Samba v Enigma - Sunday, March 26, 2000 - Roll 3
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I think this was a goal also.

Photography Lesson #1
Taking photos in dimly lit rooms make photography difficult for at least two reasons: #1 To capture as much light as possible you need to open the shutter as long as possible, meaning you will not be able to "freeze" action. My photos would be much sharper if the players would stand still for me. #2 In addition to a slow shutter speed I have the lens "wide open" which means I will have a very narrow "depth of field" or "depth of focus." What that means is a very narrow area in the photo will be in focus. Notice in the first photo below that Hilary is relatively in focus as well as one of the opponents who is standing roughly the same distance from my camera. As objects get further away from Hilary they become out of focus. Notice how out of focus Suzie is. That is because she is relatively far away from Hilary and also she is simply moving too fast for a shutter speed of 1/125 of a second. If I was outdoors in bright light I would have the lens "stopped down" or simply not wide open and everybody in the photograph would be in perfect focus. In addition, my shutter speed would be between 1/500 and 1/1000 of a second that really freezes the action. Taking photographs of a soccer game in the dark with an f2.0 lens at 1/125 of a second is just too demanding.
 

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