New Ipswich Photo Club - Aperture and Animals
12 Days till Christmas The New Ipswich Photo Club meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 6-8 PM at the New Ipswich Library. Each meeting we review photos taken with a theme and have discussions about the science and art of photography. We also plan a field trip and theme for the following month. The theme for our January 14th meeting will be "Abstracts" and we'll be discussing shutter speed. Meeting times and themes will be posted on my blogs under the Calendar menu (top of page) I created a Flickr Group for the Club, which has a few of our group photos. A more extensive display is planned for an exhibition at the library. We discussed Aperture settings at the December meeting, as it related to depth of field. Aperture is the "iris" of the lens, the opening that allows light to strike the film or sensor. It is a ratio of the focal length divided by the diameter of the entrance pupil. The key point to remember is th...