One Brief Moment » introduction http://blog.charlesdobbs.com "A photograph is a stop in time for just one brief moment." - Charles Dobbs Photography Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:46:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 An Introduction to Shooting Stars Trails http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/12/09/an-introduction-to-shooting-stars-trails/ http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/12/09/an-introduction-to-shooting-stars-trails/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:58:32 +0000 CD http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/?p=618 I will attempt to explain here how to capture stars over a long exposure so that they leave behind a “trail” or light stream. In fact, what are recorded are stationary stars and the rotation of the earth. The images that are created have a unique magic about them that captivate viewers.

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Urban exploration and photography are mutually exclusive activities, though most explorers have cameras on hand to capture their adventures. I’ve been fascinated by this form of photography over the last year and have learned a great deal about this art form from a number of far more experienced people in the urbex community. To become an urban explorer is easier than you might think, but I caution, it isn’t for everybody.

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1. Focal length. Essentially the longer your lens, the more shallow your depth of field is.

2. Distance to subject. The nearer you are to your subject, the shallower your depth of field is and it very much applies to macro lens.

3. Aperture settings. The more you open up the aperture of your lens, the resulting image has a shallower depth of field. This, however, does not matter as much where the photo above is concerned.

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]]> http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/07/01/an-introduction-to-buying-studio-flash-lights/feed/ 0 An Introduction to Smoke Photography http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/03/30/an-introduction-to-smoke-photography/ http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/03/30/an-introduction-to-smoke-photography/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:21:54 +0000 CD http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/?p=215 After I got hooked to smoke photography, the one question that has been constantly running through my mind these past few months has been ‘What else can I do with smoke?’. Smoke, otherwise an unwanted by-product of combustion, is actually a great subject for photography.

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