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Photography 101: Pocket Guide: Exposure Basics, Camera Settings, Lens Info, Composition Tips, and Shooting Scenarios
By Rocky Nook
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Quickly learn the basics of exposure, composition, and your camera so you can capture great photos!
Designed for photographers who haven’t fully conquered their camera or the photographic fundamentals of exposure and composition, this handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you’re out and about.
- • Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist
- • Learn about the three key components of exposure—aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
- • Conquer the essential camera modes and settings you need to know
- • Understand lenses and focal length—and how they affect the look of your image
- • Use the most effective composition tips for framing your photo
- • Follow techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, freezing action, low light, etc.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01: Pre-Shoot Checklist
02: Exposure Basics
03: Setting Up Your Camera
04: Lenses and Focal Length
05: Advanced Shooting Techniques
06: Composition Tips
07: Typical Shooting Scenarios
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRocky Nook
Release dateFeb 24, 2023
ISBN9798888140550
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Photography 101 - Rocky Nook
01 PRE-SHOOT CHECKLIST
Check these settings before you head out with your camera!
02 EXPOSURE BASICS
The exposure is the overall amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor for the creation of a photograph. You want just the right amount of light to create a well-exposed image. Too bright? Your photo is overexposed. Too dark? Your photo is underexposed. These are the three settings that control the exposure:
Aperture: The size of the opening in the lens, which controls how much light enters the lens at once.
Shutter speed: Controls the amount of time that the sensor is exposed to light.
ISO: Controls how sensitive the sensor is to light.
In addition to these settings controlling how much light reaches your sensor, each setting also has a very important creative effect, which influences the look of the photo. This is particularly true of aperture and shutter speed.
When creating a photograph, you want to do two things: 1) get the right amount of light onto the camera’s sensor to create a good exposure, and 2) achieve the creative look you want.
APERTURE AND DEPTH OF FIELD
The aperture—which is described in terms of f/stops: f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, etc.—is the opening in the lens that lets light into the camera and onto your sensor. It seems counterintuitive, but:
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