Further familiarization with photoshop. Magazine cover. :}

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the functions of the equiptment used to aid photography. lol

Lens: a lens refracts and transmits light. lenses come in a variety of shapes and sizes, which manipulate  the overall outcome of the image. lenses are made in different materials like plastic and glass.

lighting: lighting is one of the most important parts of photography and consists of three main types. Key light, this is the main light for the image and is a hard light source which should be placed on one side of the camera and usually up high. The second type is the fill light, this is a soft source of light and is usually placed on the opposite side of the key light. the fill light is used to balance and define the contrast of the image. the third type is the back light

Tripod: supports the camera, to give you a clearer more stable image. very effective on uneven ground or when getting a difficult shot. Tripods can also stabilize a camera when a person cant. for example taking a picture very low down in some undergrowth.

Flash: the flash on a camera is a vital part of successful photography. The flash is a device used to produce a flash of artificial light (typically 1/1000 to 1/200 of a second) at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene. Other uses are capturing quickly moving objects or changing the quality of light. Most flashes nowadays are digital, and use lights to produce a flash. however, older flashes used explosive powder.

Aperture: Aperture is referred to the lens diaphragm opening inside a photographic lens. The size of the diaphragm opening in a camera lens regulates amount of light that passes through onto the film inside the camera at the moment when the shutter curtain in camera opens during an exposure process.

Shutter speed: shutter speed is both the aperture diaphragm of a lens and timing of the camera’s shutter curtain. The difference in shutter speed can have a dramatic effect on the appearance of moving objects. for example, a picture taken using a slow shutter speed will make foreground objects clear and the background blurred.

whereas a fast shutter speed captures everything and appears really sharp and fine.

Focus Point and Focal Length: this is the point of which the photograph is focused and, depending on the depth of field, is the clearest. The depth of field or focal length is the rest of the picture surrounding the focal point.

ISO: The ISO is

the functions of a camera, film and digital. :)

the movement from film to digital photography has brought many advantages with it. however, there are still some preferable qualities with film photography. for example, when using film you can get a very good, precise picture of exactly what you want. Film photography is very good for portrait photographs. Digital photography has the best advantage however, because instead of film, it holds an SD card that holds and stores the image straight onto it as soon as the photograph is taken. this means that a much greater number of photographs can be taken and stored. Also a huge advantage is that most digital cameras have a viewing interface on the back, so you can see the image you’ve taken, and decide if you want to keep it.

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http://www.tonyhowell.co.uk/new/8/Z435.htm 

I have chosen to look at landscape photography because it is the most appealing to me. I have also researched landscape photography and posted a link to photographer Tony Howells’ website. Tony Howell is one of Englands best known landscape photographers.