I have mentioned before about flash, and how it works with your exposure.
Check your camera to see if it lets you adjust the output of your flash. It will look like a plus/minus sign beside your flash sign in your menu. If you have a DSLR, then you definately have it. This is useful for shooting [...]
The final contributor to exposure. Last, but not least. ISO changed when digital took over, in the sense that you no longer need to choose which film to buy, 100, 200 or 400 ISO. Now you can change the ISO just by hitting a button, not by changing film. The same [...]
There are 3 things that contribute to a correct exposure in your digital camera: aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Today I am explaining aperture. The aperture is an opening inside the lens, that controls the amount of light hitting the sensor. It is measured in F stops. For example, f 2.8, [...]
One of the biggest questions I get asked when people are purchasing a digital camera, is how many mega pickels? Sorry, megapixels. To which I respond, it really does not matter anymore. Years ago, you had to find a camera that had 3 MP or up, and you paid for it.
Now, a [...]
Straying from my usual advise on using your camera, I now turn to file storage. You hear it all the time; back up, back up, back up. I know photographer’s that have two copies of DVD’s made of their files, plus a copy is on a hard drive. How do you [...]
Digital cameras are power hogs. They are referred to as ‘high drain devices’ meaning they require a lot of battery power. Every new camera that comes onto the market is more energy efficient than the last one, but they still need a lot of power to run.
There are basically two types of batteries [...]
