Where to Start?
Manual Settings
While this journey can be scary, learning how your settings work will bring your photography to the next level.
Exposure
Exposure can be defined as the amount of light that reaches a photographic film or image sensor during a limited period. Exposure is measured in exposure value (EV) and is expressed either as an exposure index, or more commonly as exposure compensation relative to a standard exposure.
Shutter Speed
Shutter speed is the amount of time that a shutter stays open to allow light into an image sensor (typically film or digital) to capture an image.
Aperture
What is the Aperture? Aperture is the size of the opening in a camera lens that allows light to pass through to hit your sensor and make an image or captures a video frame from a movie or tv show.
ISO
ISO is a term used in photography that describes how sensitive a digital camera’s sensor or film is to light.
Advanced Techniques
Color
Color plays an important role in photography and it should be used much more than it currently is. Expert photographers use color to help give personality to their images.
More infoComposition
Composition refers to everything that goes into photography. What makes a good picture, and what it takes to take a good picture.
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