Split over two essential tutorials we master controlling your aperture and shutter speed. These settings not only control your exposure but also the way your image will appear. We look at capturing things in motion and we also look at how to select the right aperture that suits your subject. With easy to follow examples, notes and exercises you will be surprised how quickly you can confidently switch that dial out of auto into manual. This is so important as it allows you to decide how you want your image to appear and not let it be decided by your camera.
- Understanding the Principles of Exposure
- Shutter Speed and Aperture
- Understand the effects of shutter speed on your imagery.
- Know when to use fast shutter speeds, slow shutter speeds and bulb exposure
- Be able to use Aperture, Depth-of-field when you think it necessary
- Understand how your camera takes and exposure reading.
- Understand how you can make your own exposure
- Determine when you need to make an exposure compensation
- How your camera can make mistakes and how to correct them.
- Shooting at night
- Using flash to enhance your photographs
- How to download your images to your computer.
Tutorial 3
- The different shooting modes,
- Using the correct resolution and file format,
- How to set your white balance,
- Memory cards and looking after them,
- Card Readers,
- Portable Hard Drives,
- How to get around shutter lag,
- Protect images from being erased,
- AEB – Automatic Exposure Bracketing,
- Previewing your images on your camera,
- Using a tripod and the advantages and disadvantages,
- How to take care of your camera.