1. Camera Basics – Photography for Dummies

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1. Camera Basics
In this exercise I will refer to the DSLRs. Because of the quality achieved in the SLR, and controls were derived from very large compared to the normal point and shoot. While the spectacular photographs can be taken from the standard point and shoot cameras, the most interested in photography using a DSLR.

First and foremost are the basics. By exploring what actual DSLR. DSLR stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex. This means is that what you see through the viewfinder, almost exactly what the lens saw, and what will end up in the picture. One reason that the quality is much better on a DSLR from PandS (Point and shoot) is a measure of a much larger sensor. Censorship is what the camera records incoming light. The bigger the sensor, the more light can record, this makes a very good quality in low light situations. Another reason is because the higher quality lenses, also known as glass. When you try to record the essence of light, one main goal is not to distort it. This is achieved by using better designed, produced a better lens. If you have light going through the dirty windows, you will not be able to see very well through the other side. But if the window is clean and constructed properly, then the result is you will be able to see perfectly.

Let’s cover the basic settings, starting with the shutter speed. Shutter speed is the speed of a moving shutter. Shutter is what stops the light from hitting the sensor. The slower the shutter speed, the longer the shutter is open. On the other hand the speed, the faster the shutter, the less time the shutter is open. Using this basic concept is what allows the photographer to not only properly exposed, but also freeze or blur, their photographs. But we’ll get it later. The main thing that controls the shutter speed is just how much light enters the camera. If your image is too dark, slow shutter speed. If too light, speed up the shutter speed.

ISO is the speed of light into the sensor. This means that the ISO low, will record slower than light speed ISO. A good ISO to stay around 200. Then it will not make sense to use the ISO as high as possible? This number is because the higher the ISO, the more “noise” or “Grain” You’ll get the picture. Although sometimes items desired by the photographer, for the most part it was lowering the overall image quality.

And finally we come to the opening. aperture, is the size of the hole in the lens. The bigger the hole, the bigger the aperture, and the more light that gets into the hole smaller aperture, the smaller, and less to get into this light was recorded with f-stop. This is the confusing part, because the smaller the f-stop number (like 1.8) Broader holes / openings. The higher the number of f-stop (like f22) the smaller the holes / openings. This means that the f1.8 will let more light than f22. Why not just open the aperture all the way? Well again, like ISO, there is a catch. Wider aperture, depth of field less than you earn. Depth of field, basically the number of images that focus. Thus, images taken at f1.8 will have hardly anything in focus, while the image taken at f22 will have most of the picture in focus.

Now we will discuss the exposure settings.
White balance can be very simple, all you need to do is to look around you. See what kind of lighting the lamp you in. They may be incandescent bulbs, fluorescent lights, sunlight, or you might even be in the shade. Read your manual, and know the symbols that represent types of lighting. You know what kind of lighting you have, set the white balance for this type of lighting (incandescent lamp is often referred to Tungsten). If out bright, set to (most likely) a small picture of the sun. If cloudy, set to images of clouds. You need to do this because a different light will have different “temperature” measured in Kelvin. You want to adjust so you are set to pure white light. This means that if you lift a piece of paper that really pure white, that your camera will record like that. You can get something called a white card, and set your camera to use that (which will give you much more accurate white balance), but for the sake of this instructable, using the presets so much easier.

This setting can be confusing everyone at first, but mastering them is key to getting a good photo. Play around with them to learn the kind of image that can be obtained from a particular combination of settings.