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The Number One Reason to Shoot on Manual

May 10, 2011

You have the control. The number 2 reason: you are actually smarter than your camera. For example: My mother and I recently went to look at the hugest fish you will ever see in your whole life. Seriously. They were like 8 foot long Sturgeon. Anyways. I wanted to get a picture of my mom [...]

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An Experiment in Capturing Water

October 20, 2010

As I’m learning more and more about aperture and shutter speed and shooting on manual, I like to go out and experiment. One thing that I read about was capturing water. You could take a perfectly sharp photo of a creek like this. Or you could stretch out your exposure time by adjusting your shutter [...]

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Stealth Portraits

October 19, 2010

I hardly ever take pictures of people. One of the main reasons is that I don’t really have too many people around me who are screaming “take pictures of me please!” Because of that, I shy away from taking pictures of people. But the other day I read this great blog post about taking portrait [...]

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Shooting on Manual

April 12, 2010

Some people are just so experienced at taking photos on Manual mode that they can just do it. They set their aperture, set their shutter speed and go. Not me . . . well not yet that is. Step one: I knew when I went to an indoor rodeo that I would not have good [...]

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How to NOT Edit a Photo

January 12, 2010

For Christmas gifts this year, I took photo’s of Temple Square, framed them, and gave them as gifts. I was in such a rush and with few days to get this done that I edited my photo’s at 11 pm one night. Don’t do that. Don’t edit your photo’s at night. When you’re tired. When [...]

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Tripod Needed

November 15, 2009

One night, while in Downtown Salt Lake City, I wanted to go up to Ensign Peak and take some pictures of the valley. Here is what I took: Oh, a little blurry – try again. Hmmm, still blurry. Change some settings. Better, but. . . Whoa! That’s BAD! Success! But I want more. That’s a [...]

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What a Difference the Sunlight Makes

November 12, 2009

So, I wanted to do a post on one of my favorite places – the Copper Mine in Utah (more on that in a later post). So, I took my new camera out and took a drive and took some pictures. I went in the afternoon one day and thought, “Wow! I bet I’ll get [...]

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