Frame a Photograph by Peter van Loon
March 12, 2016 An excess of elements in your frame leads attention away from your main subject. Therefore you can best leave out anything that doesn’t pertain to your subject.
Focus by Peter van Loon
March 12, 2016 The focus ring on your lens allows you to focus manually. A camera with autofocus focuses when the shutter release button is half-depressed.
Composition by Peter van Loon
March 13, 2016 By moving the subject and horizon away from the center you get more natural proportions.
Perspective by Peter van Loon
March 15, 2016 Perspective: the relative proportions between the image elements. These proportions suggest depth in a flat plane.
Lens – Categories by Peter van Loon
March 18, 2016 Characteristics and poperties explained through lenses with a fixed focal length.
Lens – Features by Peter van Loon
March 18, 2016 A wide angle lens has a wide angle of view, a large depth of field range and exaggerates perspective.
Lens – Angle of View by Peter van Loon
March 18, 2016 The angle of view decreases when the focal length increases.
Light – Contrast by Peter van Loon
May 10, 2017 Contrast in photograpy is the measure of diference between light and dark. Good contrast control is at the heart of good photography.
Light – Colour Temperature by Peter van Loon
May 11, 2017 The colour temperature can be seen as the colour tint of the light emitted from a light source.
Bird’s Eye View by Peter van Loon
March 24, 2018 A higher point of view with the camera looking down on the subject has a Bird’s Eye View.
Light – Backlight by Peter van Loon
May 10, 2018 Master backlight situations by controlling contrast.
Lens – Aperture by Peter van Loon
May 24, 2021 The diaphragm inside a lens regulates the aperture and thereby the amount of light entering the camera.
An excess of elements in your frame leads attention away from your main subject. Therefore you can best leave out anything that doesn’t pertain to your subject.
The focus ring on your lens allows you to focus manually. A camera with autofocus focuses when the shutter release button is half-depressed.
By moving the subject and horizon away from the center you get more natural proportions.
Perspective: the relative proportions between the image elements. These proportions suggest depth in a flat plane.
Characteristics and poperties explained through lenses with a fixed focal length.
A wide angle lens has a wide angle of view, a large depth of field range and exaggerates perspective.
The angle of view decreases when the focal length increases.
Contrast in photograpy is the measure of diference between light and dark. Good contrast control is at the heart of good photography.
The colour temperature can be seen as the colour tint of the light emitted from a light source.
A higher point of view with the camera looking down on the subject has a Bird’s Eye View.
Master backlight situations by controlling contrast.
The diaphragm inside a lens regulates the aperture and thereby the amount of light entering the camera.