TeachMeToShoot blog

While thinking about the upcoming Lunar Eclipse I started thinking also about exposure. Not the exposure to the cold I will experience, but proper image exposure.
A friend of mine recently acquired Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. It’s an excellent reference for both digital and film users as the same principles apply to both mediums.

Amazon.com: Understanding [...]

We’re coming into that time of year when your outdoor scenes are changing from nice fall color to winter snow scenes. Don’t pack away your camera! For the next few months you can get some spectacular pictures of snow scenes.
Whether you’re shooting the huge 6 foot snow drift in your backyard or that early morning [...]

How many times have you come across a great picture opportunity and had all the wrong settings on your camera? Too many? Yeah. Let’s fix that.
I was reminded of this as I read through some of the comics from the WhatTheDuck site. The author has a great sense of humor and most of the comics [...]

This past week you’ve learned about all the different Exposure modes on your digital camera. Digital camera scene modes give you some basic control and allow you to “tell” the camera what type of picture you are taking. The Exposure Modes, Program, Aperture and Shutter Priority, and Manual all give you more and more control. [...]

I’ve encountered many people over the years who seem afraid of Manual mode. They worry their pictures will be all screwed up. Don’t be scared! Every picture you take comes down to a single aperture/shutter speed combination.
It doesn’t matter if you arrive there in Program or Auto mode or Manual. A shot at 1/125th and [...]

Similar to Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority is the other semi-automatic exposure mode. Here you’ll be able to preset the Aperture and let the camera pick a shutter speed to go along with it. The big letter ‘A’ on your exposure dial is Aperture Priority. Again, you Canon users will be looking for something different. Canon [...]