Photography Lessons



Telephoto lens for Landscapes

By Steve Guymon
The vast majority of landscape photography is done with wide angle lenses. Among their uses is capturing wide and dramatic panoramas. Often, however, the scene’s grandeur and majesty doesn’t compress well into a single photograph.

Holga Cameras and Lomography

Lomography
Lomography Photography, a genre pushed by the manufacturer of the Holga camera, Lomo, emphasizes the camera’s ability to take photographs on the fly much like Kodak does. In fact you don’t have to have a camera made by Lomo such as the Holga in order to create Lomography. Lomograpy is more the idea that you [...]

Hyperfocal: Range of Focus

By Steve Guymon
Range of Focus (Hyperfocal)

The area in a photograph, from near to far, which appears to be in sharp focus is called “depth of field” (probably better called “range of focus”).

Tack Sharp

By Steve Guymon

What does “tack sharp” mean?
It means everything in the image which should be sharply in focus is sharply in focus. You know it when you see it. It’s one of the first components of a photograph your eye instinctively recognizes. If the element of the photograph you want to convey isn’t “tack [...]

Black and White Photography

There are two reasons to shoot black and white photography. One reason is because you think it looks old fashioned and it’s a cool effect. A better reason to shoot black and white photography is because of the lessons it can teach you. Black and White Photography teaches you about values. We’re not talking about [...]