Film types and characteristics: Let’s start with basic Black & White film … Low speed film (100) will be pretty fine grained because the silver salts are smaller and packed closer together. High speed film like (400) is much faster because (basically) the silver salts are larger, thus more sensitive to the light, but will [...]

A bit more on how we see compositions in photographs… We tend to equate horizontal scenes with quiet and tranquility…. and vertical photograph compositions suggest power and majesty.

There are a few basic rules of composition that you need to be aware of and practice: Rule of thirds S Curve Composition Symmetry

Seeing with Better Eyes The psychology of seeing and how it affects composition Your eye (and lens) sees something, but your eye is connected to your brain …. which interprets what you see….. it adjusts color balance, ignores un-important things, tries to “edit out” those things you don’t want to see. You now must re-program [...]

Photographic film and photographic paper are basically a gelatin-like emulsion, loaded with light sensitive silver salts on an acetate base. This information is also useful for digital camera users. The only real difference is that digital uses a light sensitive chip instead of light sensitive film, so there is no need for chemical processing. Digital [...]