Photography Tips Part III: Cool Stuff w/Shutter Speed

by Susan M

This is the third in a series of posts I’m doing about photography. I’m approaching this as if I’m speaking to novices with no knowledge beyond pointing and shooting an automatic camera. In previous posts, I’ve covered composition and aperture/depth of field. This post is about shutter speed and the cool stuff you can do with it. If you don’t know what that means, don’t let it scare you. It’s actually very simple.

Part II: Cool Stuff w/Shutter Speed
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Photography Tips Part II: Aperture and Depth of Field

by Susan M

This is the second in a series of posts I’m doing about photography. I’m approaching this as if I’m speaking to novices with no knowledge beyond pointing and shooting an automatic camera. This post will be focused on (har har) aperture and depth of field. If you don’t know what that means, don’t let it scare you. It’s actually very simple.

Part II: Aperture and Depth of Field
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Photography Tips Part I: Composition

by Susan M

This is the first of a series of posts I’m going to do about photography. I’m going to approach this as if I’m speaking to novices with no knowledge beyond pointing and shooting an automatic camera. I’ll start off talking about framing/composition, and eventually get more technical in later posts.

Part 1: Composition
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Live Review: Gutter Twins - Los Angeles, CA 04-02-08

by Susan M

The Gutter Twins is the latest project of Greg Dulli, formerly of the Afghan Whigs and also the Twilight Singers, and Mark Lanegan, formerly of Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and occasionally the Twilight Singers.

Gutter Twins
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