Once upon a time, in days of old, when we shot on film and had to fend off dragons simultaneously, we also had to choose the ISO of our film when we bought it. 100? 200? 400? Huh? Now it’s just a button on our cameras and we can change it every shot. But what is ISO? What does it do? How does it work? Why’s it important? Well, Matt Druin is here to explain it all. Continue Reading

Seeing as the site is called Small Aperture, we thought that we’d give an explanation of the concept of a small aperture. Aperture is fairly important in terms of photography, but it isn’t exactly straightforward as altering the aperture can have a dual effect on your pictures. So, here’s our guide to the small aperture. Continue Reading