Friday, December 11, 2009
Christmas Art Show
TOMORROW! Saturday, December 12th, come visit me at the Holiday Arts & Crafts Boutique from 10 am - 5 pm at Lee's Inlet Kitchen Restaurant. The Boutique is free and open to the public. Hope to see everyone there!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Christmas Art Show
Saturday, December 12th, come visit me at the Holiday Arts & Crafts Boutique from 10 am - 5 pm at Lee's Inlet Kitchen Restaurant. The Boutique is free and open to the public. Hope to see everyone there!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Christmas SALE!
Who doesn't like to save money? Beginning Thanksgiving Day and lasting through Christmas day, YOU can save 10% when ordering through my ArtFire shop! Check out the coupon on the right. Just enter the coupon code at checkout and 10% will be deducted from the product total! AND you can use the coupon multiple times!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
2009 Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival
While visiting my daughter in Santa Fe recently, I had the opportunity to visit the annual Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival. I had seen photos and film reports before but never in person. WOW! What a show! Here is a little slide show of what I saw there.
Hope you enjoy it!
Hope you enjoy it!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
What is a Fast Lens?
The speed of a lens and how ‘fast’ it is refers to the maximum aperture of the lens. The larger the maximum aperture the faster the lens is.
When a lens is talked about it generally is described with its focal length (for example it could e a 50mm lens or a 300mm lens) as well as its maximum aperture (usually it will be a number with an ‘f’ in front of it – for example f/1.8 or f/4 or f/5.6). The smaller the number is the bigger the maximum aperture is.
Remember that aperture is the size of the hole in the lens that lets light in when you hit the shutter. So the bigger the maximum aperture – the more light that your lens will allow in.
The reason that a lens with a big maximum aperture is referred to as fast is that it lets more light in and therefore you can use faster shutter speeds even when there might not be much light around.
Why would you want a fast lens?
Fast lenses can be advantageous over slower ones in certain shooting conditions and types of photography. They really come into their own where there is either low light (for example if you need to shoot indoors but can’t use a flash) or where you need to use a fast shutter speed (for example in sports or even wildlife photography). They are especially useful when you need both a fast shutter speed in low light (ie indoor sports).
Keep in mind also that because you’re using larger apertures that this has an impact upon the depth of field that you get in your shots. Larger apertures lead to shallower depth of field which can be a great thing if you’re wanting to make your subject really stand out from its background.
Fast lenses can be really useful to have but unfortunately they can also be quite expensive to buy. However if you’d like a more economical fast lens you might like to check out 50mm lenses. For example both Nikon and Canon have some lovely fast lenses in this focal length.
When a lens is talked about it generally is described with its focal length (for example it could e a 50mm lens or a 300mm lens) as well as its maximum aperture (usually it will be a number with an ‘f’ in front of it – for example f/1.8 or f/4 or f/5.6). The smaller the number is the bigger the maximum aperture is.
Remember that aperture is the size of the hole in the lens that lets light in when you hit the shutter. So the bigger the maximum aperture – the more light that your lens will allow in.
The reason that a lens with a big maximum aperture is referred to as fast is that it lets more light in and therefore you can use faster shutter speeds even when there might not be much light around.
Why would you want a fast lens?
Fast lenses can be advantageous over slower ones in certain shooting conditions and types of photography. They really come into their own where there is either low light (for example if you need to shoot indoors but can’t use a flash) or where you need to use a fast shutter speed (for example in sports or even wildlife photography). They are especially useful when you need both a fast shutter speed in low light (ie indoor sports).
Keep in mind also that because you’re using larger apertures that this has an impact upon the depth of field that you get in your shots. Larger apertures lead to shallower depth of field which can be a great thing if you’re wanting to make your subject really stand out from its background.
Fast lenses can be really useful to have but unfortunately they can also be quite expensive to buy. However if you’d like a more economical fast lens you might like to check out 50mm lenses. For example both Nikon and Canon have some lovely fast lenses in this focal length.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
How often do you take photos?
Just for fun, let's take a little poll. Although far from scientific, the results could be interesting!
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