Dear Viewers and Fellow Photographers,
There is a lot of mathematics adjoined to the world of photography, and if people don't understand it, they remain constrained behind their camera's Auto setting, and many don't even experiment with it as they worry that they might end up changing their camera's settings so it 'breaks'. This never happens, as if you manually changed a setting, there is always a way to change it back.
On the camera dial (shown in the picture above) you can see how it is split into two sections. The bottom half (including the green rectangle) are presets, options quickly accessible by the confident and also the not so confident. The green square is the Auto mode, a mode in which most people choose to shoot with - the camera is equipped with technology to detect the surrounding and find out about how much of Aperture and Shutter Speed will make the picture look 'good'. I say good because this technology varies to how good it can be on each camera.
On the presets, you can see the first one down is the 'Portrait' option with the Woman's face on it. The camera will have preset settings (which may or may not be flexible) which tell it to keep the aperture high, a short focal length and slow shutter speed. These are the sort of conditions you find when you are taking a portrait - you are close to the face so the light can be low, the face is close to the lens so the focal length is also low and the camera should not be moving because the people may be posing for the picture. This sort of setting can be flexible on some aspects like the shutter speed and aperture, but are around this area. In auto mode, the camera can only know if it is a portrait picture if the camera detects a face - this normally does not happen.
The next preset is the landscape option. This is indicated with mountains and a cloud on it, and the normal settings the camera will have is probably large focal length, low shutter speed and small aperture. This is most probably because usually when taking photos of a landscape, the object of capture is usually very far and large, and so the large focal length will allow it to keep distant objects in focus and the whole of the photo in focus. The shutter speed is low as in a landscape photo usually nothing is moving fast enough to blur the image, and the longer the shutter speed the better quality of the objects will appear. Aperture is low because in landscape photography there is a lot of natural light to brighten the picture.
The last preset for this post is the Macro photography option. This is usually represented with three petals and two leafs for the flower. The Macro option is usually very flexible, as it might be used for quite a lot of things, outside or inside. The shutter speed is low/medium, the aperture is low and the focal length is at it's bare minimum (except if there is a Super Macro option). The 'bare minimum' focal length depends on the type of camera and it's specifications, something to look out for when buying the camera (the more the range of the Focal Length the better). The shutter speed is set low/medium because when taking close up photo shots there is not a lot of movement, the aperture is low (but very flexible) because there is [usually] a lot of natural light.
Explanations for the other presets and Manual Modes will follow very soon - keep checking so you don't miss it
Yours Truly,
Snapography.
There is a lot of mathematics adjoined to the world of photography, and if people don't understand it, they remain constrained behind their camera's Auto setting, and many don't even experiment with it as they worry that they might end up changing their camera's settings so it 'breaks'. This never happens, as if you manually changed a setting, there is always a way to change it back.
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On the presets, you can see the first one down is the 'Portrait' option with the Woman's face on it. The camera will have preset settings (which may or may not be flexible) which tell it to keep the aperture high, a short focal length and slow shutter speed. These are the sort of conditions you find when you are taking a portrait - you are close to the face so the light can be low, the face is close to the lens so the focal length is also low and the camera should not be moving because the people may be posing for the picture. This sort of setting can be flexible on some aspects like the shutter speed and aperture, but are around this area. In auto mode, the camera can only know if it is a portrait picture if the camera detects a face - this normally does not happen.
The next preset is the landscape option. This is indicated with mountains and a cloud on it, and the normal settings the camera will have is probably large focal length, low shutter speed and small aperture. This is most probably because usually when taking photos of a landscape, the object of capture is usually very far and large, and so the large focal length will allow it to keep distant objects in focus and the whole of the photo in focus. The shutter speed is low as in a landscape photo usually nothing is moving fast enough to blur the image, and the longer the shutter speed the better quality of the objects will appear. Aperture is low because in landscape photography there is a lot of natural light to brighten the picture.
The last preset for this post is the Macro photography option. This is usually represented with three petals and two leafs for the flower. The Macro option is usually very flexible, as it might be used for quite a lot of things, outside or inside. The shutter speed is low/medium, the aperture is low and the focal length is at it's bare minimum (except if there is a Super Macro option). The 'bare minimum' focal length depends on the type of camera and it's specifications, something to look out for when buying the camera (the more the range of the Focal Length the better). The shutter speed is set low/medium because when taking close up photo shots there is not a lot of movement, the aperture is low (but very flexible) because there is [usually] a lot of natural light.
Explanations for the other presets and Manual Modes will follow very soon - keep checking so you don't miss it
Yours Truly,
Snapography.
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