Photography Basics 101
By Chris Smith
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Starting to gain control of the DSLR beast.
With all of the buttons and dials on the DSLRs of today, where does a budding photographer start? Where should they focus (pardon the pun) if they want to make better pictures? Basics. It always comes back to basics. And the basic concepts are the same no matter who made your DSLR.
From concept descriptions to easy to follow exercises, this eBook will start you on the path of controlling that DSLR beast.
And a shot at getting your work published is OK too...
Chris Smith
Dr Chris Smith is a Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge as well as a microbiologist working at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Dave Ansell is the Naked Scientists' Kitchen Science specialist who now works full time promoting the public understanding of science.
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Photography Basics 101 - Chris Smith
PHOTOGRAPHY
BASICS | 101
STARTING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE DSLR BEAST
Chris Smith
Studio Free Photography
Copyright 2013 Studio Free Photography
Chris Smith – Contributing Author
Smashwords Edition
The contents of this publication are original writings and are copyrighted 2013 by Studio Free Photography, Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. All rights are reserved.
Table of Contents
Foreword
The Basics
ISO
Shutter (speed)
Aperture
Conclusion
Exercises
Aperture - Shoot the Teddy Bear!
Fast Shutter - Shoot the dog!
Slow Shutter – Shoot the cars!
What’s next – for the reader
What’s next – for the authors
Foreword
As you get started in DSLRs, or if you've owned one for a while and you want to do more with it than simply take snapshots, there are certain basic concepts that you need to get your head around. While you can make yourself absolutely dizzy with the depth and detail you can go into in a lot of areas either artistic or technological, if you want to improve the actual picture itself things can get kinda simple.
This publication will focus on the basics. That's all. No detail. No complications. Details may follow in future publications, but for now I have a passion and a need to communicate the basics. And the basics are completely manufacturer agnostic. Really. It does not matter whose DSLR you own, the basics are the same on every