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Front to back sharpness

Smallest aperture Iocus 1/3 into scene


oudy WB
Richer and warmer image (yellower)
Storyteng composton
Foreground, middle-ground and background subjects at max depth oI Iield, I/22
Wde-ange ens
Immediate Ioreground impt
Shaow depth of fed (bokeh)
Most zoom large aperture
Who cares apertures
I/8-I/11 Ior sharpness and contrast
Pannng moton shots (streak backgrounds)
1/60 or 1/8 sec Iollowing subject
Freezng moton
Closer you are Iaster shutter speed, e.g. parallel motion 1/500 or 1/1000 sec
Impyng moton
Slow shutter speed e.g. 1 sec
Lghtng
Frontlight & overcast Irontlight easiest lighting
Sidelight good Ior 3D oI highlights and shadows
Backlight a. silhouetting, metering pt lens at bright sky next to sun
b. identiIiable, meter oII reIlection oI Iace
c. illuminating transparent subject
Brother bue sky
Winter landscape meter blue sky above
Brother backt sky
Sunrise or sunset, meter next to sun
Brother dusky bue sky
Apeituie
Shuttei speeu
IS0
City or country scene at dusk, meter oII dusk sky
Brother refectng sky
Coastal or lake reIlections at sunrise or sunset, meter oII surIace oI water
Mr green jeans
Greenery, -2/3 stops exposure
Avod shake
Slow shutter speed - greater oI 1/60 sec or under the Iocal length oI the lens. E.g. a 300mm lens, a
shutter speed oI 1/300 oI a second may still be too slow Ior a clear image. A 28mm lens, 1/60 oI a
second is considered slow

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