Ever wonder what all those little pictures on your camera dial are really for?
Most of you are probably familiar with the green rectangle. That is your camera’s automatic shooting mode. This means that your camera is making all the decisions. If you’d like a little more control over your images, why not experiment with some of the other settings? Here’s what they mean.
Portrait (this is the picture of the face) ~ Your camera will choose an aperture with a shallow depth of field. Having a shallow depth of field will blur your background a bit and allow your subject to stand out.
Landscape (this is the picture of the mountain) ~ Your camera is going to choose an aperture with a greater depth of field. This means that more of your image will be in focus than if you were using Portrait Mode.
Macro (this is the picture of the flower) ~ This setting allows you to get super close to your subject.
Sports (this is the picture of the running man) ~ Your camera is going to increase the shutter speed in order to catch any action that may be going on in the scene.
Night (this is the picture of a person outside under the star) ~ This setting is great for low light situations. Your camera will slow down the shutter speed in order to grab all the light in the room. You might want to use a tripod on this setting to avoid any camera shake. Super low shutter speeds are difficult to handhold.
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Play around with all the different setting and see what kind of results you get. Having a DSLR is wonderful because you have the ability to control how your pictures come out. It just takes a lot of practice and this is a great starting point. I’ll be posting more this week about how you can get more comfortable using the different settings on your camera. Feel free to email me with any questions as well!
Good Luck!
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