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"Photography can make what we see everyday more beautiful and new. It captures a moment in time to never be recreated."
Shooting in RAW or JPG has specific differences and I address the pros and cons to each format in this tutorial. By now you should have some photographs you have taken that you are quite proud of. Processing your digital photographs can make your photographs appear stunning and more professional.
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Learning how to use exposure bracketing will unlock even more creativity with your camera! First, you need to know where to find the button/menu and how to set up bracketing your shots. This will lead to my next post, “HDR (High Dynamic Range) Image Creation”.
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The Program AUTO Mode (P) on the command dial is often ignored or misunderstood, thus being less used by many photographers. Here I will give you the short and sweet of what this mode does and how to use it in your photography.
Read moreMetering is the measurement of light in the scene that will give you the correct exposure. Previously, I discussed exposure compensation, and how making an adjustment with this affected the brightness or darkness of your photograph. With metering, you are going to learn how to meter for your subject for a more perfect exposure.
Read moreWe’ve spent a lot of time covering the basics in photography to enable to shoot in any of the program modes from the aperture, shutter speed or manual. Today I’d like to start a new topic that will help you understand the focusing system of your camera. Using the focus modes settings can only be done in these program modes, but you’re ready for that now.
Read moreEventually, you will need Exposure Compensation to properly expose your image. In this tutorial, I will discuss what it is and when and why you need to use it.
Read moreShooting in manual mode undoubtedly will allow you to achieve new levels of creativity in your photography. You probably wondered how someone got that shot or produced that effect. This is where we really dial in on what we have learned so far by putting it all together.
Read moreUnderstanding ISO (eye-so) is a fundamental element to exposure as is aperture and shutter speed. In the last post, we covered shutter speed. Continuing on with the goal to shoot in manual mode, I will now explain the last component of the exposure triangle.
Read moreThe shutter priority mode allows you to create photographs with very long and very short exposures. Like aperture priority, which was the previous post in Beginning Photography, you can be quite creative. Here, I will cover the basics of shutter priority as we progress in this series.
Read moreUsing the aperture mode for creativity is essential to making beautiful photographs with a specific depth of field. Depth of field means how much of the background you want in focus. Your understanding of aperture opens up a realm ofRead more