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November 24, 2015 by PhotoKen

Bringing in the Horses – fairly High ISO

Sometimes you just need to use a higher ISO (in this case ISO 6400) to get the Shutter Speed you want… Shutter Speed was set at 1/160 sec as I wanted the horses to be fairly sharply focused (and not motion blurred). I did need to get fairly aggressive with the noise reduction in Adobe […]

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October 10, 2014 by PhotoKen

Are Bigger Pixels Better for Digital Photography?

In this EASYDSLR Photo Snack #3 I look at Are Bigger Pixels Better? *if you were paying attention you may have noticed Photo Snack#2 was missing – I’ll post that later 🙂 * Bigger Pixels on a digital camera sensor means more photons (light particles) per pixel. The pixels are the single Photo sites that […]

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May 5, 2014 by PhotoKen

Canon vs Nikon – What’s the Difference?

In this EASYDSLR Photo Snack #1 I look at Canon vs Nikon DSLR Cameras. Which one is better? Canon and Nikon both produce state of the art DSLR cameras. There are so many features to compare. I usually recommend get the camera you can afford and if you have already invested in good lenses stick […]

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July 6, 2012 by PhotoKen

4th July Fireworks in Portland OR

4th July Fireworks over the Willamette River near Downtown Portland (OK… technically two don’t actually have fireworks but I liked them anyway). These Night Photos taken with my Canon 5D (original – “old faithful”) with a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L lens and my newer Canon 60D using a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens and Manfrotto tripod. The […]