- Whether it’s an adherence to the rule of thread, a love of circles, filling the frame, dramatic lines or repeating patterns, your choices in how you frame a shot defines you as a photographer.
- The lighter, the more detail. But don’t forget to keep a steady hand, too. This is the physical skill of taking photos – keeping the camera level and still.
- new cameras have the ability to click a shutter with your phone. Take advantage of every tool you have to get as much detail in every shot.
- Try putting it on aperture priority, going as wide as it will allow for that shallow depth of field and let the camera figure out the rest.
- If you’re simply out trying to capture a moment, try it on auto for a bit – your camera may surprise you. Doing a portrait in a difficult lighting situation
- by keeping it on RAW mode it allows more forgiving post work with more data and detail to make your image exactly the way you want. You can even compensate for a bad exposure or bring up some shadows.
- Aperture, shutter speed and ISO Each one is designed to give you lighter, with a payoff. The art of truly mastering the manual mode is understanding what each one of those elements takes away as it gives you lighter.
- Larger aperture gives you more light but takes away the length of your depth of field (blurrier backgrounds). Slower shutter speeds give you more light but can make your images blurry if either the camera isn’t still or the subject moves. And higher ISO will offer you more light, but will add noise to your image.
- A good rule of thumb on what to buy for yourself is to let it be dictated by what you’re shooting. For example, you don’t need a graduated neutral density filter until what time you’ve decided to shoot landscapes in situations that could use one.
- In the beginning, you go out, shoot and some images look good and some don’t. Then you adjust so that you get a higher percentage of good images. But as you move on from those beginning stages, it’s important to remember to never stop those little adjustments.