Another great question regarding this week’s lesson…(thanks, John). John asked, “When shooting in manual mode, how do you know where to start?” Look at your subject, look at the light. Look at your subject and set your aperture according to the light. Remember when we talked in a previous lesson on aperture? Your aperture controls […]
Photography 101 Manual Mode
Whoaaaaa!! Wuh!? Because of Brenda’s question last week, I thought it best to go ahead and address this. Thanks Brenda for pushing yourself and thinking ahead…for thinking outside the box. Stay with me. You can do this! You’re ready! Hopefully you’re already adjusting your shutter speed, aperture and ISO accordingly, so it’s time to take […]
Photography 101 FAQS Shutter Speed Aperture & Yellow Lights
Shortly after posting this weeks Lesson, I received this question from Brenda. She had several great questions to ask, I wanted to post it here hoping it may help anyone else with the same thoughts. I just want to thank you for taking the time to teach all of us about photography. I have learned […]
Photography 101 Flash Samples
I’m giving you a break today. Today I’m only posting some examples to culminate everything we’ve been talking about adding light or flash or strobe or whatever. I hope you’ve been playing around with your own camera and putting into action what you’ve learned this far. As I was all alone in the house and […]
Photography 101 Strobe
This is a long lesson, so stay with it. I considered dividing it into two lessons, but I actually wanted to keep all this info together. You don’t have to read it all in one day. Break it up yourself so you can get a clear understanding of all this stuff. Let’s first address why […]
Photography 101 More About Flash
Have you been practicing? Yay! I’m glad to hear that. 😉 What do you think so far? Has the use of flash outdoors made more sense to you now? No, it’s not a have-too, but it does help if you need it. Let’s talk more about your pop-up flash if you’re going to use it. […]