Depth of Field explained video on vimeo

19 minute explanation of “depth of field” – I haven’t watched it all, but the first five mins are good.It relates mainly to video, but photographers may find it helpful too – the physics are all the same!

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Do you Twitter? 10 Tips for the un-intiated

An odd name, 140 characters of text and a group of contacts. Hardly a great start for an internet revolution, and yet, I’ve probably had more useful contacts and conversations started on twitter in 6 months, than 3 years of email.

Understanding Digital Camera settings

I’m publishing this in it’s unfinished state – I’ll refine as we go along – Google style.

Digital photography is all about capturing light on a digital sensor in the back of your camera.

That may sound obvious, but understanding the 3 ways you can control light getting to the sensor will help you take better photos.

This leads to 3 main questions to consider for each photo you take:

• How much of the photo do I want in focus?
  This depends on the Aperture: Opening and closing the camera iris
• Is the subject moving or still?
  Shutter speed: Changing how long the sensor is exposed to light
• How sharp/detailed do I want the photo to be?
  ISO/Gain: How sensitive the sensor is in the camera

Which one/s take priority will depend on your subject and the conditions.

If you leave you camera in the ‘green’ auto mode, it will always try and find the middle ground and that may not be suitable for your photo.

Let’s look at each of those in turn. Each of them has a benefit and a pay-off.

A Crash Course in Digital Photography

- Try something different

Here are 6 tips to help you take  better photos.

1. Rule of thirds, 2. Get closer, 3. Get inspired, 4. Different point of view, 5. Use camera “Scene” modes, 6. Look out for interesting elements.

Ask me if you need any clarification.

Top Video Tips for Shooting Interviews

Videoing Interviews with people

Here are some tips on how to make your interviews with people look professional. Full credit here goes to Nigel our OMF Video guy – they’re pretty much all his.

The mnemonic is FLExCS: Framing, Lighting, Exposure, Clutter, Sound

Why Tim? Tim is a Christian worker and media junkie who can often be found on the end of a camera – these are for you my friend – keep going, it’s always good to see your work …

How to start doing ‘Social web’

• Immerse yourself – try stuff out: Blog, social Bookmark, network …
• Find out the difference between: Media, New Media and Social Web (Look at the presentation by Adrianna Lukas – slide 4)
• Gather a bunch of tools that help you communicate (pick ones you like)
  • Social Bookmark: delicious, furl, reddit, digg
    
  • Blog: wordpress, blogger, moveabletype, tumblr
  • Microblog: twitter, tumblr …
    
  • Search: Technorati, Google blog search
  • Network: facebook, myspace, linkedin, ning (create your own)
  • Share: flickr, photobucket
  • Widgets: www.springwidget.com, www.widgetbox.com etc.
  • Plugins for firefox: search the Addons for the above items eg: shareaholic, vodpod,
  • RSS, RSS and more RSS: Google reader, Yahoo
• Follow those who are doing it

Photography: The Rules Of Composition

Useful tips on photo composition (part 2)

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How To Take Digital Photographs

Useful tips on digital photography (part 1)

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