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I would say that 90% of emails that I get where people are unhappy with their cameras, have to do with not understanding the basics of exposure metering. This also means they don’t quite understand how shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings inter-relate.<\/p>\n
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“What general words of advice do you have for new photographers ?”<\/strong><\/p>\n The first steps in getting to understand photography would be:<\/p>\n There really is no other option but to systematically work through the essentials of photography. The basics.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I wanted to distill the essence of what we, as photographers, work with – light! Before we can truly grasp on-camera flash and off-camera flash, and really, any kind of photography, we have to be aware of the direction and quality of light. We need to observe the light that we have, and then decide how best to use it, or enhance it.<\/p>\n With this book, I try my best to share those \u201caha!\u201d moments with you, and I do believe this book can make a difference to your photography.<\/p>\n The book is available on\u00a0Amazon USA<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Amazon UK<\/a><\/strong>, or can be ordered through Barnes & Nobles and other bookstores. The book\u00a0is also available on the Apple iBook Store, as well as Amazon Kindle.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <\/p>\n All of which often leads to the next question …<\/p>\n “I’ve read the manual, but what do these buttons and dials actually DO ?”<\/strong><\/p>\n Questions that come up often pertain to basic operations of a camera, such as apertures and shutter speeds.<\/p>\n So if you need to know what an aperture is, … then it is important that you stop dawdling! Get yourself a good general book on photography<\/a> with lots of photos to illustrate these concepts to you. Sit with your camera in your hands, and start to figure out the controls. Without grasping these basic tenets of photographic technique, your results will always remain hit-and-miss.<\/p>\n Think about it this way, if you have just bought an expensive D-SLR, with more money invested in lenses and a flashgun as well .. then it makes good sense to invest another $40 on a good book to help you actually make good use of your new toys.<\/p>\n And now a bit of tough love\u00a0for those\u00a0photographers who rationalize not<\/strong><\/em> wanting to read a book, by saying they learn best from being shown \u2026 well, you are reading this aren\u2019t you?\u00a0 Stop indulging yourself.\u00a0 Without grasping the basics of photographic technique, you will only keep yourself back as a photographer.<\/p>\n The most important of all – get out and shoot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We sure did. 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\nYour camera’s meter is accurate, but do need to be interpreted some times.<\/li>\n
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\nand why changing the aperture affects depth of field,
\nand what depth of field is,
\nand why a slow shutter speed causes blur,<\/p>\n“We all started somewhere”<\/h2>\n
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