Scroll down for your cheat sheet Also known as aperture size, the f-stop controls the amount of light that passes through the lens at a given shutter speed. All else being equal, a smaller ...

Photography has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last half century. Steven Sasson developed the first digital ...

Camera shutter speed is an essential adjustment in photography – along with the aperture, the shutter moderates the amount of light entering the camera. Older cameras (and some newer ones ...

let in a lot. It takes some experimentation to get the right shutter speed/f-stop combination because of the variables: the brightness of the light source—a pressure lantern is brighter than a ...

The trick is getting that long shutter speed in broad daylight. You can crank the f-stop all the way down, use the lowest ISO your camera can manage, and still not get there. This is where you ...

How long is a split second anyway? You need a shutter speed tester, and luckily for us, [Stuart Brown] has one. There are no sharks involved in this build, but it does rely on laser diodes as a ...

The first time I shot photos of a fireworks show was an incredible and exhilarating experience. Sitting in the dark surrounded by hundreds of people who had pulled out lawn chairs to a Richfield, ...