Posts Tagged ‘Settings ’
Looking down Lightroom’s Develop module toolbar, there are a lot of things you can alter in an image. Some of these, like the various brightening tools, seemingly cover the same problem areas but do so in different ways. A while ago, I wrote up a . Today, let’s look at…
You’re camera has a setting called “exposure compensation,” usually labeled or represented by “EV” and a + or a -. What is exposure compensation, and why would you want to use it? When you leave the camera in an automatic or semi-automatic mode (i.e. Automatic, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority),…
In the first part of this series on , we looked at how to position yourself properly and utilize the sun as a light. In this second part, let’s think about what is the best camera setting or mode to use when working outside in bright sunlight?
Aside from the exposure settings (aperture, shutter speed, ISO), there are a number of other important things to think about when using your camera. A lot of the time, you may not need to worry about them. But, when I go out to take photos at a sporting event, there…
A very important setting, and one that my students often forget about, is the auto focus mode. In Canon, you’ve got three choices – One Shot, AI Focus (which we’re going to ignore for now) and AI Servo. What’s the difference, and which should you use when?
I was searching through the Google Analytics data for the site, and I found the following question come up as a search query… What is the correct setting to eliminate motion blur with your digital camera? Short answer: Fiddle with the .
Yesterday, I wrote a quick post to In that post, I suggested that the raw image file (the unprocessed image data) is two to three times as large as a jpeg file (a processed image file type). This is a rather basic description, though, so a little clarification is in…
On most cameras, you’ve got a handful of automatic of semi-automatic modes. One of those is usually Shutter Priority Mode. It’s usually identified with the Tv label on the settings dial. It might also be labeled simply with a “T” or an “S”. In shutter priority mode, you select a…
When you look at the dial on top of your camera, there’s probably an option labeled ‘A’ or ‘Av.’ This is “aperture priority mode.” So what is aperture priority mode? It’s a semi-automatic mode for your camera. You pick one setting (the aperture), and the camera automatically adjusts the other…
