Photographing Someone Wearing Glasses

Chris Burfoot demonstrates how to pose and light a subject who is wearing glasses

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Nikon 1 V3 Is Now Shipping

The Nikon 1 V3 is one of Nikon’s newer mirrorless camera models. The good news is that if you were thinking about getting your hands on it, reports are now saying that the camera is currently being shipped. Interested photographers will be able to get their hands on it by heading on over to Amazon’s websiteor B&H, although the latter does state that it is expected to begin shipping on the 24th of April.
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Nikon 1 V3, 10-30 VR, and 70-300 VR Preview

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SHUTTER SPEED

In the most basic terms possible, shutter speed controls the ability to demonstrate or stop motion in a photograph. It is the MOMENT that light is exposed (recorded) on your digital sensor (or film) and the length of the exposure. Simple, no? NO? Ok: it is the amount of time your shutter stays open when you click the button thingie.  Shazaam. That’s it.

Shutter speed is set by fractions of a second as follows:

So if you’re set at 1/1000 of a second, then your shutter will obviously be open for less time than if your shutter speed was set at 1 full second.

This explains how the f-stop and shutter speed work together to get a proper exposure.    Learn More