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Reflection Photography Cheat Sheet

1. The document provides information on photography techniques including aperture, ISO, shutter speed, and lens flare. 2. It recommends using a narrow aperture between f/7 and f/14 for cityscapes, and wider apertures like f/4 for portraits. 3. Play with lens flare effects when shooting through glass, as the reflections and shapes can make images more creative.

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Reflection Photography Cheat Sheet

1. The document provides information on photography techniques including aperture, ISO, shutter speed, and lens flare. 2. It recommends using a narrow aperture between f/7 and f/14 for cityscapes, and wider apertures like f/4 for portraits. 3. Play with lens flare effects when shooting through glass, as the reflections and shapes can make images more creative.

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REFLECTION APERTURE

PHOTOGRAPHY f/2.8 f/4


Wide Aperture (more light)
f/5.6 f/8 f/11 f/14
Narrow Aperture (less light)
f/22

CHEAT SHEET If you are shooting cityscapes, use a narrow aperture between
f/7 and f/14. For portraits, use wider apertures such as f/4.

iso
100 . .. 200 . .. 400 . . . 640 . . . 800 . . . 1600 . . . 3200

Lower LIGHT SENSITIVITY Higher

Depending on the light available, choose appropriate iso


values. In the daytime if the light is bright enough, try to
shoot at lower iso values like 100 to 400.

shutter speed

1/1000”
1/100”

1/125”

1/250”

1/320”

1/500”
1/25”

1/30”

1/50”
10”
30”

15”

2”

1”
Tripod Freeze
Blur Motion Handheld Ok
Recommended Motion

3
Always use a shutter speed greater than (1/focal length)
taking crop factor into account. Try to stay above 1/250 sec.

1 make it
artistic 2 embrace
distortion essentials
the

3
If the aperture is wide enough and One very good way to create distortion
if the foreground element (such as a
window) is close enough to you, this
foreground element will blur beyond
in a photograph is to shoot through a
piece of frosted glass or a colored piece
of plastic.
Play with
recognition - it will become a blurry
mass of color and shape. lens flare
Pay attention to lens flare when
you’re shooting through glass! These
reflections of the bright source or
shapes that are similar to the lens
diaphragm can make you images even
more creative!

As the light moves through a


semi-transparent piece of material
interesting effects will take place. Look
The result is an image that’s a little for textured glass such as the type you
more artistic than straightforward might find on a bathroom window, or
portraits or cityscapes. Everything try shooting through a curved surface
around your subject will become such as a wine glass. Orbs of different colors and shapes
smooth abstract shapes and colors,
appear in a direct line from the light
but your main subject will be sharp.
source and can span the whole image,
TIP: with dozens of different artifacts.
TIP: A prism or a similar object with
facets not only makes a unique TIP:
In order for this technique to
‘‘filter’’ for your lens but also has Zoom lenses have a complex
work, you’ll either need to select
endless adjustment possibilities! design with a dozen or more
the focusing point yourself or use
elements and they are more
manual focus (to avoid focusing
likely to produce lens flare than
on the foreground element).
simple prime lenses.

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