Category: Photography

  • The Basics of Exposure

    Lesson #1 in Photography for Ignorant Geniuses Exposure is the one of the elemental theories of photography. Even though it is quite a complex subject, it is all perfectly logical. By the end of this first Photography for Ignorant Geniuses lesson you should be able to grasp the theory behind it. Let’s start by looking…

  • Love is a Prickly Affair

    Love is a Prickly Affair Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 F2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture Priority. Focal Length: 55mm Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/800s ISO 100 One of the peculiarities you can come across when rambling in the Maltese countryside. Someone evidently went to great lengths to show their love by carving a…

  • Attitude. Dude.

      A Wife with an Attitude Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 F2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture Priority. Focal Length: 17mm Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/1600s ISO 100 It is hard to get Greta to pose for a photo, especially if she knows I’ll be posting it as an artistic entry. This one worked…

  • A Thorny Issue

    A thorny issue Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 F2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture Priority. Focal Length: 55mm Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/1600s ISO 100 I love photography, and I usually carry my G12 around with me but now that I have to produce something of quality on a daily basis I have started to…

  • Photography for Ignorant Geniuses – The Launch

    My parents have decided to start taking photography seriously. I’m delighted about it – they subscribed to a 10-week course about the subject and started lessons last week. The problem is that they are in a class where the average age is 17. The couple that brought me into the world, however, are both in…

  • The Aftermath

    Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (W/ 17-55 F2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Manual setting. Focal Length: 17mm Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/25s ISO 640   The story behind the photo: January sales are usually hectic. Today I had a photo shoot for Vida (even though I resigned as editor I still offered to keep on shooting…