Camera Exposure Modes Automatic (A) – The camera sets speed and aperture and ISO. Program (P) – The camera sets speed/aperture, but you can change the combination of aperture and shutter speed while still at the optimum exposure for the selected ISO. Aperture (A) – You set the aperture and… Read More »Basic Camera Controls You Should Know
For the past eight years, I’ve taught a class titled : Introduction to Digital Photography. The emphasis being on understanding camera controls and how they effect the photo. The goal of the class is for the student to understand how to get the best possible photo in the camera. I… Read More »Digital Camera Lens Basics and Blurring the Background
My wife and I enjoy going to museums, but almost museums don’t allow flash photography. This article is about adjusting your camera to the best possible photo with available light. Recently on a trip to the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC the above sculpture was on exhibition. We had been… Read More »How to Make a Photo Better #3
Two Saturdays ago, I held the final lesson in my “Introduction to Digital Photography” course, a photo walk in the Fells Point area of Baltimore. It was a bit cold so we took refuge at the end of the lesson in The Daily Grind, a local coffee shop. As we… Read More »How to Make a Photo Better #1