Tutorials & Tips
Here are a few tutorials and tips that your fellow photographers have submitted to this website. You never know, this might be just what you were looking for! Of course, you can always learn more from your peers. Attending meetings and participating in outings are great ways to learn from other WRPS members.
- Micro Made Easy!
- by Jim Hooper
- Looking for a way to get sharp Extreme close-ups? Try stacking two lenses face to face.
- PDF version
- Going Wide!
- by Bill Lewis
- When using a wide angle zoom lens, the “pieces” of the picture will be pretty small at the widest focal length.
- PDF version
- Going Long!
- by Jim Hooper
- Are you are longing for that super telephoto, but it just isn't in your budget? You can use the digital magnification factor to your advantage!
- PDF version
- Dragging the Shutter?
- by Jim Hooper
- Maybe you've heard of it, maybe you haven't, but chances are you've encountered this problem: You're shooting indoors, the light is low, so you know that you will need your flash. You mount your flash on the hotshoe, turn it on and fire away. You're within the reccomended distance for your flash and film speed/aperture combination, but your backgrounds are pitch black!
- PDF version
- When PUSH Comes to Shove!
- by Jim Hooper
- “Pushing” film means setting the film speed at a higher ISO than the film is technically rated. The result is a faster shutter speed. That's the advantage. The cost, however, is significant.
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- The Bulb Setting
- by Jim Hooper
- The great expanse of city skyline as the sun fades below the horizon leaving a darkened rendition in shades of blue… you get your camera and, of course, your sturdy tripod for the long exposure. You don't want to miss a beat, so you close down the aperture to f22 with your Velvia 50. Reaching for a shutter speed to give you a starting point for exposure, you see that you're not getting a reading, even at 30 seconds! What to do?
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