Digital SLR Tips - Improve the Quality of Your Photos
Not Just How, But WHEN
I wanted to create this digital SLR tips section for a long time, but something was holding me back.
I couldn't quite put my finger on it, so I decided to do some reasearch on other digital SLR tips sites and see if something came to me.
Finally, I had it!
While there are plenty of other web sites out there that offer advice about taking photos with your digital camera, the focus is typically on HOW to do something.
For example: HOW to take photos at night, or HOW to crop your photos, or HOW to adjust your white balance.
The approach of the digital SLR tips here at the Digital SLR Guide is slightly different.
Context Please!
It's all well and good to find out HOW to use your camera - that's an important part of getting better photos out of your digital SLR.
That's why I offer 5 digital SLR lessons which teach you the mechanics of how your camera operates.
But that's only half of the equation.
Once you know HOW to adjust your ISO setting, it's important to know WHEN you should adjust your ISO setting.
For example, I get a lot of readers who ask questions like: "what are the best camera settings for low-light action photography?"
The following digital SLR tips hope to answer questions like this one and more.
While I will include several how-to guides, an entire section will also be devoted to the when of digital SLR photography.
The tips about when to use a camera feature are more theory than actual practice, but my goal here is to teach you about how to use all of the camera features together, rather than just one at a time.
Enough introduction - let's get on to the digital SLR tips!
How To...
As you read this, I am busy writing new articles that will be added soon.
Please keep an eye on the Digital SLR Guide's weblog to see when new How To articles have been posted.
- How to pick a digital SLR camera
- How to pick the best digital SLR lens
- How to take child candid portraits
- How to crop photos for large prints
- How to pose for family portraits
- How to read a histogram
When To...
The articles in this section (more coming soon) are not step-by-step guides, but instead teach you a more practical approach to your camera settings.
Put another way, you can learn a lot of the HOW by reading your camera's manual.
But the more confusing aspect is WHEN you'd want to leverage a feature or setting and how that can improve your photos.
The articles in this section will help with that confusion.
- When to change ISO
- When to use anti-shake (and when NOT to)
- When to use aperture priority
- When to change white balance
- When to change JPG quality settings
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