Dec 14
Mastering your camera - Great tutorials
I get asked pretty often what all the crazy settings are on top of cameras. M, Av, Tv, etc. Usually, people buy a nice camera and leave it on Auto. If you learn just a little about what the concepts of Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, and flash, your pictures will be exponentially better.
The following two hyperlinks are some of the best, easy-to-understand tutorials I’ve ever read explaining these basics. Read it with your camera in hand and try them out. If you can practice with the various settings for just a few minutes here and there, you’ll unlock the mystery, and then it starts getting really exciting to take photos. I used to always hate that I had to hope my camera would figure out what I wanted to do. Now I know exactly how to get the shot I want by combining several moving variables.
