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US based photography writer, photographer, and digital designer.
Zoom lenses are everywhere in modern photography - from mobile devices to point and shoot cameras to entry level DSLRs, a zoom lens is pretty much a standard marketing companion. Even many higher end DSLRs typically feature a zoom lens as part of the kit.
If your wide angle or ultra wide angle lens just isn't up to your lofty standards anymore and you wish to capture an even wider field of view, then it's time you step into the realm of panoramic photography.
Photographers exert an awful lot of time and anxious energy fretting over how to light a subject; specifically, we all tend to fear shadows. Harsh shadows can ruin nearly any photograph. Whether it's a portrait, a macro, or a product shot, the aim is typically soft, even lighting.
Once upon a time during the film era of photography...photographers had to keep a light meter handy at all times so they could take readings to get proper exposures. Experimenting on-scene was simply out of the question; it was expensive and time consuming. Being caught without a light meter -- or several other pieces of...
Most of the time when we discuss exposure we talk about it in very technical terms, using photography-specific jargon. There aren't too many other ways to go about it, I suppose; saying that an image is "too light" or "too dark" only gets us so far.