lars in Chile. Yep, we’re global! This is an email exchange with last names and email addresses omitted. This also means that any errors in spelling and grammar are kept in tact.
Hello!
I have been into film photography for close to 40 years but am new to
digital photography.
herefore am very [...]
3 Ingredients To Becoming A Better Photographer
Earlier we asked our readers in the Your Photo Tips.com Flickr Group to give us some of their best one sentence photography tips and we had a great response! For the next few weeks I’ll be elaborating, in my own words, what those photo tips mean to me and how they can help you become [...]
Depth OF Field Simplified
Often times as a beginner photographer I would read forums and magazines as well as books to get a better grasp of this whole photography thing. It wasn’t until a recent email that I was reminded that there was once a time when I didn’t know all of the terminology that comes with this [...]
Does Shooting Film Make You A Better Photographer?
In today’s photography world it’s easy to get caught up in all things digital. I have, however, seen a surge of interest in film photography the past few weeks. We’ve seen digital photographers like Brian Auer discuss cross processing and a flickr favorite of mine the_wolf_brigade, who of course shoots film, getting highlighted [...]
Tagging. Flickr Style.
In this article Tomas Webb discuss how and why to tag your images for flickr.
What are tags? Specifically, tags are describing words, or keywords, that relate to a photo (or photos). While there are numerous ways you can manage tags with external software, this post will be dealing primarily with tags attributed to photos through [...]
Film and Photography Today
Here at Your Photo Tips almost every article written pertains to digital photography. Most photographers out there are using digital cameras to capture their images. But how many of you out there still shoot film? I confess to not having picked up my old film camera in quite some time. You don’t [...]
