aperture Archives - Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips and Travel Guides for Photographers - Photography Locations + Photogenic Experiences Sun, 03 Jul 2022 09:38:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thewanderinglens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-olympus-housing-32x32.jpg aperture Archives - Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens 32 32 The Secret Setting: Aperture Priority Mode https://www.thewanderinglens.com/learn-photography-aperture-priority/ https://www.thewanderinglens.com/learn-photography-aperture-priority/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:32:38 +0000 http://www.thewanderinglens.com/?p=5905 Aperture Priority – It’s Okay to NOT use Manual Mode! When you are learning photography two words sound about as daunting as jumping out of a plane. Manual Mode. A lot of professional photographers will shout from the rooftops about the benefits of using manual mode on your camera. And yes, shooting in manual means you can control every little bit of the image, it’s also more time consuming and sometimes far too fiddly for a candid moment. I’m going to let you in on one of my secrets, please don’t judge. I love to photograph using Aperture Priority mode. There I said it. More often than not, especially when travelling I find myself jumping over to Aperture Priority mode and clicking away happily. It’s actually something I’ve used throughout my career shooting weddings, events, landscapes and underwater. Typically I flick over to manual for long exposures, astrophotography and anything you have the time to set up and capture. Aperture Priority allows you to control your settings but you are also working with the camera and its intelligence (I like to assume my camera is smart and knows what it is doing). Much less pressure than manual mode! You can...

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]]> https://www.thewanderinglens.com/learn-photography-aperture-priority/feed/ 4 How To: Make Sunstars in Your Photos https://www.thewanderinglens.com/how-to-make-sunstars-in-your-photos/ https://www.thewanderinglens.com/how-to-make-sunstars-in-your-photos/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.thewanderinglens.com/?p=2761 A quick guide to making sunstars with your camera! Creating sunstars is a simple and fun way to add a little flair to your landscape and travel photography. You’ve probably seen professional photographers whip out some sun sparkle and wondered how on earth they can do it when your camera just over exposes the sky making it all white when the sun is shining!? If your camera has the ability to control aperture then you’re all good to go. Even better if you’ve got a wide angle lens in your kit. To create sunstars, follow these four simple tricks and watch the magic unfold… #1 Use a Small Aperture Light passing through a small aperture that is then spliced across the aperture blades in your lens is what creates a sunstar. When I first started with photography I always assumed a ‘small aperture’ meant f/1, f/2, f/3 etc…but it’s actually the opposite, small means the larger number f/16 – f/22. If you’ve got a big wide angle lens, ideally anywhere between 14mm – 30mm, setting your camera at f/16 on a bright sunny day will create gorgeous, crisp sunstars that are super sharp and defined. Even on a little compact...

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