The range of modes and settings can seem daunting at first. The best – and quickest – way to become a confident photographer is to experiment with your camera on every setting, so you fully understand how ISO, aperture and shutter speed inter-link. It’s often better to do this exercise without having another person involved – having to worry about your subject getting bored or uncomfortable adds unnecessary pressure at this stage! In summary, the different exposure modes are: In …
Exposure is the technical term for the creation of a photographic image. An exposure can be deemed underexposed, correctly exposed or overexposed although, as photography is a creative art, this is a subjective judgement. Therefore, a correctly exposed photograph is one that is as the photographer intended. An underexposed image has darker tones than it ‘should’ have, while an overexposed one is too light in tone. An exposure is created through the combined effects of the aperture, shutter speed and …