The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to photography:
If you are just beginning in photography, it is inevitable that you will come across terms you have never heard before. Grasping the technical jargon can feel daunting at the beginning and can intimidate you, thus concepts that are quite simple can appear incredibly complex. Rest assured that we will do our best toexplain the jargon here in an easy to understand way so this does not happen to you but be prepared to learn some new words.
Photography
is often referred to as "the art of painting with light". Since lightis the foundation block of photography, discovering its basic features and how light is made to form images is the best place for us to begin on our journey to better photographs. The outcome we want to achieve with this exploration is tounderstand and master how to control light.Having these skills will allow us to combine them together with different composition and subject techniques to improve our photography. After that is all figured out, we will move to evaluating the right camera and lens choice.
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To get better result from your digital camera, it is essential to understand traditional photography controls, such as exposure and focus options.
The exposure level controls and color quality of an image - how light or dark an image is. It can be used as a tool to give emphasis in an image or help its interpretation. The exposureof an image is determined by a combination of the opening and the shutter speed settings of the camera.
Exposure is the amount of light collected by the sensor in your camera during a single picture. If the shot is exposed too long the photograph will be washed out. If the shot is exposed too short the photograph will appear too dark. Almost all cameras today have light meters which measure the light in the given shot and set an ideal exposure automatically.
| 1. | Look your subject in the eye |
| 2. | Use a plain background |
| 3. | Use flash outdoors |
| 4. | Move in close |
| 5. | Move it from the middle |
| 6. | Lock the focus |
| 7. | Know your flash's range |
| 8. | Watch the light |
| 9. | Take some vertical pictures |
| 10. | Be a picture director |