Photography Accessories

The Canon Speedlite 430 EX Flash is an external light source for Canon digital cameras. According to Canon.com, this flash is compatible with all Canon Electro-Optical System (EOS) cameras,...

The light meter will tell you the best aperture to use on your camera. Remember that the smallest F stop, which is the measurement of an aperture, is the widest aperture. The wider the aperture,...

An aperture in any instance is space through which light passes. On a camera it is through the camera lens, which you adjust to control the amount of light that passes through and hits either the...

A shutter on a camera controls how much light enters the lens and for how long it will enter. This is normally a split-second process and is used to produce special effects in the development of...

Digital and film photography are similar in that it is difficult to get a proper exposure on a subject. Every photographer knows that the key to a beautiful picture is correct exposure. The key to...

A zoom burst is the effect of using slow shutter speeds and a manual zoom lens to create outward streaks of color and light in an otherwise normal photograph. Follow these instructions to begin...

Exposure bracketing is a technique to help deal with poor or uncertain lighting by taking multiple pictures of the same scene at incremented exposure settings. Upon processing the photographs you...

Taking portraits? Perhaps you don't enjoy fumbling with wheels and dials trying to find the best f-stop/shutter speed combination. A handheld meter is particularly useful for photographers who use...