So today, I'm going to blog about camera settings and how you can use them.
If your new to photography and you want to learn, this info may help you get more insight as to how to set up your camera. Keep in mind the creativity in how you use your camera and eye for detail is completely up to you and your perspective. Don't let anyone take away your freedom of creativity, yes you can learn and grow from your photos, but at the end of the day, it's your work.
Now then, I'm going to break down the three basic settings on your camera that you can manually change in order to get a better result (and to operate a camera by yourself, instead of the camera taking the reins) This is also just information that I have learnt, I am not a professional teacher.
Let's start with a triangle. Since I can't draw one, picture it in your mind... At the points of each corner are these words: Shutter speed, ISO and Aperture. They are your bread and butter.
Shutter speed - controls how fast or slow you take a photo. It measures the seconds of a shot. You can take really fast photos at 1/1000seconds and slow photos at 1/30seconds
ISO - controls sensitivity, so it gathers the light as to how much grain the photo can achieve. So for a bright sunny day, an ISO of 100 or 200 works well. At night time where you are struggling for your camera to match up the light sensitivity, an ISO of 800 or 1600 is useful.
In saying that there are ways around getting a sharp ISO at night time, you just need a tripod because it will change your shutter speed timing
Aperture - (also know as an Fstop. not the Fword. F STOP hehe) This controls how much light enters through the lens. So a wide aperture at F4 will allow heaps and heaps of light to capture a photo. It also makes for a small depth of field, which means it will have a focal point and the rest of the photo will appear blurry. A small aperture at F22 will allow small amounts of light go through the lens, with a much larger depth of field, meaning everything will be in focus.
Typing this out to you makes me realise that these settings can be a lot to take in at once. I do not expect you to completely grasp all of these three aspects. It took me a while to completely understand and work out what best results I would like the achieve.
So for example; The photo above, attached to this blog, I used a shutter speed of 10seconds. ISO was 400 and aperture at F16.
This allowed me to achieve a bright photo at night time, with a long shutter speed, medium grain sensitivity with a medium ISO and a large depth of field with a small aperture.
I hope this has helped in some way with your photography journey or just made you curious about photography haha If you have any questions, I am happy to help, just send me a message!
If you're very serious about photography, I'd suggest taking courses and studying. A very simple way is to just research online but it is very helpful to have someone to bounce ideas and learn techniques that aren't always on websites.
Anyways, until next time, I hope you have a great day! Enjoy photographing and let me know if I can help you out.
Good day,
Ebony