Bracketing Images
Camera Exposure Bracketing So what is exposure bracketing and why do we need to do this? Well we saw in the last tutorial about dynamic range that your camera cannot record the extreme variations in light and dark that your eyes can see. You can click here to read that post. Where the scene’s brightness is […]
Camera Drive Modes
Hi there This is just a quick post to give a simple explanation of your camera’s different drive modes – what they are, what they do and when you should use each one. Camera Drive Modes You camera has a number of modes you can select to control how it reacts when you press the shutter button. […]
Camera Exposure Metering Modes
A simple straightforward guide to the different camera exposure metering modes and tips on when to use each one. Hi there So as we know – photography is the recording of light and how well we are able to do this this through the camera will greatly affect our photographs. Too much light and our images […]
The camera diopter and how to use it
Hi there – Just a quick post this time about that mysterious little dial wheel next to your DSLR camera’s viewfinder window. This is called the diopter and here is what its for and how you use it. What is the Diopter for? Obviously everyone has different eyesight, and some people use glasses or contact […]
Blurry photographs
Hi just a quick post this time. There is nothing more frustrating to be in a beautiful place or capturing a moment with your camera when you get back to check the photographs and see that they are blurry and out of focus. You may be kicking yourself thinking what did I do wrong or […]
White Balance
Hi there This time I thought I would address the often misunderstood question of white balance in photography. Why sometimes when you take a photograph and it appears on the screen or on your computer as a different color to how you saw it when you took the photograph. In this post, I will explain […]
Exposure Compensation
Hi there So in my last few posts, I have explained the benefits controlling of shutter speed, aperture and ISO and how these three key fundamentals work together in photography. You will have seen how you can used these creatively and also together to ensure that your photographs are well exposed. We have seen that […]
ISO in Photography
Hi there. So this week, I want to talk about ISO in the final part to the key fundamentals of photography basics, following up from aperture (https://antonyz.com/aperture/) and shutter speed (https://antonyz.com/shutter-speed/). ISO is the way we control the camera’s sensitivity to light. Previously on film cameras the ISO was chosen by loading in a particular […]