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4 Basics of Photography Tips

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I start to learn the basics of photography before get a DSLR soon. These 4 basic terms always confuse me. Will try to explain in simple way I understand.

By understand the 4 basic elements, you may snap image with effect you want easily. They are: Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and White balance.

4 Basic Photography Elements

Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens when taking a photo. Shutter Speed is the amount of time the shutter open. ISO refer to the measure of a camera sensor’s sensitivity to light. Lastly, white balance is feature to get the colors in your images as accurate as possible.

To illustrate, these elements are represented by a situation where a man wearing sunglasses looking out from a window. Aperture is like the size of the window. The wider you open, more light go into the room.


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