[Obscura]: Archive

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Captain Keeta

Feb 11th

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Captain Gray Beard Enjoys Drinking Baxter Beer

Craft-Brewed in Maine

Feb 4th

“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing a meditation.”

– Henri Cartier Bresson

Feb 3rd

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Captain Gray Beard Stays Fresh With Old Spice

Feb 2nd

Garrison Tower

Feb 1st

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Painted Lens

Feb 1st

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High Dynamic Range (HDR)

What is HDR? HDR means ‘High Dynamic Range’. Using software like Photomatix you can create images with a more detail in the highlights and shadows than you can with a normal photo from todays digital cameras. Its similar to the old technique of exposure blending. Taking one photo for the sky and one for the ground, then merging them both together in Photoshop. HDR takes it a step further by...

Jan 27th

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Jan 26th

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Aperture

Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken. When you hit the shutter release button of your camera a hole opens up that allows your cameras image sensor to catch a glimpse of the scene you’re wanting to capture. The aperture that you set impacts the size of that hole. The larger the hole the more light that gets in – the smaller the hole the less light. Aperture is...

Jan 24th

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ISO

The “normal” range of ISO is about 200 to 1600. With today’s digital cameras you can sometimes go as low as 50 or as high as 102,400. The number chosen has two important qualities associated with it. First, it sets the amount of light needed for a good exposure. The lower the number, the more light required. The more light that’s required, the more likely a slow shutter...

Jan 24th

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open. In film photography it was the length of time that the film was exposed to the scene you’re photographing and similarly in digital photography shutter speed is the length of time that your image sensor ‘sees’ the scene you’re attempting to capture. Shutter speed is measured in seconds – or in most cases fractions of seconds. The bigger...

Jan 24th

Depth of Field

There are a number of results of changing the aperture of your shots that you’ll want to keep in mind as you consider your setting but the most noticeable one will be the depth of field that your shot will have. Depth of Field (DOF) is that amount of your shot that will be in focus. Large depth of field means that most of your image will be in focus whether it’s close to your camera or far...

Jan 24th

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Vintage

Jan 20th

Screen Play

Jan 18th

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The Weirs

Jan 18th

So what now?

Jan 18th