The text in these chapters are copied from the audio class, and can be used when visuals are needed.
In the earliest days of photography, before George Eastman introduced his first "KODAK" camera, taking a single picture was a messy, expensive process that was out of reach to most…
The word "exposure" means light entering your camera through the lens and striking the sensor. If too little light enters, the picture is said to be UNDER- exposed, and dark…
The "P" of PSA & M stands for the PROGRAM MODE, or on some cameras the "Program AE mode". They're both the same: AE just stands for Automatic Exposure, which…
We all tend to fall in love with something that we've created ourselves, but be sure to get past that and to always look at your photos critically. It's important…
Have ever seen a picture where a single flower was in sharp focus and every other flower in the picture was blurred and wondered how they did that? The answer…
The "M" on your camera's mode dial stands for full MANUAL mode, where you're expected to make both the shutter speed and aperture adjustments for yourself, without any help from…
In order to understand ISO, we need to go back to the time before digital, when they had to put film in their cameras. They still make film cameras of…
We've looked at our cameras' lens APERTURE function already, and have learned that lens LENGTH is how degrees of magnification are expressed in the camera world. Let's look at that…
Take a minute to add up all the money you've spent on photography equipment so far. Are you up to a thousand dollars yet? Two thousand? What if I told…
Well, we're almost finished for this time. Before we leave you though, we need to cover a few miscellaneous points that can make a big difference in your overall experience…