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Card Photography Series #2: Part 3: Noise!

Posted on May 26, 2011May 26, 2011by Lisa

Hey you guys! Thanks so much for  all of your feedback on the ISO, aperture and shutter speed tutorial — really does mean so much! So glad it’s helping, yay! Cardcrazed (Karen G) left this great comment about ISO and noise: Hello Lisa.. I re-learned some things I had forgotten over the years with this […]

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Card Photography Tutorial #2: Part #2!

Posted on May 25, 2011May 25, 2011by Lisa

Hey you guys! Since a picture’s worth a thousand words, I broke out my trusty old all manual Canon FT to show you what the different aperture settings look like. This is easy to do on manual cameras since the shutter stays open until you press the button to take the photo. First up, f16: […]

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Card Photography Series #2: ISO, shutter speed, and aperture

Posted on May 24, 2011May 22, 2013by Lisa

Hi you guys! I hope you enjoyed the first tutorial in the series as much as I enjoyed seeing all of your experiments! Was so cool to see all the different locations and how the changes in white balance really made an impact. Several of you asked where I take my photos — so here […]

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Card Photography Series: The Start!

Posted on May 16, 2011May 16, 2011by Lisa

You would think taking a photo of a card would be easy, right? After all, it’s just a piece of paper. But it’s not. Nooooo, cards are tricky little creatures. If it’s a folded card, you want to show a little of the top or the side so that you can tell it’s not flat. […]

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