TeachMeToShoot blog

What to do, what to do! There’s just SO many things to discuss in the world of digital photography. During my years of selling cameras and teaching classes I got lots of questions about exposure modes. So, I think the next series of articles needs to be about Exposure.I’ll cover shutter speed, aperture and the [...]

I know. I can hear you, “Karl, what about Panorama mode?” Well, it is a fairly common scene mode these days on P&S cameras. Did you know that ANY digital camera can do panoramas? Your DSLR won’t have a Panorama mode, nor will your 2-3 year old Kodak or Pentax. Fact is, Panorama images are [...]

This is the last in the series of our discussions on digital camera scene modes. The common selections of Fireworks and Museum modes can be found on most every P&S camera. I’ll talk about a few others too.Although you may only use Fireworks mode once or twice a year it will certainly help you get [...]

Rounding out our discussion on digital camera scene modes are some of the less frequently used modes. I’ll cover Party/Indoors, Backlight and Closeup today and finish the rest tomorrow.Party/Indoors will allow you to capture good indoor shots, including the available room light. The flash will be in Auto mode and the camera will balance it’s [...]

Having been a longtime resident of Florida, and as a current resident of Colorado, I can attest to the real benefit of the Beach/Snow scene mode. Both film and digital camera light meters are calibrated to a medium tone. Overly bright or dark scenes are not recorded properly. Beach/Snow scene mode is for all those [...]

The Copy mode is intended for those times when you are photographing a document or a map and just need a black and white image. You’ll still find a B&W mode on a number of cameras, but Copy mode has replaced it on many P&S cameras. No worries. Just use Copy mode to shoot any [...]