Camera Metering - How To Get The Right Exposure

Photography Composition Tips and Techniques. This is the fourth in the series of episodes about how to take better photos. And this is the bit that I forgot from the last episode.

Camera settings – why are there so many? And gear. Photography gear. Why is there so much of it?

Well, I am not saying that you need more gear, but the different camera settings and different camera gear allow you to create better compositions, which means better photos.

And we all want this.

In this episode, I tell you.

• How different camera settings can improve your compositions.
• How different camera gear can improve your compositions.
• How camera sensor size affects the composition.
• Why the field of view is so important.
• What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
• What if I use a film camera?
• And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

This is the third in the series of episodes about how to take better photos. And do you want to know one of the best ways to take better photos?

Thinking about what you include in a photo and how the things you include relate to each other is one of the best ways to take better photos.

I am talking about composition, and in this episode, I tell you lots of good stuff about it. Because guess what – all anyone looking at your photos knows is what they are looking at. So, we need to make all our photos the best we can, right?

In this episode, I tell you.

• What composition is.
• How you can learn all about composition.
• Why moving, looking and thinking are incredibly simple yet powerful things to do.
• What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
• What if I use a film camera?
• And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

Photography Explained Podcast Episode 173 - What Are You Trying To Do With Your Photography?

What Are You Trying To Do With Your Photography? What are your hopes and dreams? Are you happy as you are taking photos with your phone? Or do you want to be a professional photographer and earn a full-time living from your photography?

This is the starting point in learning how to take better photos, which is what this series of episodes is about. Yes, taking better photos starts with you and what you want to get out of your photography. Then, you need to decide what you want to take photos of and what you will do with the photos you have created.

You need a plan, and I will help you with this.

Once you have a plan and know what you are trying to do with your photography you can begin that wonderful voyage of photographic discovery. 

In this episode, I tell you.

• How you can work out what you want to do with your photography.
• To think about what you want to take photos of.
• To think about what you are going to do with your photos.
• What people don’t know or don’t care about when they look at your photo.
• What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
• What if I use a film camera?
• And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

Photography Explained Podcast Episode 172 - How To Take Better Photos - Part 1 - 11 Things For You To Do

This episode starts a series of episodes where I teach you how to take better photos. Nice and simple. And very important.

No matter where you are on your photographic journey, there are things that you and I can do that will help us to take better photos. Every time I take a photo, I try to take a better photo than last time. I will tell you how I do this in this series of episodes.

In this episode, I tell you.

·         What is the most important thing in photography?

·         11 things that you can do to help you take better photos.

·         What people care about when they look at your photo?

·         What people don’t know or don’t care about when they look at your photo?

·         What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?

·         What if I use a film camera?

·         And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

I have been talking about stupid photography terms that don’t make sense. But what are we going to do with them? How can we make photography accessible to all in 2024 and beyond?

In this episode, I tell you

• How I replace ISO.
• How I change the aperture scale.
• Why exposure time makes sense (and not shutter speed).
• Why how we see the world as 1x replaces focal length, crop factor and all that nonsense.
• What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
• What if I use a film camera?
• And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

This is the last episode in my series of stupid photography terms that don’t make sense. In this episode, I give you my take on these terms.

1. Crop factor
2. Speedlite/ flashgun
3. Camera shake
4. Stop
5. F-stop
6. Fast lens
7. JPEG
8. RAW

And why I think that they are stupid. Most of them. I also tell you

• What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
• What if I use a film camera?
• And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

Yes, 11 more photography terms that confuse explained and shamed. This is part 2 of my three-part series explaining photography terms that are out of date, confusing at best or just plain old wrong.

And if you are a phone user wanting to get into more photography but finding all this stuff putting you off, don’t worry; I’ve got you.

I know how you feel. And I can help you. And that is what I do in this episode.

In this episode, I tell you.

• What depth of field Is, and what should it be called?
• When is a hot shoe not a hot shoe?
• Why streets are not the only public places!
• How a fish sees (fish variable).
• What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
• What if I use a film camera?
• And finally, what I do.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

Hi, Rick here. I hope that you're well.

This is the trailer for the Photography Explained Podcast.

In this trailer, I will tell you what my podcast is all about and where you fit in, dear listener.

My podcast is based on my experiences and knowledge, not internet searches.  Sure, there's some research into some of the stuff I talk about because I don't know everything.

But the starting point is what I know from over 40 years of practising, studying, learning and indeed loving photography.

You can check out the podcast website to find out more and how you can ask me a question.

Take care. Stay safe. Cheers from me, Rick.

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

Do you find some photography terms completely baffling? Are you bewildered by terms like APS-C, mirrorless camera, focal length, and aperture scale? 

Are you a phone user wanting to get more into photography but finding this strange terminology putting you off?

I get you. I know how you feel. And I can help you. So let me.

In this episode, I tell you.

·         Why APS-C should be banned.

·         Why ISO does not make sense.

·         Why the exposure triangle does not actually do anything.

·         And why eight other photography terms are rubbish?

·         What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?

·         What if I use a film camera?

·         And finally, what I do. In brief. Very brief this time.

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick

Camera equipment is very important, expensive and very breakable if you do not look after it.

Do you know how to look after your gear properly?

In this episode, I tell you how to look after my gear. I have not had a problem with any of my gear as I look after it so carefully. So, listen to this episode to find out how you can look after your gear like I do mine.

In this episode, I tell you.

1. The gear that I use and how I look after it.
2. How and where I store my gear.
3. How I clean my gear, and what with.
4. What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?
5. What if I use a film camera?
6. And finally, what I do. Again….

All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!

What is not to love?

Get your question answered
This is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.

Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast website

And find out all about me on my photography website

Thanks very much for listening

Cheers from me Rick