The Beginner’s Guide to Learning Photography
This guide is meant to accompany the Beginner Accelerator. Each section of the Guide that is associated with the first four lessons is labelled with 101 Camera Basics, 102 Aperture and Lens, 103 Shutter Speed, and 104 Manual Exposure.
Table of contents
Basic camera settings (Lesson 101)
- The Shooting Mode Dial
- Adjusting the Viewfinder for Your Eyesight
- JPEG and Raw Image Formats
- White Balance
- The Histogram and Picture Brightness
Introduction to exposure (Lesson 101)
- What is Exposure?
- Exposure Value and the Photographic Stop
- Aperture and Exposure
- Shutter Speed and Exposure
- ISO and Effective Exposure
- Reciprocity Law in Photography
The lens: aperture, focal Length, and depth of field (Lesson 102)
- The Aperture and its Effects
- Lens Focal Length
- Perspective and Camera Position
- Lens Aberrations and Distortion
- Sensor Format and Crop Factor
- Depth of Field
Shutter speed and motion (Lesson 103)
- Introduction to Camera Shutters
- Choosing the Right Shutter Speed
- Freezing Motion with the Shutter
- Blurring Motion with the Shutter
- Camera Shake in Handheld Photography