Photography Basics

Learn the basics of digital photography in easy steps

An example of depth of field

In another post about aperture priority, I talked about depth of field as being the amount of the photo that is in focus for a given aperture setting. The following two images demonstrate this. The first uses an aperture of f2.8 which is a very wide aperture meaning the hole that light can pass through [...]

An example of noise

In another of my posts called What is ISO I talked about something called noise. This is the grainy effect you can see on your images in certain circumstances. Increasing the ISO setting on your camera is the main way that you will start to see more noise. The following image shows 3 different ISO [...]

Example of Over Exposure and Under Exposure

Here’s an image that illustrates what Under Exposed images, correctly Exposed images and Over Exposed images look like.

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