Comments on: Shooting a Sunset

By: Digital Photography

Digital Photography — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:29:42 +0000

Stops is referring to the settings of the aperture. The aperture has settings of how open it is, called "stops" such as f/1.4 f/2 and f/2.8.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:46:31 +0000

p.s. thanks for having this site available to study!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:45:54 +0000

What do you mean by 2 or 3 stops? I have just bought my first good camera – a Nikon D90 with a good lens (I can’t remember which one, but I was told it is the middle of the road lens, and a good place to start – it cost close to $800 Canadian, if that helps). Anyway, I am learning the terminology but haven’t heard ‘stops’ before.

By: VL

VL — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:47:06 +0000

You also should mention having a tripod is helpful to get good depth of field.
I also think that you should focus more on composition and getting that moment than worry too much about if you are a bit under/over exposed , after all we do have the ability to do level corrections.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:45:06 +0000

There are color meters out there with high costs. If you would like to do an OK job at measuring temperature you can just put a piece of white toilet paper in front of your camera and use a light meter accordingly.