Photography 101 – 2nd Lesson

This week the second lesson of the Photography 101 course that I’m following is looking at lenses and focus.

Looking at the theoretical side to bending light, lenses and focusing. Some people haven’t liked the fact that the two lessons have been based around theory, and want to get down to the nitty gritty of taking photos. But I can see where Neil Creek who is writing the course is coming from.

It’s a long time since I was in a physics lesson, which I did used to enjoy. But at the time I didn’t see the relevance for physics in everyday life outside of a lab, yes I liked the cool experiments that we did, but I was only young and more interested in the latest rock and pop bands of the day!

But now I can see how physics is a fundamental and very important part of photography and me being able to do it better. If I can understand the basics of how light behaves and how my equipment deals with that, then I am in a better position for making the right choices in settings and lenses when taking photographs. I always find I am better at understanding something if I know how it works rather than just being told it works.

I’ve found these lessons really interesting and I’m learning a lot, or should I say remembering a lot (of physics anyway)!
Looking forward to lesson 3…

Mandy