Camera Basics.

Did you get yourself a lovely camera for christmas? Or have one collecting dust on your shelf?

Well, it's time you broke it out and broke it in. Go ahead! Blow the decades of dust off of that baby and work it. Weather you have a crap cam or a glam cam we are going to cover the basics to help you work that camera.

Why? Because I firmly believe it is not the tool, but how well you work it. And Darren Rowse at DPS agrees with me!

So cummon, let me help you.

Today's lesson, the dial! Ye you heard me, THE DIAL.

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Easy.

Green Square = Automatic

Face = Portraits

Mountain = Landscape

Flower= Tiny things (flower, jewelry insects, etc)

Running Man = Fast things (cars, sports, you in a car, etc)

Man and Star = Night time, sunset, sunrise, indoors

Lightning and slash = No flash

There's your cheat sheet. Right side of the dial on my cam, left on the pic.

GO! Now!, this week, and match your shots to the appropriate picture on the dial. 

Once you've done that I give you permission to play. Use different pictures in different shots. One of my favorite is using the flower in portraits of people, it' blurs the background a tad more for a different looking pic.

And come back tomorrow for a new tip!