Also see: Why Is a Super Telephoto Lens Necessary for Sports Photography? What is the difference between a 200mm and 300mm telephoto lens?

Let’s look at what happens when we shoot at different focal lengths from the same position. Note: For ease of illustration, the angles shown in this article are the horizontal angle of view.

Focal length

It all makes sense, doesn’t it? A dark chamber can become a lightproof box.How does light get into the box?The lightproof box has an opening in it which is called the shutter. When the shutter opens light gets into the lightproof box where the camera sensor is.So that’s the fundamental of thisOkay, let’s have a look at the fundamental components of a camera.I’m talking about a conventional camera with a camera lens on a camera body.Camera bodyThe camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.Camera lensThe lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Lenses are classified as wide-angle, standard, or telephoto depending on their focal lengths. Ultra-wide-angle lenses are a subset of wide-angle lenses, whereas medium telephoto and super telephoto lenses are subsets of telephoto lenses.

Getting up close to birds and other wildlife requires a special type of telephoto lens: a super telephoto lens. You may want to combine it with an extender for even further reach.

The lightproof box has an opening in it which is called the shutter. When the shutter opens light gets into the lightproof box where the camera sensor is.

35mm equivalentfocal length

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Well, the word camera comes from Camera Obscura. Obscura is a Latin word that means darkened in English. Camera is also Latin, meaning vault or vaulted room. It also has Greek origins as well.

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Ultra-wide-angle lenses exaggerate perspective so distances between objects look bigger. When combined with the wide field of view, it can bring out a sense of space.

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Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

The focal length also affects many other aspects of your image, such as perspective and depth of field. To find out more,  see 4 Lens Concepts to Revolutionise Your Photos.

Whatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Ultra-wide-angle lenses take in so much that they are perfect for capturing grand scenes and large objects that are right in front of you, especially in tight spaces where you cannot move further back.

Any focal length above 135mm full-frame equivalent is considered telephoto. However, 70 to 135mm (full-frame equivalent) is considered short or medium telephoto. These are popular for portrait and product photography due to their natural perspective and comfortable working distance for close-up shots.

The camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

OK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

The camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.

A camera works by exposing the camera sensor to light when the shutter opens. The amount of time the shutter is open, the size of the opening in the camera lens and the sensitivity of the camera sensor to light are all adjustable and set by either the camera or the photographer to create the exposure.This is not what I said in the podcast, but is a much better answer.You can listen to the episode hereOr keep on reading. Or do both. Entirely up to you!What is a camera then?Well, the word camera comes from Camera Obscura. Obscura is a Latin word that means darkened in English. Camera is also Latin, meaning vault or vaulted room. It also has Greek origins as well.So camera obscura came into being and that means dark chamber. So there you have it – next time you look at your camera, think of it as a dark chamber!It all makes sense, doesn’t it? A dark chamber can become a lightproof box.How does light get into the box?The lightproof box has an opening in it which is called the shutter. When the shutter opens light gets into the lightproof box where the camera sensor is.So that’s the fundamental of thisOkay, let’s have a look at the fundamental components of a camera.I’m talking about a conventional camera with a camera lens on a camera body.Camera bodyThe camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.Camera lensThe lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Depending on the scene and your intentions, you might not need to go ultra-wide to frame what you want to show perfectly.

I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

FOV tofocal length

So that’s the fundamental of thisOkay, let’s have a look at the fundamental components of a camera.I’m talking about a conventional camera with a camera lens on a camera body.Camera bodyThe camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.Camera lensThe lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.

Focaldistance vsfocal length

When you look straight ahead with your bare eyes, the field of view in focus is around 50° to 60°. Wide-angle lenses are any lens that gives a field of view wider than that. Ultra-wide-angle lenses are a special kind of wide-angle lens.

Due to physics, a lens with a shorter focal length has a wider angle of view, and one with a longer focal length has a narrower angle of view. And that’s how we came to use focal length to describe the angle of view of a lens!

Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

At 16mm, we can capture the entire façade of the fire station as well as the road and the hedge in the foreground. As the focal length increases, details appear bigger in the frame while more of the foreground and the building is cropped out. 200mm gives us a good close-up of the building name and the crests below it.

When picking a lens, one of the first things you must decide on is the focal length or focal range that you want. This is because the focal length describes the angle of view, i.e., it tells how much of the scene in front of you the lens can capture.

Hi everybody, welcome to Episode Two of the Photography Explained Podcast. In this episode, I will explain this – how does a camera work?

In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

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A longer focal length… - Captures less of the scene (= has a narrower angle of view) - Makes distant objects appear bigger (= has a higher magnification)

So camera obscura came into being and that means dark chamber. So there you have it – next time you look at your camera, think of it as a dark chamber!It all makes sense, doesn’t it? A dark chamber can become a lightproof box.How does light get into the box?The lightproof box has an opening in it which is called the shutter. When the shutter opens light gets into the lightproof box where the camera sensor is.So that’s the fundamental of thisOkay, let’s have a look at the fundamental components of a camera.I’m talking about a conventional camera with a camera lens on a camera body.Camera bodyThe camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.Camera lensThe lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Learn more about how to make the most of wide-angle lenses in: Exploring Wide Angle Lenses Part 1: Photo Effects of Wide-Angle Lenses 24mm Closeups: 3 Simple Exercises for Mastering Wide-Angle Perspective

This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.

There is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

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I’m talking about a conventional camera with a camera lens on a camera body.Camera bodyThe camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.Camera lensThe lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

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A camera is a lightproof box with an opening in it which allows light to pass through to the sensor where the image is recorded. The camera body is the box, the lens is the opening and the shutter is the thing that opens to let the light in. The lens focuses the image on the sensor giving a high-quality recording of the scene the camera is pointing at.

Learn composition techniques that leverage on the characteristics of different lenses in: Professional Composition Techniques (3): Making Good Use of Lenses

There is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.

Finally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.

Camera care is important. Camera lenses are optical and engineering marvels. Camera lenses must be treated with care and respect when used, stored carefully and regularly maintained and cleaned. Take...Continue Reading

I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

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This focal length is measured when the lens is focused to infinity (far into the distance). This is because when the lens is focused to infinity, light rays enter the lens almost parallel. When focused on a nearby subject, they enter the lens at an angle.

PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

You need a very long focal length to capture a detailed close-up picture of the moon without cropping. The image above was captured at 1600mm using an 800mm lens and a 2x extender.

We usually describe a lens by its focal length. What does it refer to and how does it affect your images? Find out in this article.

The shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

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Light entering the lens converges (crosses) on its way to the image sensor. This convergence point is known as the optical centre of the lens and has the sharpest focus. The focal length is the distance between this convergence point and the image sensor.

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Notice how the buildings don’t appear to converge towards the top. They would on a wide-angle lens due to perspective exaggeration.

This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

The lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

This is not what I said in the podcast, but is a much better answer.You can listen to the episode hereOr keep on reading. Or do both. Entirely up to you!What is a camera then?Well, the word camera comes from Camera Obscura. Obscura is a Latin word that means darkened in English. Camera is also Latin, meaning vault or vaulted room. It also has Greek origins as well.So camera obscura came into being and that means dark chamber. So there you have it – next time you look at your camera, think of it as a dark chamber!It all makes sense, doesn’t it? A dark chamber can become a lightproof box.How does light get into the box?The lightproof box has an opening in it which is called the shutter. When the shutter opens light gets into the lightproof box where the camera sensor is.So that’s the fundamental of thisOkay, let’s have a look at the fundamental components of a camera.I’m talking about a conventional camera with a camera lens on a camera body.Camera bodyThe camera body is the bit that has all the electronics and clever stuff in it. It also has such things on the camera body, controls and dials with which we can change all those many, many settings.Camera lensThe lens to attaches the camera body by a mount. The lens is the thing that controls the light and the sharpness of the light getting in (not what my transcript says so time to correct this!Camera sensorThe camera body is where the very important sensor is. Now what’s a sensor? If you think of a film camera (if you’re old enough) there was a place where you put the film, in the back of the camera body. You had to wind the film onto the first bit to take a photo with It.Well on a modern camera, the sensor is where the film was in simple terms.Camera shutterThe shutter is the thing that lets light reach the sensor. Press the shutter release button and the shutter opens, exposing the camera sensor (or film) to the light coming in through the lens.Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

A standard or “normal” lens gives a perspective that is very close to that of human vision. Most kit lenses are standard zoom lenses. The popular RF50mm f/1.8 STM “nifty fifty” lens is a standard lens on a full-frame camera, whereas the RF28mm f/2.8 STM is a slightly wider standard lens on an APS-C camera.

All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Camera flashes can damage precious works of art. The harsh, excessive light they omit way, way exceeds the carefully controlled lighting levels in museums and art galleries. And the most valuable...Continue Reading

Telephoto lenses provide an angle of view that is much narrower than human vision. 70-200mm lenses provide the classic telephoto focal range.

A shorter focal length… - Captures more of the scene (= has a wider angle of view) - Makes distant objects appear smaller (= has lower magnification)

Welcome to the Photography Explained Podcast, created by me, Rick.Photography things explained in plain English in less than 27 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details.That’s all. Well, apart from you sending me your question to answer!

How long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Again, I don’t want to get too technical here!So a camera is a light-proof box with a shutter in it.So how does the light get onto the sensor?Well, the next thing is what’s called the camera lens which is either attached to or built into the camera body. On conventional DSLR and mirrorless cameras, you can change the lenses. There is a very unhelpful acronym ILC which means interchangeable lens camera. To be perfectly honest with you I don’t see the point of that.The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

The camera lens has all the optics in it to focus what the camera is pointing at onto the sensor (or film).The other thing that the camera lens contains, as well as the optics, is the aperture.In most cameras the aperture is adjustable, meaning you can change the size of the opening in the lens which reduces or increases the amount of light getting through to the camera sensor.Shutter and aperture – the special relationshipThere is a relationship between the shutter and the aperture, and also with the sensitivity of the camera sensor.This relationship is called the exposure triangle, and in a future episode, I will explain the exposure triangle in less than 10 minutes.All cameras are generally the same.This principle applies to any kind of camera. Think about an iPhone as the camera body, with a camera lens attached to the body, and an aperture which on my iPhone XS is fixed at F1.8.How was this for you?So this is the level of explanation that works for me, which I hope works for you too? We have learned very quickly what a camera is and how it works. Now are there things in here which need much more detailed explanation? Yes, of course.I’m trying to build myself up here from small beginnings and straightforward explanations by taking (not attacking) things at this level. Like I said I am going to explain the exposure triangle. I’m also going to talk about some of the general camera settings – obviously, there are some that are specific to each individual camera and some that are universal principles of the topic.A universal ruleWhatever the camera the exposure triangle applies – aperture, shutter and ISO.Strange termsThere is some very strange and confusing terminology in photography which I will try to get to the bottom of. I think it’s fair to say that if photography was being invented today we wouldn’t have all these things that we have now like the size of the sensor, the terminology and complications of things like the exposure triangle.I’m rambling nowHow long should a podcast episode be? The answer is as long as it needs to be – I won’t stop if I get to 10 minutes and have not finished.So what’s next on the Photography Explained Podcast?PE3 – How To Take A Photo? (Not in the podcast episode as I did not know).Thanks very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts from. Also, please subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode and all that good stuff.I have got one small favour. If you can think of anybody who might enjoy my podcast, please let them know as well. And if there is one thing that you want me to explain on the podcast, let me know.Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Okay, thanks for listening. I’ll see you on the next episode – How To Take A Photo?Cheers from me RickOK – that was the podcast episodeWant to know more?Head over to the Start page on the Photography Explained Podcast website to find out more.And here is the list of episodes published to date – you can listen to any episode straight from this page which is nice.Let me know if there is a photography thing that you want me to explain and I will add it to my list. Just head over to the This is my list of things to explain page of this website to see what is on there already.Let me send you stuffI send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

I send out a weekly email to my subscribers. It is my take on one photography thing, plus what I have been writing and talking about. Just fill in the box and you can get my weekly photographic musings straight to your inbox. Which is nice.And finally a little bit about meFinally, yes this paragraph is all about me – check out my Rick McEvoy Photography website to find out more about me and my architectural, construction, real estate and travel photography work. I also write about general photography stuff, all in plain English without the irrelevant detail.Thank youThanks for listening to my podcast (if you did) and reading this blog post (which I assume you have done as you are reading this).Cheers from me Rick

Learn more about what you can do with a standard lens in: Standard Lens Techniques: Using the Point of View to Draw the Viewer In 50mm Portraits, My Style: Creating A Picture of a Memory