AVOID THE AUTOMATICS

SLR and system cameras, as well as most bridge cameras, offer fantastic features and capabilities. But if you shoot in auto mode or scene modes, you don’t take

full advantage of them and leave many decisions for your camera to make.

The author explains how you can control your camera beyond these automatic modes. You will get to know the individual components such as aperture opening, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation and white balance and learn in which situations program automatic, aperture priority, aperture priority or manual mode is useful.

You will also learn how to adjust the focus, when to use a flash and how to adjust camera settings in different situations. Through many practical exercises as well as tips and tricks, you will learn to understand your camera more and more. The more control you have over your camera, the better and more predictable your photos will be.