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Camera Settings
Understanding your camera settings is fundamental to becoming a competent photographer. It takes practice and discipline that is well worth the effort. Once you know how to control the various essential settings on your camera your mind will be free to concentrate on other aspects of photography.
11 Camera Settings for Night Photography Without Flash
Nighttime photography is already very challenging, but it’s even more so if you want to take photographs without a flash. There are lots of...
How to Photograph Stars – 13 Settings to Master
Photographing the stars is one of the coolest photography genres out there. Capturing the Milky Way in all its glory or the various phases...
Camera Settings For Wildlife Photography In Low Light
Wildlife photography is a popular and rewarding genre, but it is also challenging. One of the common challenges is the lighting, particularly low light....
9 iPhone Camera Features for Outdoor Photography
Smartphones are ubiquitous in American culture, and in fact, around the world. Everyone has one, and everyone is always snapping photographs using their phones....
How to Get Professional Looking Photography on an iPhone
iPhone Photography Tips and Tricks
We’ve all seen the commercials that proudly boast “Shot on an iPhone,” but who among us has been able to...
Long Exposure Photography
Introduction to Long Exposure Photography
Long Exposure Photography is a creative technique that produces stunning images you cannot replicate through normal exposure. Long Exposure Photography is...
How to Take Better Portraits: Understanding the Principles of Aperture
Portraiture and Aperture
Portraiture is considered one of the most versatile and ever-changing practices of photography. A portrait is an image that not only captures...
How to Photograph the Solar Eclipse
The Great American Total Solar Eclipse
On Monday, August 21, 2017, people living in the continental United States will have an opportunity to view and...
What is Aperture? Introduction Lesson
In our course on Understanding the Exposure Triangle, we talked about the importance of light in photography and about controlling how much light gets...
Understanding ISO Sensitivity
ISO
In our course on Understanding the Exposure Triangle, we spoke of the importance of light in photography and about controlling how much light gets...
Tips for Getting Out of Auto Mode on your Camera
Automatic Mode
With your first entry-level DSLR camera in hand, you may be wondering what all of the letters and symbols on your camera’s mode...
What on Earth are AF Area Modes?
AF Area Modes
Let me start by making a clarification. This isn’t a discussion about auto-focusing modes or auto-focusing in general. Though, at certain stages...