Seeing the Focal Length

Sometime interesting recently. I was able to take photos showing focal length without even trying!

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Looking at DSLR Lenses

Something I’ve been researching lately, I want to save up for a DSLR camera. It’s something I’ve considered since earlier in the year, and I plan to save up money and make the purchase in 2009. I’m hoping prices on camera such as the Nikon D80 will have come down by then.

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Come Farther and Go Nearer

Something different lately, I’ve been playing with distances. When photographing a subject with a background subject, the distance of the photographer from the main subject and the zoom of the camera can result in photos with the same sized main subject, but different sized background object.

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Silhouettes

I’ve been trying out a different type of photograph lately. When there’s no light in the foreground, and there’s a bright light in the background, the setting may be right for a silhouette.

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Something to Think About

When I head out to the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con this month, I’ll have have a mission in mind.

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Snapshotting in Thirds

One of the nice things about photography is that any amateur photographer can instantly improve the quality of their photos by following the “rule of thirds”. It’s like magic, as photographs can go from stale to lively just by moving the subject away from the center. It’s rather counter-intuitive to think about: How does moving the center of attention away from the center improve the photo? And yet it does. Magic.

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