Credit to the photographer: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

VOTRE INVITATION AU SALON BATIMENT EXPO

Madame, Monsieur,

Nous avons le plaisir de vous faire parvenir, ci-joint, votre invitation au salon "BATIMENT EXPO" qui se tiendra du Jeudi 10 au Dimanche 13 Mai 2012 à CASABLANCA au Centre des Expositions Office des Changes - Route El Jadida.

Ouverture du salon : De 10H à 19H

Cliquer sur cette image pour télécharger votre invitation :

Imprimer cette page ou celle, ci-jointe, pour vous et les personnes qui vous accompagnent.

Aussi, pourriez vous les inviter en leur envoyant cette invitation.

Lien du plan de situation du salon :

www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=33.544448,-7.649483&spn=0.002946,0.004667&t=h&z=18

Veuillez croire, Madame, Monsieur, à nos salutations les plus respectueuses.

Responsable du Salon

Anas ALAMI

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

"Try a Prime Lens"

Dear Stay Focussed reader,

You may wonder why so many photographers wander around with a large and bulky digital SLR hanging around their necks?

Perhaps you're more than happy with your compact digital camera - and I'd have to agree that compact cameras just get better and better, practically by the week!

There is something digital SLR camera owners can do though, and that's change lens.

I'm sure you're wondering why bother, especially when the zoom lens on your camera does all you want.

Well, there is one lens that at first sight is spectacularly pointless - prime lenses.

50mm digital slr lens

Prime lens?

Prime lenses are fixed focal length lenses. Zoom lenses are variable focal length.

That means zoom lenses go from wide angle to telephoto. Prime lenses ... well, they don't change at all. They are stuck at whatever length of zoom they had when they left the factory.

Why bother I hear you cry?

There are a couple of reasons.

First, because there's no need to fit in a zoom mechanism the quality of the optics tends to be better.

Second, the aperture goes much wider in a prime lens. This means you get much better control over depth of field, and that's one thing that can really make your photos stand out from the crowd.

helping with composition

There's a third reason that prime lenses are worth having - they make you think more about your composition.

And that's something we can all try no matter what camera you own.

Here's something to try - set your zoom to something around the middle of its range and don't move it. Instead, move yourself, or reframe your subject.

Once you get out of the habit of constantly nudging the zoom control it's amazing how you find yourself really considering the scene you're photographing.

And that can only be a good thing for your photography!

Further reading

Find out more about depth of field
Discover more advantages of digital SLR cameras
Learn what the aperture is, and what it does.

See you next month,

Darrell.

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