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New Experiences and Photo Opportunities at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Walt Disney World is always changing and evolving. While I do not enjoy saying goodbye to a cherished ride or attraction, for the most part, I have liked the new ones the Imagineers have replaced them with. Case in point is the new Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway inside the Chinese Theatre at the end … Continue reading "New Experiences and Photo Opportunities at Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Metering Modes with Fairy, Silver Mist

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Let’s get technical, technical. I wanna get technical. Let’s get into intermediate photography skill level in regards to metering. Don’t you walk away when I am talking to you. You can do this. It’s a good lesson that will broaden your knowledge, starting with an explanation of metering. Your digital camera’s metering system reads the … Continue reading "Metering Modes with Fairy, Silver Mist"
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Disney Vacations: Color vs Black and White Challenge

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I was (and still am) a brat while studying photography. My photojournalism teacher and I used to go head to head over her assignments and what I wanted to do. One such item was my determination to only shoot in black and white. To me, photojournailm means documenting history as it occurs and for some … Continue reading "Disney Vacations: Color vs Black and White Challenge"
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Metering Modes Revisited

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Last year I went in-depth and explained the three different metering modes found on our digital SLR and advanced point and shoot cameras. These are Matrix, Center-weighted and Spot. At the time, I used some un-Disney like photos to show the difference between each mode. I thought a side by side comparison would be helpful … Continue reading "Metering Modes Revisited"
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P for Program Assist

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The past couple of weeks I’ve showed you how to control depth of field with Aperture Priority mode and to slow or freeze motion in Shutter Priority mode. What if I was to tell you about a mode which automatically selects a good exposure (aperture (f-stop) and shutter speed) to start with and allows you … Continue reading "P for Program Assist"
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Metering Modes

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You hear about all kinds of “modes” when you talk about digital photography. There’s shooting modes, scene modes and metering modes. The later refers to how your camera meters or “sees” what’s in front of it’s lens. You see, inside each of our cameras is a light meter. Because it is viewing light reflected from … Continue reading "Metering Modes"
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