When you’re taking pictures at night there are a few results that you might be going for:

Film plane is a word that came about when actual physical film was used, but is still used in relation to digital photography.  So, back when film was the standard, the film plane was the place where a small section of film was positioned to catch the incoming light.  The film plane is where light [...]

I admit, I googled ISO earlier to see if wikipedia could explain this better than me, and frankly, I don’t think it can. Let me take a stab at it. The lower the ISO, the less light comes in and the deeper the color saturation. The higher the ISO, the more light comes in and [...]

Your shutter speed controls how long your shutter stays open for an exposure. If you have a lot of light on a subject, the shutter closes fast, if you have low light, the shutter speed is slow. Pretty basic. The faster the shutter speed, the sharper your images. Have you ever taken a picture of [...]

Aperture sets how wide the lens opening is when you take a picture. The wider it opens, the more light it lets in. Also, the wider it opens up the more blurry the background and foreground of your image. When you are setting the number on your camera, the lower the number, the wider it [...]