Photography Class: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO

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The Photography Class series covers the basics of photography.  This series is intended primarily for beginners and students. This is the fourth post in the series. With most cameras three fundamental components of exposure are Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO.  These can be set and controlled by fully automatic, partially automatic, and fully manual operation [...]

Photography Class: Using A Light Meter

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The Photography Class series covers the basics of photography.  This series is intended primarily for beginners and students. This is the third post in the series. Hand-held light meters are not relied on as much as they used to be. Digital photography and the LCD preview monitor on most cameras has made it easy to [...]

Photography Class: Lenses

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The Photography Class series covers the basics of photography.  This series is intended primarily for beginners and students. This is the second post in the series. Different types of cameras make use of lenses designed for their specific lens mounts and formats.  Here, we’ll limit our discussion to the lenses most often used with DSLR [...]

Photography Class: Cameras

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The Photography Class series covers the basics of photography.  This series is intended primarily for beginners and students. This is the first post in the series. Cameras come in all shapes, sizes, and are designed for various uses.  This article describes some of more popular types of cameras used by creative and working photographers. The [...]