Apologies for the delay in this series. Have I mentioned how much the summer heat kills by creative ability? Plus, my little studio doesn't have great airflow, which makes it more than uncomfortable to work in in the summer. But the heat appears to be breaking. I'm hoping it stays relatively cool for the rest … Continue reading Photo 101: White Balance
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Regarding the Birds and the Bees (Or the Lack Thereof)
Over the past year or so, I've noticed blog posts (and I can't remember now where they were or who wrote them so I can't link to them) chastising authors for their treatment of asexual (ace) characters, particularly when it comes to the sexuality of other characters in the books and their interactions with the … Continue reading Regarding the Birds and the Bees (Or the Lack Thereof)
Photo 101: Shutter Speed
The third point on the Exposure Triangle is shutter speed. The camera's shutter speed is usually measured in fractions of seconds-- and tiny fractions, at that. Like aperture, shutter speed determines how much light can go to the sensor at a given point in time. Aperture does this by getting wider or narrower (like the … Continue reading Photo 101: Shutter Speed
Photo 101: ISO
ISO is a weird part of the Exposure Triangle. There isn't a physical component with it like there is with aperture (an opening at the back of the lens that opens and closes) or shutter speed (where a physical cover opens to reveal the sensor for a brief period of time). ISO describes how much … Continue reading Photo 101: ISO
Photo 101: Aperture
The basics of photography involve something called the Exposure Triangle. The exposure being your photograph, and the three points of the triangle being the following: shutter speed, ISO, and aperture. Shutter Speed is the amount of time that the camera's shutter is open and letting light hit the sensor. It is usually a fraction of … Continue reading Photo 101: Aperture
Photo 101: The Basics
Now that just about everyone has a camera in their pocket thanks to the prevalence of smartphones, we take more and more photographs than ever before. More than 100 million photos are uploaded to Instagram each day, and more than 350 million are uploaded to Facebook. Every. Single. Day. With so many people taking so … Continue reading Photo 101: The Basics
Notre Dame de Paris
I meant to write something else. I wanted to write a book review, a television review, but on Monday, April 15, the great cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris was gutted by fire. I'd just come back from lunch when a coworker gave me the news, and for the rest of the afternoon, the group … Continue reading Notre Dame de Paris
2019 Goals
I don't do resolutions for the new year, but I do like to develop a list of goals for the year. Mostly, they're achievable, but sometimes I don't accomplish them. Oops. So here are some of my 2019 goals. Some are bookish, some are not. Reading Challenge: Goodreads has not asked me to set … Continue reading 2019 Goals
Top Five Friday: Five Favorite Works of Classical Music
It's impossible not to think of music when reading a book like Carolina de Robertis's, The Gods of Tango, which revolves around music, specifically the tango. Now, while I grew up in a house that always had some kind of music going on, either on the radio or live while my sister was practicing the … Continue reading Top Five Friday: Five Favorite Works of Classical Music
Photo 365
One of my 2017 resolutions was to complete a Photo 365, a photography challenge where you take one photograph every day for an entire year. It sounds easy enough. Thanks to smartphones, everyone has a camera with them at all times these days and we snap away, taking pictures of friends, cats, and food like … Continue reading Photo 365
