Once you’ve metered the shot, determined the right combination of shutter speed & aperture, you then create the composition.
The term “create” is intentional. My own philosophy when capturing a photo is not to focus on a subject, but to focus on the image. The image includes the background elements that complement the subject in focus. And it’s these elements that you arrange to create a composition
Together, the shutter speed & aperture control the exposure of an image. But what do these two assets of image construction really do?
The same thing. They both control how much light will reach the film (or digital sensor), but they do it very differently.
Think of a water faucet filling a one gallon bucket. To achieve this, you could fill the bucket fast by opening the valve to full. Or, you could fill the bucket, drop by drop, over a long period of time by only opening the valve slightly
I want to tell you stories. These are the things that energize us. These things move us to tears. Erick Luis was at home on the day of the earthquake. When the shock hit Port Au Prince, his house not only crumbled to collapse, but sparked an explosion that ignited a small propane leak that
Like all days, today was both promising and difficult. As well as surprising: as I draft this, we just felt another earthquake. Today a few of us flew by helicopter to Port Au Prince to deliver supplies to an orphanage, and also to gather information about patients that can be brought to our hospital. The
It is amazing how different each day can be. We are on day three here at the hospital, and we continually see additional teams of people coming in from around the world. Additional supplies are also coming in, though much more equipment and personnel are needed. Here you can see mattresses arriving en masse. Everyone
