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Everything you need to know about buying a camera. 184inShare Jump To Close By David Pierce and Vlad Savov Cameras are everywhere. There’s one in your laptop, two in your phone, and probably a pair in your tablet that you’ve never used. There’s maybe one in your doorbell, even, or strapped to your head while you bomb the slopes. We’re taking more pictures in more ways and sharing them in more places than ever. Camera companies don’t exactly make life easy, either.

Sticky TOC engaged! A guide to this guide As with our smartphone buyer’s guide, you should be careful not to treat this as a definitive dictum on what to buy. Basics of photography Basics of photography Every camera, from the tiny webcam embedded in your laptop to the full-frame pro cameras built by Nikon and Canon, operates under the same set of basic principles.

The most common technique for making this recording is by channelling light through a lens onto a photosensitive material that soaks it up and turns it into an image. The key settings The key settings. Primed: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photos? Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day -- we dig deep into each topic's history and how it benefits our lives. You can follow the series here. Looking to suggest a piece of technology for us to break down? Drop us a line at primed *at* engadget *dawt* com. Last week I wrote a piece for Engadget Primed on image sensors -- arguably the most critical component of any digital camera, having a direct influence on the quality of each and every photo. To create amazing photos with impact takes much more than the will to capture them -- sadly we can't all be like Ashton Kutcher, snapping away at well-lit parties overrun with models.

In this Primed installment, we'll define the mechanism, explain the concepts and share ways to better convey messages in our two-dimensional stills -- just by adjusting the aperture. Table of Contents Aperture defined Bringing it all into focus The Art of exposure Other fun facts about aperture Gaining focus from the future Wrap-up. COMPETENCE PHOTO - Le magazine photo 100% pratique. Digital Photography Review.

YellowKorner : Photography - Art - Limited edition. Roberto de Paolis qui e mai altrove. Michael Kenna. Oredaria. "When I say “here and not elsewhere” (Qui e mai altrove) I am alluding to a period of solitude and a self-enforced standstill, a sort of ‘space’ where it is possibile to come to grips with oneself, and constantly explore the many facets of ones identity… . " Roberto De Paolis Roberto De Paolis (born in Rome, 1980) presents an entirely new series of photographs in this one-man exhibition opening on the 18th September at the Oredaria Gallery. We notice the impact cinematographic photography has on his visual imagery in the way he uses muted lighting that tends to mitigate the chromatic contrast of the environments, softening the forms and shading the contours.

Figures draped in solitude and the disorientated expressions are always looking away thus avoiding any possibility of our getting involved. The technique of double exposure used by Roberto De Paolis produces superimposed images giving a sort of a double dimension to the subjects. A suspended calm conceals a whole world, Cambridge in Colour - Photography Tutorials & Learning Community.

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