digital photography school blog

What Does F-Ratio Mean?

by Mandy April 2, 2008

This is part of the subject which was discussed in lesson 3, lenses, light and magnification of the Photo 101 course that I am following. It looks at brightness and f-ratio’s, magnification and field of view. I found this lesson a harder one than the other two, although it is explained very well. I had [...]

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How to Make a Camera Obscura

by Mandy March 19, 2008

Making a Camera Obscura is one of the homework choices for lesson 1 of the Photography 101 course on the Digital Photography School Blog. What is a Camera Obscura? Camera Obscura or ‘dark chamber’ is one of the earliest ways of producing an image, the idea is very old and was first documented 1,000 years [...]

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New Photography 101 Course

by Mandy March 6, 2008

This blog is about my journey as a photographer, and what I am learning along the way about digital photography and experimenting with it. All journeys have a start and a finish although the part in the middle can be different lengths there is always a start and a finish. Although I have taken photographs [...]

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