Today’s Word – Saturday, 04 Aug 12

Diaphragm

Lens opening. A perforated plate or adjustable opening mounted behind or between the elements of a lens used to control the amount of light that reaches the film. Openings are usually calibrated in f-numbers.

Kodak – Glossary of Photographic Terms

Body Building

Some images taken back in 2009 of some body builders training for competition.

 

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Lens: EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM
  • Focal length: 85mm
  • Exposure: 1/80sec f/1.4 @ ISO 200
  • Method: Handheld / Available Light

 

 

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Lens: EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
  • Focal length: 70mm
  • Exposure: 1/80sec f/2.8 @ ISO 3200
  • Method: Handheld / Available Light

 

 

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Lens: EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
  • Focal length: 115mm
  • Exposure: 1/60sec f/2.8 @ ISO 3200
  • Method: Handheld / Available Light

 

 

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Lens: EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
  • Focal length: 160mm
  • Exposure: 1/80sec f/2.8 @ ISO 3200
  • Method: Handheld / Available Light

 

 

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Lens: EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
  • Focal length: 125mm
  • Exposure: 1/80sec f/2.8 @ ISO 3200
  • Method: Handheld / Available Light / Double Overlay – Photoshop

 

 

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Lens: EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
  • Focal length: 95mm
  • Exposure: 1/100sec f/3.2 @ ISO 3200
  • Method: Handheld / Available Light

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Today’s Word – Friday, 03 Aug 12

Darkroom

A lighttight area used for processing films and for printing and processing papers; also for loading and unloading film holders and some cameras.

Kodak – Glossary of Photographic Terms

 

 

Today’s Word – Thursday, 02 Aug 12

CF

Compact Flash card. Used in a digital camera to record images. Storage space (as of the date of this post) ranges from 2GB up to 128GB.

SanDisk CF 128GB Extreme Pro

Full HD Video; High-Speed for RAW, HD, and JPEG; Write Speed Up To 100 MB / Second

Today’s Word – Wednesday, 01 Aug 12

Bracketing

Can apply to flash or exposure. It is used to create usually 3 photographs. One photo is exposed by the cameras meter automatically, one under exposed and one overexposed by a predetermined number of stops.