19Mar/1212
DSLR Basics: Stops and Metering
In this photography video tutorial you will learn how your DSLR camera references light as "stops", how it meters light to give you the aperture, shutter speed, ISO values, and how adjusting any of those settings to your liking in certain situations can give you a better image than relying on luck (Full AUTO mode with no further adjustments) 100% of the time.
I also talk a little bit about a new online course I'll be creating that gives beginner photographers a huge jumpstart on learning how they can use their DSLR to capture strong, well composed images that contain all the right elements. If you want to get notified when that e-book/video series will be available, sign up on the early bird list to get notified before anyone else!
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March 20th, 2012 - 04:52
another great video
thanks, always look forward to your emails
March 20th, 2012 - 07:03
Your video’s always teach me so much!
March 21st, 2012 - 07:49
Great video – I’ve never seen it explained so well!
March 27th, 2012 - 10:06
Great video, as usual! I learned a lot from you. Thank you so much..Keep up the good work! God bless you!
April 2nd, 2012 - 06:12
Bravo! Zaista zanimljivo.
Pozdrav iz Srbije.
April 22nd, 2012 - 18:55
Terima kasih, matur nuwun
April 29th, 2012 - 04:42
Re: Birefringence photogaphy.
I have a laptop I can use for one of the polarizers. I also have an old Dell and a couple of monitors. How can I tell if the montiors are LCD or not?
I bought a sheet of polarizing film from a Chinese source. It was crap and the coating was so fragile it almost fell off the mylar. Getting a straight answer or being able to afford same from other sources is prohibitive..I am an old fart and retired, living in Toledo.
Great stuff on your site.
A dramatic material to shoot with cross polarization is cellophane all wadded up..
Thanks
Bill
June 12th, 2012 - 00:18
Happy to have come across your website. Thanks for sharing details about using camera and making technical terms easy to understand with sample photos. Have already bookmarked this website.
August 20th, 2012 - 06:59
Great video and easy to understand.
Had a hard time shooting in the dark this weekend (no flash and/or tripod allowed) but your tips helped a long way
August 20th, 2012 - 07:00
Click on my name in this post to see the result of my trip in the dark
November 18th, 2012 - 09:26
cant thank you enough for what you do, I feel like i have learned a lot as i started from zero, great videos great explanation very detailed tutorials. if you ever come to playa del carmen mexico i’ll invite you a beer man haha
March 28th, 2013 - 01:08
Haw can i send footag in photoshop and send it in after effect and edit