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The Exposure Triangle: Part 3 Shutter Speed

There are three crucial components to creating every exposure…

ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed

When taking a photo either in automatic or in full manual mode, there are three crucial components to creating every exposure. ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture. Each component influences the other and reducing one component means increasing another. When using automatic, the camera decides the setting for you, however if you want to take control and have more creativity with your photography, it is a good idea to understand how the exposure triangle works and switch to Manual or Semi Manual. This is Part 3 of a 3 part series of blog posts on the exposure triangle.

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The Exposure Triangle: Part 2 Aperture

There are three crucial components to creating every exposure…

ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed

When taking a photo either in automatic or in full manual mode, there are three crucial components to creating every exposure. ISO,  Aperture and Shutter Speed. Each component influences the other and reducing one component means increasing another. When using automatic, the camera decides the setting for you, however if you want to take control and have more creativity with your photography, it is a good idea to understand how the exposure triangle works and switch to Manual or Semi Manual. This is Part 2 of a 3 part series of blog posts on the exposure triangle.

Part 2: Aperture (more…)

The Exposure Triangle: Part 1 ISO

There are three crucial components to creating every exposure.

ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed

When taking a photo either in automatic or in full manual mode, there are three crucial components to creating every exposure. ISO,  Aperture and Shutter Speed. Each component influences the other and reducing one component means increasing another. When using automatic, the camera decides the setting for you; however if you want to take control and have more creativity with your photography, it is a good idea to understand how the exposure triangle works and switch to Manual or Semi Manual. This is Part 1 of a 3 part series of blog posts on the exposure triangle.

Part 1: ISO (more…)

3 Photography Instincts To Master

In photography as in art, sport or with any other discipline, there are certain instincts we have built in to us and perhaps that is why we are drawn towards our chosen area. Sometimes these instincts are helpful and other times a hindrance. Below is a list of 3 instincts to master that don’t always come naturally when it comes to photography and also 2 instincts to forget. Unfortunately these instincts better forgotten do come naturally to most of us and they can really hold us back from getting more out of our photography. This said, we can unlearn them and teach ourselves the correct ways to go about our photography, master those and make them instinctive.

Mastering good composition is key to a stronger image

 

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Why Do My Photos Look Yellow? A: White Balance Setting

 

The human eye is truly amazing. We are able to see millions colours irrespective of whether we are inside or outside, candle light or daylight. As we are used to this we really take it for granted. Cameras on the other hand are a lot more limited than we think. Time and again when looking back at photos we’ve taken, the colours don’t seem to be how we remembered them when we were there taking the photo.  This is really noticeable when taking photos indoors with different light sources. (more…)

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