Face Detection in Cameras
One of the newest technological advances in today’s (mostly point and shoot cameras) is face detection. Cameras with face detection attempt to identify people in a scene (using complex algorithms), focus on the faces, and adjust settings to render the people in the pictures correctly. Most often this technology works very well. Most snap shooters...
Understanding Overexposure and Underexposure
When we look at how to understand overexposure or underexposure it’s important to have an overall grasp of what these terms mean.
Overexposure
When a photograph is overexposed it simply means that the photo is too bright. Typically colors will look washed out and highlights will often be “blown out” or completely white.
Underexposure
When a photograph is...
Understanding Exposure Meter Settings
All digital cameras have an exposure meter of some sort. Most models have multiple exposure patterns for measuring the light hitting your camera’s sensor. Let’s take a quick look at three of the most common type of exposure meter patterns.
Center-weighted
In center-weighted meter mode your camera’s sensor is going to take a measurement of...
Defining Macro Photography
Often times people can confuse the meaning of macro photography. We’ll try to clear that up for you.
The definition of macro photography is photography at “life size”. Technically speaking, macro photography is photography that is at 1X magnification and/or greater.
Or to put it more simply; the size of the subject in real life...
What is Shutter Speed?
Often times it’s good to have a quick definition of a term or component of photography to use as reference. This way you don’t have to be embarrassed not to know. Today we discuss…quickly…
Shutter Speed
One of the main components of exposure, shutter speed, is the rate at which the shutter, opens and closes...
