Work of Introduction to digital Photography This is an easy to use step-‐by-‐step guide to using your camera to its fullest potential. It will explain how to use each camera mode (S,A,M,P and AUTO).
How to use a dSLR: Shutter Button
Camera Dials
Flash
Lens
Focus
Definition of terms: Light reading: A measurement of light in the surrounding area measured by the camera to that you are able to get a perfect exposure. Aperture: Measured in F-‐stop, it is the hole in the lens that allows light into the camera; it can go up to f32 and be as low as f2. Shutter Speed: The amount of time the shutter on the camera is open for, to allow the film to be exposed. Depth of field: The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a picture defined by focus.
Camera Modes:
Program: A mode that does not allow you to have a lot of control of anything but it does allow you to take a light reading. S/TV: Shutter speed priority only allows you to control the length of time the shutter is open for. A/AV: Aperture priority only allows you to control the size of the hole in the lense. Manual: On this setting you have complete control over all the settings. Bracketing: Taking the same shot with slightly different exposures to experiment and see the changes, or to see which one you prefer.
Shutter Speed Examples of Fast shutter speed
Fast shutter to capture ink movement
Fast shutter to capture water movement
Fast shutter to capture water droplet and ink.
Fast shutter to capture ink and water movement
Examples of slow shutter speed: A slow shutter speed to record the light on the flowers
Slow shutter to capture light painting.
Slow shutter to capture movement of bus.
Slow shutter to capture light hitting flower.
Aperture Examples of short depth of field
Short depth of field with the background blurred
Short depth of field