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Learn About the Mighty Mississippi River In a New Documentary from Nat Geo WILD

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Photo Credit: © NGC / Whitney Beer-Kerr
This past weekend, I had an opportunity to watch a new mini-series from National Geographic: Wild Mississippi. I grew up just a few hours away from the Mississippi River, so it was nice to learn more about it.

The three part series will premiere on Nat Geo WILD this Sunday, February 12, at 8 PM ET.

Here’s a short summary of what you’ll learn in each episode: [Read more…] about Learn About the Mighty Mississippi River In a New Documentary from Nat Geo WILD

Why you should memorize the f-number series

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Diagram by Chris Buckley / Used under the GFDL
Diagram by Chris Buckley / Used under the GFDL
In photography there’s something known as the standard f-number series. It’s a geometric sequence of f-numbers that goes like this:

f/1 1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22 32

At first this may look like a random series of numbers, but there’s actually a method to this madness, and memorizing this series can help you make quick adjustments to exposure when switching between f-numbers. [Read more…] about Why you should memorize the f-number series