Camera features: Exposure modes

It’s time to continue discussing various camera features to look at when buying a camera. Exposure modes If you remember back to my articles on exposure, you’ll remember that a correctly exposed photograph is made up of three variables:  Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO.  All digital cameras have an auto exposure mode which picks the [...]

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Forcing a P&S camera into low-light mode

It looks like most of my blog readers have a digital point and shoot camera.  This is great because this blog was created for those of you who just want to take better photos, but do not want to get into the nitty gritty details of photography.  I am going to do a series of [...]

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Motion Blur

Using a slow shutter speed and adding motion is a wonderful way to make a photo a little more creative.  See my tutorial on camera shutter speed for more information here. In this case, I decided to blur the background rather than blur the subject of my photos.  It is much easier to blur the [...]

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ISO explained

The correct exposure of a photo is made up of three parts.  Aperture controls the depth of field, shutter speed controls the speed of the shutter (obviously!), and ISO controls the sensitivity of your film or camera sensor.  All three parts contribute to various creative aspects of a photo.  All three parts must be set [...]

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