Series – Stoves

On a recent photography excursion to Bannack Ghost Town in Montana, I noticed the wood stoves--and how different they were! Nearly every building had one, and they ranged from small heating stoves to double-wide cooking stoves. They were brown, black, and grey. Here are a few different pictures I took.   I also noticed that…

I Love to See the Temple

The Rexburg Temple is absolutely beautiful, and this week I got some photos that I wouldn't normally--usually my Temple photos end up most like the one in the bottom right corner of this collage. But here are some new perspectives on the Temple--and all of them have the Temple in them! I was thrilled to…

Choose Your Focus

This week I took different photos with different levels of aperture. Here are a few and how I did them! To take this photo, I went to where I could get the entire Spori building, as well as other things in the foreground to show the wide focus. I chose to have the short lamppost…

Shutter Speed ≠ Shudder Speed

To capture this photo, I set up a small table near a window for optimal light. I put the glass of water on the table, then dropped a dime into the glass. I snapped the picture with 1/1000" shutter speed right after I dropped the dime. It took several tries to get the timing right.…

Aperture, Shutter Speed, and White Balance

The following photographs are taken from http://pexels.com and demonstrate applications of different aperture, shutter speed, and white balance settings.     The photo above demonstrates use of a wide lens aperture. It was likely taken with a f/3 or smaller, and likely with a special lens that can achieve a wider aperture than a traditional, standard…