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Introduction To Photography Basics - Kamera Tips From Komputer Tips

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Hey guys I'm Dulith Witharana from ktpis.We are giving you the best and the most accurate knowledge on photography.The new Kamera Tips from Komputer Tips.Lets begin.


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First of all you need to know what is actually photography.There may be many definitions.But take a look at this one.

The simplest definition is "Drawing or painting with light"

The reason people call it drawing or painting with light is because we can't take a photo without light.In cameras the main source is light.Light plays a major role n photography.In your path for being a professional photographer,this definition is very important.Now you know an answer to give when someone asks you what is photography.

A good photographer should have a good camera.Point to shoot won't work.Sony professional capability cameras are ok.But you can't use interchangeable lenses with these.So its necessary for you to buy a DSLR.Lets talk about different cameras later.

I have categorized the different sections in photography..First I'm going to teach you The Basics.Then I will teach you how the camera captures a photo.

The Basics

         Everyone who's using a camera is a  photographer.But to be a real photographer you need to learn the basics.Did you even bother o figure out what's in the Program mode in your Point to soot camera? That's why you can't take professional photos.Most of the people you Auto mode.Actually Auto is great when you need to take a photo quickly.But Auto mode is not very much intelligent as humans.So we have to learn all the other options in your Camera.Now lets begin.

I have categorized this section into four parts.
  • Camera controls
  • Camera mods
  • Balancing exposure 
  • Depth of field (DOF)

                                 

Camera controls

Canon EOS 6D front view



  • Shutter Button- Captures the scene when clicked
  • Mode dial-Select different modes
  • Pop up flash- The inbuilt flasher(Available in some models)
  • Camera lens- Takes the light through and shows the scene
  • Aperture- The hole which takes the light to the camera body
  • Lens release-Lets you change your lens







  • View finder-Lets you see through the lense
  • Hot shoe-The place that you connect flasher   
  • Storage- The place you insert your memory card



  • Manual Focus-You can manually focus on things
  • Zoom-Brings items closer to you
  • Monochrome display-Shows some camera settings ,useful when LCD is off and viewfinder is on
  • Main command dial-You can change your shutter speed by rotating this.

Camera Mods

    Every camera has a mode dial.By using this you can change so camera setting for different occasions such as Sports, Portrait.





Automatic(Intelligent Auto) -The settings are automatically done by the camera itself.
Scene - There are many special scenes that you can select.


  • Portrait-Suitable for taking closeup photos of faces
  • Macro-Suitable for taking photos of small thing (This makes the object larger)
  • Landscape-Suitable for taking photos of beautiful places
  • Sports-Suitable for taking photos of sports (This reduce the blur)
  • Night portrait-Slow downs the shutter to gain more light at night



Program-This will adjust both aperture and shutter to produce
               the best exposure
Shutter priority(TV)-The camera chooses the aperture but you can choose the shutter speed
Aperture priority(AV)-In this the camera will choose the shutter speed but you can choose the  aperture
Manual exposure-In this you can select all the setting as you like

Balancing exposure 

  Balancing the exposure is a key filed in photography.Which means balancing the light.There two kinds of exposures.Over and under.Over exposure means there is too much light and this will make your photo too bright.Under exposure means there is less light and this will make the photo too dark.So how can we balance this?


In your camera there is small display like this.The monochrome display.This monochrome display is not available in every DSLR.If you don't have this display don't worry you can change the exact settings from the LCD display too.


Balancing the exposure
This red square is the exposure meter.When its zero the exposure is correctly balanced, when its  +2 that means its over and when its in -2 that means its under.

We can balance this using correct shutter speed , aperture and ISO.
  •         Shutter speed high - Low light
  •         Shutter speed low - More light
  •         Aperture high number - Low light
  •         Aperture low number - More light
  •         ISO high- More light
  •         ISO low-  Low light
Beware:The more higher ISO used the more image quality is reduced.

  •  More ISO - High sensitivity + High Noise 
  • Low ISO - Low sensitivity + Low Noise
I will explain the relation between ISO,Shutter speed,aperture size in later posts.


ISO sensitivity
MORE ISO 

ISO sensitivity
LESS ISO

So these are the basics you should know about photography.Try experimenting different exposures.
If you have any questions about photography please contact me:
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