Sunday, June 5, 2011
On my quest toward shoot-to-print, I've been having a lot of difficulty remembering the different aspects that influence exposure when using the manual features of my DSLR camera. So. I created a bit of a cheat sheet to remind me what all the numbers mean.
MakingItLovely has a few tips for better photographs of your home, but they work for lots of other situations:
- Use a tripod, when possible.
- Crouch down, to be head-on with your target instead of awkwardly over it.
- Proper exposure (i.e., probably not your camera's auto-features).
- Photograph in natural light as much as possible.
- Set your camera's white balance properly, either manually or through its preset options.
- ISO, aperture, and shutter speed need to be balanced in order to achieve proper exposure. Most DSLRs have a little light meter in the viewfinder to tell you if your settings will result in proper exposure.
- This post from ampersand castles explores the relationship between aperture and depth of field a bit more.
- And this post from Augustine's notebook explores this concept too, but with diagrams instead of actual photos.
- I like this diagram of ISO from Blindink Design and here's diagrams of shutter speed and aperture.
5 comments:
This is really helpful, thanks for sharing!
Ohh! How handy! Whilst I try and remember all these things, I do invariably forget from time to time :)
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Ugh totally remember trying to figure this out when I first learning how to use my 35mm. Wish I would've had a cheat sheet like this one! Thanks for sharing :)
I'm glad people will get some use out of this :)
Was searching for a cheat sheet to carry with me since I just started a DSLR class - crazy yours came up in my image results :) Small internet world haha
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