Excellent tutorial on a fundamental concept of photography from digital Photography School:
In this tutorial Natalie Norton explores the topic of Aperture.
A few months back I wrote an article here at DPS that created a bit of a stir:
4 Reasons Not to Write Off Shooting in Automatic.
I expected to get a lot of naysayers scolding me up and down and all around. I did get a few of those, but what I didn’t expect were the literally dozens of emails (not to mention comments on the post itself) from people sincerely thanking me for taking the pressure off, for helping them see that great photography is great no matter how it’s captured.
I stand by everything that I wrote in that post. I particularly maintain that photography should be FUN and rewarding and that focusing too much energy on the technical aspects of it shouldn’t detract from that.
HOWEVER one can’t argue with the fact that shooting in Manual does give you more control and greater creative freedom. Period. End of story.
So on we go to Manual settings: I know this topic has been discussed a ZILLION times over, and that it’s as boring as dry toast, but we’re going to go at it again. . . in layman’s terms.
(continue reading via: Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding Aperture)
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