The Beginner’s Guide to Photography

Basic Camera Settings

1. The Shoot­ing Mode Dial
2. Adjust­ing the Viewfind­er for Your Eye­sight
3. JPEG and Raw Image For­mats
4. White Bal­ance
5. The His­togram and Pic­ture Bright­ness

Introduction to Exposure

1. What is Expo­sure?
2. Expo­sure Val­ue and the Pho­to­graph­ic Stop
3. Aper­ture and Expo­sure
4. Shut­ter Speed and Expo­sure
5. ISO and Effec­tive Expo­sure
6. Reci­procity Law in Pho­tog­ra­phy

The Lens: Aperture, Focal Length, and Depth of Field

1. The Aper­ture and its Effects
2. Lens Focal Length
3. Per­spec­tive and Cam­era Posi­tion
4. Lens Aber­ra­tions and Dis­tor­tion
5. Sen­sor For­mat and Crop Fac­tor
6. Depth of Field

Shutter Speed and Motion

1. Intro­duc­tion to Cam­era Shut­ters
2. Choos­ing the Right Shut­ter Speed
3. Freez­ing Motion with the Shut­ter
4. Blur­ring Motion with the Shut­ter
5. Cam­era Shake in Hand­held Pho­tog­ra­phy

ISO, Image Noise, and Dynamic Range

1. Choos­ing the Right ISO for Your Pur­pose
2. Image Noise in Dig­i­tal Cam­eras

Metering Light and Setting Exposure

1. Meter­ing Light to Deter­mine Expo­sure
2. Expo­sure Com­pen­sa­tion
3. Tech­niques for Set­ting Man­u­al Expo­sure