Blog about Photography Terms, New Photographer, and My Favs

Photography Terms:

ISO - Film speed (the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light) is designated by a single, almost universally-accepted common system developed by the International Organization for Standardization which uses the initials “ISO” before the film-speed number - e.g. ISO 100.

EXPOSURE VALUE - The Exposure Value (EV) system, which originated in Germany in the 1950s, was created to be a simple-to-use substitute for the shutter speed/aperture combination, using a single number instead of two.


DIAPHRAGM - A ring or plate with a hole in the center that controls the amount of light entering the camera. An adjustable diaphragm in a lens controls the size of the hole, or aperture, thereby permitting more or less light to pass through the lens to the film. 

SPEED - A measure of the sensitivity to light of a photographic emulsion (combination).

DEPTH OF FIELD - The range of distance in a scene that appears to be in focus and will be reproduced as being acceptably sharp in an image. Depth of field is controlled by the lens aperture, and extends for a distance in front of and behind the point on which the lens is focused.
© from PhotographyTips.com

A New Photographer:

Cornell Capa was a LIFE photographer. He covers social issues, religious traditions...

Moscow, Russia - the Bolshoi Ballet School (1958)

England Guards (1952)

NYC Harlem - Savoy Ballroom (1939)

In these images, it seems that Capa has roughly 3 visual lines. He has two vertical and one horizontal. There is generally one vertical line on the left hand side of the photo, and another somewhere toward the middle/right. The horizontal line goes through the top half of the photo.
© from Magnum Photos

I spent a lot of time last week taking depth of field pictures. It took me a while, but I finally found some that I like.

And I also got a picture of the statue that I really liked. At first it was a little difficult to make it appear alive, but then I put my settings to black and white and I loved it!

-Minnie